Visiting Ickworth with the family

A young woman and a small child smile as they enjoy time together on the Albana walk — Family fun in the Albana woodland | © Tom Soper Photography

There are loads of different family activities designed to help you explore and discover the Ickworth estate. However you choose to spend your day with us, your adventure starts here.

Head outside and enjoy all that Ickworth Estate has to offer this autumn. Explore the changing seasons in the Albana woodland or take a stroll through the parkland to discover the breathtaking views across the canal lake. Spend time with friends and family in the Italianate Garden and surround yourself with the season's changing colours.

Planning your family visit

There are toilets, accessible toilets and baby changing facilities at the Welcome Point and on the lower ground floor of the West Wing near the second-hand bookshop.
The multi-use trail, Geraldine's, Erskine's and Albana walks are pushchair and buggy friendly,

Winter 2025 at Ickworth Estate

9 January - 2 November

Get on a bike

While our Cycle Hub is closed for the winter months, our Active Outdoors team is hosting special guided cycle tours that are an ideal way to explore the estate, reach places you might not otherwise get to on foot, and discover a little more about the area. Tours take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and there is a choice of two routes. Booking is essential. Adults cost £7 and children cost £5.

To find out more and book your tickets, click here.

Cycle Hub Opening Times

The Cycle Hub is open between 9 January - 2 November, Thursdays to Sundays between 10am and 4pm with last hire at 2pm. Cycle hire is open 7 days a week during Suffolk school holidays, excluding Christmas.

Two visitors cycle side by side through a winding path leading through parkland on the Ickworth Estate. They're wrapped up in rain coats and the weather appears hazy. — Visitors cycling through the Ickworth Estate in Suffolk | © National Trust Images/James Dobson

What to do when it's raining

We know that the British weather can often be unpredictable but we don't want to let a bit of rain spoil your visit to Ickworth. If you don't want to don your waterproofs and brave the rain then you can get out of it by visiting our hands-on and child-friendly basement within the house, you can open the drawers and discover the tools and materials that would have been used by the servants, seeing how they lived and worked.