Blaise Castle Estate

Overview

• A 650 acre Grade II* registered parkland including children's play area, museum and castle.
• How to find us and disabled access information
• Opening hours: 7.30am daily throughout the year.
• Admission is free. Please remember that access may be restricted on some major event days.
• Parking is free

Facilities

• Café 
• Large children's play area with dedicated zones for younger and older children
• Toilets with baby changing facilities
• Benches and picnic areas. BBQs permitted - please raise BBQs off the ground to avoid damaging the grass.

Activities

There is an Estate ranger service on site most days

• Cricket
• Horse riding
• Orienteering
• Sport pitches (there are two cricket pitches and a large expanse of grassed space for informal play and sport)
• Walking

Attractions

• Blaise Castle House Museum
• Blaise Hamlet (National Trust property)
• Caves
• Dairy Garden - restricted access
• Blaise Castle - restricted access
• Giant's Footprints
• Lily Pond
• Lover's leap

Events

Blaise Castle Estate event listing.

See parks and open spaces events if you are an event organiser interested in promoting an event on Blaise Castle Estate.

Weddings, conferences and function rooms

Blaise Castle House Museum is licenced to hold civil marriage ceremonies

History

• History of Blaise Castle estate (pdf, 11 KB) (opens new window)
• Heritage Lottery Fund developments (pdf, 30 KB) (opens new window)
• Scheduled ancient monument - Blaise Castle, Iron Age hillfort, Roman and medieval remains, and post-medieval garden
• Site of Nature Conservation Interest - a designation used in many parts of the United Kingdom to protect areas of importance for wildlife at a county scale.
• Site of Special Scientific Interest - a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom.
• Parts of the estate are also on the Inventory of Ancient Woodland and the Invertebrate Site Register.