Family days out at Erddig

Planning your family visit

Here’s the information you need at a glance to help plan your next day out at Erddig:

• Toilets and baby-changing facilities are located in the Midden Yard. Additional composting toilets are located in Wolf’s Den, our natural play area.
• Pushchairs are only permitted throughout the house's lower ground floor, which is fully accessible with level stone floors. Pushchairs can also be left at the house's entrance.

May half term at Erddig

Join us at Erddig this May half term (Saturday 25 May - Sunday 2 June) as we celebrate Children's Gardening Week with a number of fun events the whole family can get involved with.

Reconnect with nature as you explore the Grade-I Iisted garden, passing the beautiful borders and bedding displays bursting with spring colour.

On 28 and 30 May only, from 11am - 3pm, have a go at rock art painting, seed potting and bug hunting. Once you're done, be sure to stop by Wolf's Den natural play area where there’s even more fun to be had. Enjoy den building, have a go on the rope swing, test your balance on the beams and more.

Activities are free, but normal admission charges apply. National Trust members and under 5s enter for free.

Summer of Play

On your marks, get set and join us at Erddig this summer to make memories playing, exploring, and getting active together.

From July 20 until 1 September, have a go at the sport-inspired self-led activities the whole family can enjoy throughout the garden, from hurdles to sprinting.

See if you can hula hoop - start with the smallest hoop and work your way up to find out which is the biggest one you can twirl. Take on the bootcamp assault course in Wolf's Den natural play area which will see you doing star jumps and hopping through tyres. How many times can you complete the course before tiring? Then take on your friends and family in a game of tag rugby. Put on the tag rugby belts and try to remove the tags from the back of each other's belts - who will be the last one standing?

On 24 July and 7 August, storyteller Jake Evans will be visiting to ignite young imaginations with his captivating tales at intervals between 12pm and 3pm.

Every Monday from 22 July, from 11am-3pm, there will be the chance to try out lino printing in the education room - the lino stamp patterns are inspired by the symbols and shapes you see on the State Bed in the house.

On Fridays from 26 July Fine Art Fridays return, between 11am and 3pm. Painters of all ages and abilities can take inspiration from the garden to create a work of art to take home.

Summer of Play is sponsored by Starling Bank.