Place to visit

Rates

ADMISSION PRICES: Excluding House Including House Adults £7.50 £9.50 Senior Citizens £7.50 £9.00 Children (4-16) £7.50 £9.00 Family Day Ticket (4persons) £26.00 £33.00

Opening times

2009 open dates Open daily: 4 - 19 April, 23 – 31 May, 27 June - 2 September Weekends & Bank Holidays: 21 March – 29 March, 25 April –17 May, 6 –21 June, 5 – 27 September Park, Gardens, Playground 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (last ticket sold 4:15pm) House12:00 noon – 5:00pm (last tour 4:00 pm)

Telephone

01462 812661

Description

Home of the Lytton family since 1490, and still a lived-in family house. Transformed in early Victorian times by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the author, poet, dramatist and statesman, into the unique high gothic fantasy house of today, complete with turrets, griffins and gargoyles. 25 acres of formal gardens, simplified by Lutyens, including pollarded lime avenues, formal rose garden, maze, Gertrude Jekyll herb garden and the walled kitchen garden. The Dinosaur Trail with 72 life-size dinosaurs is set grazing through the wilderness walk within the formal gardens. 250 acres of parkland, with herds of red and sika deer, includes children's giant adventure playground and miniature railway. website: www.knebworthhouse.com

Location

Direct access off A1(M) junction 7 (Stevenage South A602). 28 miles N of London. 12 miles N of M25 junction 23.