Our Visit To Stourhead National Trust
This weekend we were out and about again finally visiting another National Trust Property using our National Trust pass. We’ve been avoiding going anywhere recently as living on the M5 corridor means weekend traffic is often really bad.
Stourhead has been on my places to visit bucket list for quite some time. We went to the Christmas light trail a couple of years about and while it was fabulous, we didn’t really get to see Stourhead in all its daylit glory.
Stourhead is also over an hour away from where we live so we’d been waiting for a weekend where we could take a whole day to really enjoy our visit.
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Our Visit To Stourhead National Trust
While all National Trust properties we’ve visited are beautiful in their own way, Stourhead is probably the most scenic.
The views of the lake through the trees as you walk down the side of the hill are absolutely breathtaking.
Even walking alongside the lake itself, the views remain unequivocally beautiful and we loved being able to walk all the way around the lake and appreciate them from every angle.
We got very lucky with the sunshine and were able to enjoy a picnic before we headed into the main part of Stourhead. There are lots of picnic benches just before you head inside to pay for tickets but there aren’t any at all on the main part of the property or around the lake.
We really enjoyed exploring Stourhead, especially the Grotto and Pantheon. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it up to the Temple of Apollo as our toddler had had enough of walking by then!
I’m sure the views from there would be stunning and we’d definitely consider a trip just the two of us one day so could really appreciate everything there is to offer here. We’d also love to take advantage of the Pub, the Spread Eagle for a lovely pub lunch!
Again we didn’t visit the house, although we did walk to take a look at it as it wouldn’t have been tricky with a three-year-old in tow.
Although we only spent a couple of hours here (probably would have been longer if our little madam wasn’t quite so tired and grumpy!) we did really enjoy our visit.
Her favourite parts were the bridges and inside the grotto although is plenty more for children to see and do here.
However it is worth mentioning Stourhead doesn’t have children’s play areas like some other properties, such as Knightshayes, Dunster Castle and Tyntesfield all do. There are a couple of places to buy ice creams though!
While we loved our visit to Stourhead, my favourite National Trust property so far has been Lacock Abbey and Village.
Other National Trust Posts and Reviews:
Lytes Cary Manor National Trust Visit
Visiting Tyntesfield National Trust
