About Blakesleyhall
Grade II* Tudor house built c. 1590. Wonderful gardens, lovely Herb Garden Café, and family friendly. Part of Birmingham Museums Trust.
Blakesleyhall Description
Summer season opening times
Blakesley Hall is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 4pm. On weekdays (except school holidays) the Hall is viewable by guided tour only, these tours are at 12. 15, 1. 15 & 2. 15pm. Tours last approx. 45 minutes.
Grounds and Café open as normal on these days.
On weekends the Hall is free-flow and visitors can access the Hall at their leisure. The Hall will cease to be free flow from 12. 30 until 1. 30pm. There will be a guided tour that will start at 12. 30pm if visitors wish to see the hall during this time.
During school holidays the hall is free flow all day.
You can visit Blakesley Hall by pre-booking onto one of our fascinating guided tours at 12. 15pm, 1. 15pm and 2. 15pm by calling our central booking team on 0121 348 8263.
Tours last approximately 45 minutes.
Admission: Adults - £7, Concessions - £5, Child (3-15) - £3
Family of 3 - £15. Family of 4 - £17. 60
Family of 5 - £20. 20
Entrance to the grounds and Visitor Centre is free.
Please note certain events may carry additional event charges.
Last entry to the house is 3. 30pm
Tea room closes at 3. 45pm
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Making Mondays🖍
Easter Egg Basket Craft...🧺🥚
Make and decorate your own Easter basket out of paper or card. You can use it to carry your Easter eggs!🐣
... Send us some photos and we will give a shout out to our favourite!
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Fun Fact Friday🔍
Blakesley Hall has stood for 430 years and has been home to many different families.
One of them was the Merry family who called Blakesley Hall their home from 1901-1935 and were the last residents of Blakesley Hall🏡
... Here is a family portrait of the Merrys in the grounds of Blakesley📸...
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Thursday Thought... 💭
Gardening for relaxation!🌿🌳
Why not take inspiration from Blakesley Hall’s garden with these beautiful photographs by Verity E. Milligan! Verity E. Milligan Photography
... What’s growing in your garden this Spring? 🌻🌹
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Wildlife Wednesdays 🍃
This Wildlife Wednesday why not take inspiration from nature and create your own animal collage using leaves from your garden. And if you don’t have a garden, create your very own dream garden 🌻🦔🌳
Use Tudor colours like yellow to symbolise happiness, purple to show royalty or green for growth...
... We would love to see your wonderful collage creations✏️
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Tudor Tuesdays!
Did you know you can now see inside beautiful Blakesley Hall with these 360° interactive photos! Take a look inside and explore this terrific Tudor house room by room! 😀
https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/…/ see-inside-blakesley…
Making Mondays🖍
We've created an egg-cellent activity pack for the Easter Holidays for you to do at home with the children. Activities include: a Blakesley Hall word search, colour by numbers and ‘Spot the Egg!'🥚🐣
Keep an eye out for more crafts, puzzles and activities on our ingeniously named, ‘Making Mondays!' ✂️🎨🎭
... Follow the link below to download the activity pack:
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/trac k…
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We are extremely grateful to have such an amazing volunteer team at Blakesley Hall who work so hard to keep the our gardens looking wonderful🌳🌿👇
Thursday Thought…💭
Blakesley Hall has been home to many different families for 400 years!
This small part of the Smalbroke family tree are just some of the residents who called Blakesley Hall their home.
... Why not spend your Thursday creating your own family tree🌳
Upload yours in the comments for everyone to enjoy!
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APRIL FOOLS DAY!
On 2nd April 1698 it was reported that “Yesterday being the first of April, several persons were sent to the Tower Ditch to see the lions washed”.🦁
Years later, during the 18th and 19th centuries, this improbable event was a popular prank in London. Those gullible enough were invited to see the annual ceremony of “washing the lions” at the Tower of London. Once arriving, they would find, of course, there was no such ceremony. They had in fact been sent on a fool’s errand!😄
We would love to provide some activities for you to do whilst you’re at home, either to work on with the kids, or as something to do for yourself to relax🧩🎨
What would you like us to offer?
Puzzles? Colouring packs? Craft ideas? Educational activities? Or something else?
... Please comment to let us know and we will do our best to support you😊
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We are officially in British Summer Time⏰
The sun is shining down over Blakesley Hall as we look forward to warmer days and lighter nights🌞🌝
Why not have a look out of your window and see what the sun is shining down on? Maybe even draw it!✏️🎨
Blakesley in Bloom💐
Though it may feel like the world is coming to a standstill at the moment, Blakesley’s beautiful gardens are beginning to bloom in the Spring sun⛅️
Hopefully this first sprouting of Spring will help brighten your day!🌷🌼🌸
A massive thank you to ticket buyers we’ve contacted so far who are either donating or exchanging their tickets.
Your support is hugely appreciated and we can’t wait to see you all again!
Love and best wishes from everyone at BlakesleyHall.
Following careful consideration of the COVID-19 situation, we have decided to close all Birmingham Museums sites, including Blakesley Hall, to the public from 10am on Wednesday 18 March until Friday 1 May. We may extend the closure period in the light of developing events.
We will keep our grounds to the Historic Properties open for free for anyone who wants to use them. This meets UK Government advice on ‘social distancing’. These sites are Aston Hall, Blakesley Hall, Soho H...ouse, and Sarehole Mill.
We are looking to reschedule programmes and events where possible. If you have already purchased tickets we will contact you soon with further information.
We have made this decision in the interests of the health and wellbeing of our staff, volunteers, suppliers and visitors.
Updates will be shared on our website and social media channels. We look forward to staying in touch and welcoming you back when we reopen.
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We have a basket full of egg-celent Easter crafts going on at Blakesley Hall during the Easter holidays🐰
Come and weave your very own Easter animal pompom using Tudor weaving techniques on Tuesday 7th April. Or make and decorate an Easter basket to hold all your favourite things on Thursday 9th April.🧺🐥
All craft activities are £2 per child, or free for members, and will take place between 11:30am – 3:30pm.
... https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/…/ easter-activities-at…
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