News from Athelhampton House & Gardens.

Athelhampton House & Gardens is proud to offer one of the largest visitor EV charging facilities at a historic house in Dorset, with 10 electric vehicle charging points available in the visitor car park. Located near Dorchester in the heart of the South West, Athelhampton House & Gardens combines sustainable tourism with one of England’s finest Tudor houses and award-winning gardens. Whether you are exploring Dorset, travelling across the South West, or simply looking for rel

Afternoon tea at Athelhampton House & Gardens has been refreshed, with a new and indulgent selection now served in the Coach House restaurant. Guests can enjoy a classic afternoon tea in Dorset, featuring a selection of freshly prepared finger sandwiches, including chicken and bacon, cheese with red onion and mayonnaise, and smoked salmon with cream cheese. This is followed by warm scones, sweet treats such as brownies and apple beignets, and savoury additions including pork

Our busy restaurant is frequently packed with visitors - some who have come to explore the house and gardens, and others who have simply come to enjoy the delicious Dorset food specially prepared by our chefs each day. With visitor demand for the restaurant increasing as we move from Winter to Spring, we've developed a new menu . Our lunch menu has been dramatically extended, with starters and burgers now offered alongside our usual offering of cooked lunches, jacket potatoes

Easter in Athelhampton's restaurant arrives with the unmistakable scent of molten chocolate drifting out from the Coach House kitchen. While we don't have an Easter Trail, or an Easter Egg Hunt, our kitchen team still commemorate the season in their own way. Between preparing breakfasts, lunches and afternoon teas, the kitchen team at Athelhampton's Restaurant have been turning their attention to a few seasonal treats. A rich chocolate fudge cake, dark, glossy and unapologeti

Harvest time at Athelhampton. In the historic kitchen garden, the beds are still brimming with life, beets, celeriac, kale, turnips, chard, leeks, carrots, and a large crop of pumpkins, all destined for our kitchen for the restaurant and Sunday carvery. A variety of Pumpkins and Squash being harvest from the Kitchen Garden The Tudor Martyn family of Athelhampton would have been very familiar with the season, though some of these vegetables might have been more familiar to the

Crates upon crates of delicious homegrown Apples It’s apple harvest time at Athelhampton! We expect to gather at least 3 tonnes of apples this season, from the apple trees spread around our historic kitchen garden. These will all be pressed by Bessie, our trusty hydraulic press. The gardening team hand picking Apples ready for juicing Once pressed the juice will be pasteurised, bottled on site, and served in our restaurant next year — truly orchard to table.

Dodging showers while walking down to the greenhouse at Athelhampton this morning, we found it bursting with colour! Rows of ripening tomatoes are thriving under the glass, cared for daily by our gardening team. 160 Tomato plants lining the Greenhouse in the Kitchen Garden From tiny sweet cherry tomatoes to large, juicy heritage varieties, there’s nothing quite like the sight (and taste!) of a bumper crop grown with patience and care. And you'll have the chance to try them, t

Snowdrops are popping up in Athelhampton's historic gardens, a sign that warmer weather is on its way (fingers crossed!) As well as the snowdrops there are more signs in the garden that spring is on its way, our first daffodils are flowering, I think that is the earliest I have ever seen them at Athelhampton. Our restaurant has a delicious Winter Warmer Menu running weekday lunchtimes until the end of February. A selection of main courses are available for just £5.99, includi

December has arrived, which means our Festive Afternoon Tea is now being served at Athelhampton's Dorset Restaurant! A Festive Afternoon Tea at Athelhampton's Dorset restaurant Enjoy our festive treats: Turkey, Bacon, Stuffing & Mayo Brioche Roll Brie & Cranberry Finger Sandwich Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Bagel Festive Sausage Roll Dorset Cheddar & Chive Scone Passion Fruit Tartlet Apple Beignet Chocolate Praline Brownie Mini Mince Pie Stollen Scone with Brandy Cream Dorset

Snow at the centre of Athelhampton's historic kitchen garden Athelhampton enjoyed a snow day today! Snow in the Great Court at Athelhampton Even with difficult traveling conditions we welcomed visitors who explored the historic house and gardens near Dorchester, and enjoyed a hot lunch in our restaurant. Snow on the West Lawn at Athelhampton I wonder how many snow days there have been at Athelhampton has since it was constructed in 1485? Athelhampton at the end of the day Ath