With May Half Term and another Bank Holiday on the horizon, Burghley is offering fun-filled family days out, where the gardens are blooming, history is coming to life, and the next adventure awaits.
Hide & Secrets
Open daily (10am-5pm), big thrills await at the Hidden Towers, where imaginations run wild! Zoom down giant slides, brave the rope bridge over the craggy gorge, and climb to the treetop lookout.
Cecil the Mole’s Spy Missions
Scurry through tunnels, crack secret codes, and follow sneaky trails, to find Cecil’s friends through the Hide & Secrets woodland, to earn ultimate spy status with Cecil’s free Spymaster Guide.
Craft Workshops
From 27-30 May (12pm-4pm), cut, stick and create! Kids of all ages can get hands-on in colourful, creative craft sessions.
Beastly Boring Tours
From 27-29 May and on 31 May (9.30am-10.30am), take a family tour like no other! Explore the State Rooms of the House with costumed guides as they share engaging and fun stories of Burghley’s past. Each child receives a free Beastly Boring Guidebook.
Joe’s Top Picks
With early summer colours making their way into every corner of the Garden, Head Gardener, Joe has chosen his top three must-see garden highlights to look out for as a family. See the vibrant violet-blue and purple petals of the Siberian iris, in the Valley Garden, the vivid orange and yellow blooms of Bulley’s primrose, in its shady spot by the stream, and the fragrant, lavender-blue Catmint in the Cut Flower Garden.
View the Gardens Map here.
Also in the Gardens, don’t miss a spectacular outdoor art installation.
Botanic Tapestry by Graphic Rewilding
This bold exhibition features striking botanical prints brought to life through a parade of large-scale flags lining the lake’s edge and colourful textile tree wraps woven throughout the Burghley Gardens.
As Half Term arrives and summer peeks around the corner, it’s the perfect time to unlock a whole season of fun and adventure with a Burghley Annual Pass.
