News from Athelhampton House & Gardens.

A beautiful but freezing Dorset morning at Athelhampton. A frosty view of the Tudor manor across the front lawn A quick wander through the historic gardens at 7.30am, long before the sun reached the rooftops, produced some lovely pictures. The ground was glistening with frost and the thermometer was sitting at four degrees below zero, a quiet reminder that winter has truly arrived. The winter sun rising behind the Yew Pyramids in the Great Court garden It was a couple of hour

The great Tudor door at Athelhampton has watched centuries of light and weather pass across its threshold. It was with this Dorset Tudor house when it was first built, and continues to watch as the house has evolved over the years, with its fortunes rising and falling. Golden sunlight beaming through the front door of the Tudor Great Hall Today, after a day of hard rain, the clouds lifted and the low sun spilled into the hall, turning oak and stone to gold. A moment like this

Come and experience the sights, sounds and smells of 16th century life this October half-term with us at Athelhampton House. Tickets for Tudor Week 2025 at Athelhampton are still available for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! Photo by Dorset Morri'arty History is brought to life, inside and outside our walls, as you step back in time to 1580. Meet the Martyn family of Athelhampton, as specialist living historians recreate life as it was in Elizabeth I’s reign. Photo by Jane Te