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House Tour

A private guided tour can help make your school visit to Penshurst Place & Gardens a truly memorable one. Our guides, many of whom were teachers, will tailor the tour to suit the ages of the school group. The House tour option provides you with a guided tour of the House with non-guided entrance to the Gardens. Guided tours of the House may take place from 9.30am - 11.00am before the House opens to the public at 12 noon or again from 4pm - 5pm. Our guided tour normally starts in the private Inner Courtyard and takes approximately 45 minutes. We also offer this tour in foreign languages.

Specialised House Tour

Why not have a House tour tailored to the school group’s learning interest? The tour includes non-guided entrance to the Gardens plus a guided tour of the House with a key focus on one of the following: portraiture, needlework and textiles, medieval life, heraldry and symbols, architecture, furniture or porcelain and china. Guided tours of the House may take place from 9.30am - 11.00am before the House opens to the public at 12 noon or again from 4pm - 5pm. Our guided tour normally starts in the private Inner Courtyard and takes approximately 45 minutes.