Summer of Play at Blickling Estate

Name: Summer of Play at Blickling Estate
Start: 2025-08-17T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-17T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Blickling, NR11 6NF Aylsham, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sun Aug 17 2025 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Blickling, NR11 6NF Aylsham, United Kingdom | Coltishall, EN

Enjoy a summer of play pARTy at Blickling Estate, sponsored by Starling Bank. The gardens at Blickling Estate are the perfect setting for days out jam-packed full of fun and adventure. Explore, move, play games, get crafty and create lasting memories.
Head to the Parade to discover a whole host of self-led activities. Find games and fun activities for little tots in the nature zone. Test your building skills with giant Jenga and building blocks in the construction zone, head to the art zone for chalk board Pictionary and a weaving wall, or put on a show in the performance area, with fancy dress and a stage. At the sports zone, you'll find hula hoops and parachutes, and older kids can test their skills at tennis, badminton and football on the Acre. Bring a picnic and enjoy it under the shade of the stretch tent, or grab a kids packed lunch or ice-creams from the trailer next to the play area.
Check the website for details of when balance bikes, archery, craft activities and storytelling sessions will be available – all included within standard admission prices, no booking required. Free entry for National Trust members. Last entry into the gardens at 4.30pm.
Head into the house between 11am - 4pm (last entry at 3.30pm) for a botany and insects trail, inspired by Rebecca Stevenson's sculptures ‘Inspired by Nature: Mary, Maria, Marianne’, on display in the Upper Ante. Be an artists and add to the growing installation artwork of flowers and insects extending down the Long Gallery!