Welcome to Stately Homes

Welcome to Stately Homes

Welcome to The Stately Homes Guide, the website that brings you all the information you need to help you plan your visit to or event at one of Britain's stately homes, gardens, castles and other historic properties and houses.

Event Calendar

2, Feb 2008 - 31, Dec 2008 Hampton Court Palace
Live Tudor cookery
15, Mar 2008 - 2, Jun 2008 Tatton Park
Silk and Threads Exhibition
15, Mar 2008 - 2, Nov 2008 Harewood House
China at Harewood

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Stately Holiday Retreats

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Looking for a self- catering holiday? We have:

  • Unparalleled choice of properties
  • Style, size and prices to suit all tastes and budgets
  • Gatehouses, converted stables, barns and hunting lodges private apartments and wings within manor houses and castles
  • Rural, village, town and seaside locations

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Featured Stately Homes

Chatsworth

Selected Home: Chatsworth
Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire; in 1549 Sir William Cavendish bought the estate of Chatsworth from the Agard family and soon afterwards began to build on the site of the present house.

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Latest User Reviews: Eltham Palace

Review by Kathleen Alford - 26 February 2008
I would like to convey my thanks to all the staff who made our visit on Monday 26th February so enjoyable. As I am elderly I was rather concerned that I would be unable to cope, but from the time we a...

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