Wentworth Woodhouse: Summer of family-fun activities to fill your calendar
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Enjoy the beautiful Gardens and Forest of Bewilderment natural play area where you will find daily crafts activities and immersive outdoor activities for the little ones.
There’s also the chance for little explorers to have some hands-on fun outdoors with a Woodland Workshop (Tuesday 13th August) which includes bushcraft skills and a chance to cook a snack over the fire! For those wanting to learn more about the House’s history, there are also NEW Family-Friendly Tours where you can have fun as a family and discover hidden stories about the House’s past.
Over in the State Rooms, Wentworth Woodhouse’s largest exhibition to-date, Beneath the Surface George Stubbs and Contemporary Artists, will see Stubbs’ paintings returned to the House and on display to the public there for the first time. To celebrate the 300th birthday of George Stubbs, there will be an exclusive ‘Stubbs Hub’ with activities for children and a scavenger hunt to help little ones engage with the artworks on display.


This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike – an ideal opportunity to teach younger members of the family about South Yorkshire’s mining heritage. Wentworth’s Coal Story Exhibition runs throughout the summer months and explores the relationship between the ‘Big House’ and the workers. A Down the Pit | Family Day on Tuesday 30th July will give children the opportunity to engage with local history by meeting a former collier and making their own ‘miner’s snap’.
And if that wasn’t enough, Wentworth Woodhouse is also hosting Adventure Cinema (Friday 19th to Monday 22nd July) for an amazing outdoor cinema experience in the Gardens, and Three Inch Fools are set to return with their outdoor theatre performance of ‘The Secret Diary of Henry VIII’ (Wednesday 7th August). Then see out the summer holidays with a bang with the WE Wonder and Basant Kite Festival on Saturday 24th August!
Whatever your plans, be sure to visit this big house with bigger ideas for an exciting summer of fun!