LOSELEY PARK visitor guide opening times 2017 public & private events Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat The facilities at Loseley are available for a wide range of 3 3 3 3 3 ✗ ✗ functions: Civil wedding ceremonies and receptions, fine dining, family celebrations and wakes. Our versatile venues 3 3 3 3 3 ✗ ✗ and extensive grounds, which also include a specially designed off-road course, can be used for conferences, seminars, activity Grounds, Walled Garden, Shop & Refreshments days, public events and shows. For forthcoming events at Monday 1st May - Thursday 28th September 11am - 5pm Loseley visit www.loseleypark.co.uk and check our Events page.

Loseley House Guided Tours (no pre-booking necessary) Monday 1st may – Thursday 31st August access information Monday - Thursday: 12pm - 4pm* Parking for disabled. Accessible toilet facilities in the courtyard. Sundays: 1pm - 5pm* Ground floor only of house accessible for non-motorised wheelchair *last tour 45 minutes before closing users. (Please note that the pathways are laid with gravel). The Estate is closed to the public on Fridays and Saturdays Full Access Statement available – please visit: through our open season www.loseleypark.co.uk or contact the Estate Office: 01483 304440. admission prices Individuals: Adult Child Concession how to find us M25 House, Garden & Grounds £10.00 £5.00 £8.50 J10 London Garden & Grounds only £5.50 £2.75 £5.00 If using sat nav key in both (Inc. Mulberry Tea Lawn and White Garden Marquée) “Stakescorner Road” and “GU3 1HS.”

A3 Wisteria Tea Room & Shop only Free Free Free A28 A31 1 House, Garden & Grounds family ticket: £26.00 Dorking (admits two adults and up to three children aged between 5-16) A31 Groups: (pre-booked only – min 10 people) B3000 Loseley A248 House, Garden & Grounds £8.50 £4.50 Park Garden & Grounds only £4.50 £2.50 Stakescorner 100 Guided Garden Tours £3.50 extra Road A3 Compton Friends of Loseley: £30.00 individual B3000

(free entry + 1 guest to Garden during Season, special offers and events) Gift Vouchers available for Gardens only or House & Gardens A3 entry for 2 people. Crematorium Portsmouth group & educational enquiries Godalming Our Groups Administrator (for groups of ten or more) will help to make your visit extra-special but for discounted rates these LOSELEY PARK visits must be pre-booked. Please telephone 01483 405112 The Estate Offices, Loseley Park, Guildford, , GU3 1HS 2017 for further information. tel: +44 (0)1483 304440 fax: +44 (0)1483 302036 email: [email protected] website: www.loseleypark.co.uk Please note that dogs are only allowed in the car park and only on leads. Aerial photograph courtesy of Bob Saunders. Sunrise photograph courtesy of www.mjhpictures.com

a warm welcome the house & grounds the walled garden Loseley Park has been my family’s home for over five hundred The guided tours of Loseley House cover a multitude of The two and a half acre Walled Garden is one that surprises and years and four generations live here today – my wife Sophia fascinating artefacts, including many fine works of art, furniture delights the visitor. It has been compared by visitors to gardens with our children Cressida, twins Aubrey and Rocco and the from the 17th century and unique features such as the of national renown, and its series of “rooms” include the award most recent addition Zsa Zsa, my parents Michael and Sarah panelling from Henry VIII’s and the magnificent winning Rose Garden, the White Garden, the fascinating Herb and my grandmother Susan. We continue to remember my chalk fireplace. You will also learn about the More-Molyneux Garden and the Organic Vegetable Garden. beloved brother Christopher (1985 - 1997). family, its connections with royalty and other great characters Other features include the magnificent Vine Walk and the in history, and you will experience the renowned tranquillity and Hospitality is a family tradition and we take pride in opening delightful Flower Garden, while the ancient mulberry tree – a atmosphere which comes from a House lived in by the same our house and gardens to visitors as well as for weddings, potent symbol of the family’s fortunes for centuries – lies close family for five centuries. Visitors are welcome to wander in the corporate events, country fairs and artisan shows. to the picturesque Moat Walk. area around the House and Gardens or take a stroll down the Just south of Guildford, we are a short distance from London chestnut avenue to the lake. The chapel is usually for peace and on both the train and by car. Loseley House is situated in acres private prayer. of rolling parkland with views that have changed very little in “A very special place with a wonderful atmosphere …. it was a five hundred years. Our ancestor Sir built the light bites & shopping day to remember.” house in 1562 at the request of Elizabeth I who stayed on four Delicious light lunches, cream teas and other refreshments are different occasions. James I and Queen Anne of Denmark, also “The garden looked amazing and our house tour guide was served in our Wisteria Tea Room, formerly the old kitchen and stayed for one night. The house is a fine example of Elizabethan excellent and so well informed.” scullery of Loseley House, and also on our Mulberry Tea Lawn architecture featuring many fine works of art. Loseley was built “The welcome was warm, the guided house visit very interesting, within the Walled Garden. as a family home and it still remains so. the gardens beautiful and the cream tea delicious!” The Loseley Shop offers an interesting and unusual range of Whatever your reason for visiting Loseley we hope that your visit “Beautiful house and grounds and friendly, helpful staff.” quality gifts, as well as the famous Loseley ice cream. is an enjoyable and memorable one.

Alexander More-Molyneux