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Summer of Play at Croome

Summer of Play, sponsored by Starling Bank, is back at Croome with a special bugs and biodiversity theme!

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

Explore our Wild Play Area and help create a bug hotel, play in the mud kitchen or pick up a book in our nature inspired book nook. Join in with our bug themed obstacle course, wheelbarrow races and head to our stage where you can create your own musical performance fit for an ugly bug ball!

For those who prefer their play a little more relaxing, enjoy the tranquility of the Rotunda with bug inspired yoga and hammocks.

There is also a program of events, these are listed separately, see our events listings for full details.

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Event ticket prices

This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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The basics

Suitability

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Around the site

What to bring and wear

Weather appropriate clothing

Accessibility

Many areas are fully accessible

Contact info

General enquiries

Upcoming events

Event

Pages from Nature: Walk through the Pleasure Grounds 

Celebrate the 200 year anniversary of the publication of the 1824 guidebook to Croome, the Hortus Croomensis. Explore the views, scents and sounds of the garden at Croome using your own Hortus Croomensis booklet to guide you.

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on
27 Jul 2024 to 2 Mar 2025
at
10:00 to 16:00
+ 218 other dates or times
Event

Festival of Blossom - Origami Blossom Installation 

Experience our blossom origami display. Take in hundreds of handcrafted blooms made by our visitors, volunteers, and staff. The installation celebrates the important part that blossom plays in the spring landscape of Croome.

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on
27 Jul 2024 to 23 Feb 2025
at
11:00 to 16:00
+ 211 other dates or times
Event

Robert Adam bookcases display 

New display of Robert Adam bookcases on loan from the V&A at Croome Court.

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on
27 Jul to 23 Dec 2024
at
11:00 to 16:00
+ 149 other dates or times
Event

Wild Imagination Exhibition with Sarah Taylor Silverwood 

Wild Imagination is a new animation and accompanying soundtrack by artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood.

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on
27 Jul 2024 to 2 Mar 2025
at
11:00 to 16:00
+ 218 other dates or times