Turton Tower
ENTRY
from £6
BUGGY FRIENDLY
Yes
What it’s like
A part-timbered manor house with a woodland adventure playground and a walled Victorian kitchen garden to explore, free to roam grounds all year.
The house itself is the old bit, all dark timber and history, and they run object handling and role play sessions so kids get to touch things rather than just look. It's £6 for an adult and free for under 16s if they're with you, which makes it an easy one for a family ticket without actually buying a family ticket. The house only opens Wednesday to Sunday between late March and early November, so a wet Tuesday in February gets you the grounds and not much else.
Outside is where the free time goes. There's an adventure playground in the woodland with climbing frames and high nets, no charge for that bit, and the Victorian Kitchen Garden has accessible paths that work fine with a pushchair. Bring a picnic and use the tables dotted round the grounds, or get a coffee at the Woodland Café which sits inside the original kitchen and looks out over the old tennis court area.
If you want to see the house itself, get there at least half an hour before the 4pm closing time, they're firm about that being your last entry. Wheelchair access is ground floor only because of the building's age, and it's worth ringing ahead if that matters to your visit, though the accessible toilets outside in the grounds are there regardless. Parking's free on site, dogs are welcome in the gift shop, and if you fancy the train it's about a 25 minute walk from Bromley Cross station.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- Grounds suit toddlers, older kids get more from the house sessions
- Last entry
- Half an hour before closing, at 3:30pm
- Parking
- Free on site
- Food
- Woodland Café inside the house with picnic tables throughout grounds
- Picnics
- Bring your own picnic, many tables throughout grounds
- Pushchairs
- Accessible paths in Kitchen Garden for pushchairs
- Wheelchairs
- Ground floor only. Contact before visit
- Dogs
- Well behaved dogs welcome in gift shop
- Getting there by bus or train
- Bromley Cross train station 25 minutes walk away
- The house closes on August Bank Holiday Monday and on 2nd September, so check that's not your date if you're after the tower itself
- Grounds and the adventure playground are open all year even when the house is shut for the season
- The gift shop keeps different winter hours, weekends only from November until Christmas
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
£6 for an adult, £5 concession, and free for accompanied under 16s.
Do we need to book?
There's no booking link listed, so it looks like you can just turn up during opening hours.
When's the house actually open?
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm, from 25 March to 1 November 2026. The grounds stay open all year, every day.
What time should we arrive?
Get into the house at least half an hour before closing, so by 3.30pm at the latest.
Is it OK for a toddler?
The Kitchen Garden has accessible paths that work with a pushchair, and the woodland adventure playground gives older kids something to do while the grounds are easy enough walking for little legs.
What's there for food?
The Woodland Café is inside the original kitchen, overlooking the old tennis court, or you can bring your own picnic and use the tables scattered round the grounds.
Is there parking?
Free parking on site.
What about wheelchair access?
Limited to the ground floor because of the building's age. Ring ahead and they can help make entry smoother, and there are accessible toilets outside in the grounds.
Are dogs allowed?
Well behaved dogs are welcome in the gift shop.
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