Plan a visit
Opening hours
For the Historic House, Collections, Tea Room and Gift Shop
Sunday : 11am - 5pm
Monday : 11am - 5pm
Tuesday : 11am - 5pm
Wednesday : 11am - 5pm
Bank Holidays : 11am - 5pm
Last entrance to the Historic House and last orders in the Tea Room at 4.15pm.
Friday 30th March - Sunday 31st October
Admission
To the Historic House and Collections
Adult - £9.50
Child 5 - 13 years - £4.50
Child under 5 - Free
Getting here
Chiddingstone Castle, Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7BH.
Directions via Google Maps to TN8 7BH
Parking - plenty on site, £2.00 honesty box
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By Road – For satellite navigation users our postcode is TN8 7AD. Parking is just 70 meters from the North Door and accessible parking is available. Parking is free but we do have an honesty box where we welcome donations for the upkeep of the grounds. Please note that Chiddingstone Castle cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage to vehicles or their contents whilst you are parked on site.
By Rail - Our closest stations are Penshurst, Cowden, Edenbridge, Hildenborough, Sevenoaks and Tonbirgde but do make sure to book a taxi ahead of time as not all of these staions have permanant taxi ranks.
By Air -Gatwick Airport is 40 minutes away, Heathrow Airport 1 hour away.
By Sea -The ferry at Dover is an hour and fifteen minutes away, the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone is 1 hour and ten minutes away.
Accessibility
As all Denys Bower’s collections are sited on the ground floor at Chiddingstone Castle, they are easily accessible for wheelchair users. The newly opened Library and Streatfeild Room (showing the history of the Castle and the village) are to be found on the first floor just off the Gallery - regrettably there is no lift to these exhibition rooms but interpretation of the Streatfeild Room can be read in the ground floor Housekeeper’s Room. Four specially reserved disabled car parking spaces are located in the car park (a one minute walk from the main North Door) and a spacious disabled washroom is sited in our Tea Room courtyard. All principal entrances and exits can be fitted with wheelchair access facilities. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding your visit.
Eating and drinking
Enjoy a wide selection of food and drink in our Tea Room and courtyard - coffee and cake, a light lunch with sandwiches or soup or a cream tea.
We source as many of our ingredients as possible fresh from the local area; cakes from Edenbridge, chutneys from Eridge, Speldhurst sausages, wine and cider from Biddenden.
Sandwiches, scones, cakes and tea and coffee in a historic house with 35 acres of grounds. Just £15.50.
Family visits
Visit our Historic House, Collections and grounds for a fun and creative day our in the Kentish countryside.
Free activities and Japanese and Ancient Egyptian artefacts to explore.
Group visits
We welcome groups of more that 15 people to explore the Historic House, Collections and grounds, offering reduced entry, guided tours and discounts in our tea room.
School visits
Our education department offers a hands on approach to learning where children and adults are encouraged to participate in activities relating to the collections of Denys Eyre Bower, the historic house and the grounds.
These include Ancient Egyptian and Victorian Activity Days for Primary Schools, Mini Museum Tours for Nursery Schools, and educational trails such as the Wheels of Time for Families.
Fishing
Our lake covers around 3.5 acres and is naturally stocked with Carp, Bream and Perch and is used by responsible fishermen all year round.
Our lake is open to responsible fishermen everyday throughout the year between 7am - 6.30pm. We ask that anyone under the age of 14 is accompanied by an adult and that all fishermen behave respectfully towards Castle staff and other visitors.
Individual day permits cost £10 (up to 2 rods) and under 14s are free.
CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE
Hill Hoath Road, Nr Edenbridge, TN8 7BH
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