| Event type: | Outing |
| Date: | Friday 9th May 2025 |
| Group: | Outings |
| Venue: | Coach Trip |
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| Cost: | £20/23 (Includes Private Tour + Coach) |
| Booking: | Note that booking is required. |
Bookings NOW open.
Coach trip to Petworth House with ONE HOUR Private Tour
Coach cost: £20./23 ( INCLUDING PRIVATE TOUR!)
House & Estate: Free to National Trust Members, non members £17.50.
+ Optional morning walk in the deer park.
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PETWORTH HOUSE FRIDAY 9th MAY 2025
Leave: Upton Court Park 9am Return: Petworth 4pm The journey time is only about 1.5 hours so we will not be stopping en route. There are toilets in the car park when we arrive at Petworth House. National Trust members have free entry to the house and park Non-members £17.50 Coach fare plus private tour of the house £20-£23 (Depending on numbers)
Inspired by Baroque palaces of Europe, the 17th-century Petworth House displays one of the finest art collections in the care of the National Trust. See the state rooms featuring paintings and sculpture, including artwork by Van Dyck, Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough. Petworth House’s history has been created by one family over 900 years, with the collection highlighting a journey through history including the Gunpowder Plot and Napoleonic Wars. Collection highlights include the earliest English globe in existence, dating to 1592, and carvings by Grinling Gibbons.
The Servants’ Quarters, including the historic kitchens, show a glimpse into the life of the people who worked here. Outside, the Pleasure Garden features formal borders, woodland walks, and architectural features, such as the Ionic Rotunda. The 700-acre Deer Park, which was transformed in the 1750s and early 1760s by the landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, is home to ancient trees and fallow There is a café, second hand bookshop, Pleasure gardens with seating and Petworth Town itself.
There will be an optional 2hr walk in the Deer Park.
[All coach trips go from UPTON COURT PARK where there is FREE PARKING.
Coach trips are open to members of Slough u3a and members of Windsor and District Ramblers, hence each coach trip has an optional walk.]
