Come and Visit Us
Discover our historic house, art and antiquities collection and tea room with friends, family, as part of a school or group visit
Current Opening Hours
Historic House and Collections - Open on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Bank Holidays from 11am - 5pm, with last entry at 4.15pm.
Grounds and Fishing - Open
School Visits - Open on request, please email Fiona on education@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Group Visits - Open on request, please email Anna on adminsupport@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Weddings - Open for viewings and bookings, please email Natalie on weddings@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Venue Hire - Open for viewings and bookings, please email Georgina on ccevents@chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
2018 Open Season Hours and Admission
From Friday 30th March to Sunday 31st October 2018, we will be open to the public on the following days and times, with last entry and orders at 4.15pm.
Monday: 11am - 5pm
Tuesday: 11am - 5pm
Wednesday: 11am - 5pm
Thursday: Closed for Schools Visits
Friday: Closed for Private Functions
Saturday: Closed for Private Functions
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
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Adult - £9.50
Child 5 - 13 years - £4.50
Child under 5 - Free
Parking - £2.00 honesty box
Directions
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.
Chiddingstone Castle
Chiddingstone Castle is an historic house, set in 35 acres of Kentish countryside, filled with treasures collected over a lifetime by Denys Eyre Bower.
The Historic House and Collections are now open to the public.
Sundays : 11am - 5pm
Mondays : 11am - 5pm
Tuesdays : 11am - 5pm
Wednesdays : 11am - 5pm
Bank Holidays : 11am - 5pm
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