Heritage Open Days: Killerton House and Gardens

Killerton House and Gardens will be taking part in the Heritage Open Days Festival on Friday 12 September and Saturday 13 September. Entry is for free for all visitors.

Head to Visitor Reception for entry ticket. Enjoy Killerton’s glorious landscaped garden, extensive parkland, fine 18th-century house and unique fashion collection.

The chapel will be hosting an exhibition-A global mission of Faith and Freedom: Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th baronet.

A small exhibition to share what we know of the personal, social and spiritual concerns that connected the first Black Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. 1809 – 31 December 1891) and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787-1871).

Killerton’s hillside garden is known for its exotic collection of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and tender ornamentals. Marvel at the enormous leaves and mysteriously shaped seed pods of the Magnolia. Find the seeds of a giant redwood. Take shade under the majestic Luccombe Oaks. Discover the picturesque gems of the Lady Cott (Bear’s hut) and the rock garden and enjoy views to a distant Dartmoor.

Want to stretch those legs? Enjoy wildflower meadows, views from volcanic outcrops, and the smells of Autumn woodland. Admire the architecture of Killerton’s Grade I listed Chapel and discover the earthworks of an Iron-Age hillfort.