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Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park, Nottingham
ENTRY
Free
WHERE
Nottingham
WHAT IT’S LIKE
Elizabethan mansion in 500 acres of deer park, kids go free, there's a dinosaur gallery, play parks and wild deer roaming right by the paths.
Wollaton Hall combines a natural history museum inside a Grade I listed mansion with 500 acres of parkland where two herds of wild deer (red and fallow) roam. Kids will love the new Discovering Dinosaurs Gallery, outdoor trails and activity sheets, and there are play parks near the 508 café and Sutton Passey crescent to burn off energy. The Hidden History Tour runs daily at 11am and 2pm for those wanting to dig deeper into the house. Admission is now 'pay once, visit all year' at £18 for an adult with kids (15 and under, up to three per paying adult) going free, good value if you're local and might return. There's also a Rover Pass covering Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Castle and Newstead Abbey for £39, and annual passes bundling parking with museum entry. Parking costs £5 on weekdays and £6 at weekends (pay by the RingGo app, code 18914, or by card on site, no QR codes), with blue badge parking available in all car parks; coach parking is £50. Three cafés (Wollaton 508, Courtyard and Deli) offer indoor and outdoor seating, and there are baby feeding facilities in the courtyard café plus baby changing. The park is open daily except Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, with the Hall & Museums open 11am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm). Keep dogs on leads, stay at least 50m from the deer, and don't feed them, deer rutting runs September–November and calving May–July, so extra care is needed then. Drones and BBQs aren't allowed, and there's no swimming or fishing in the lake.
GOOD TO KNOW
Areas to explore
Deer Park & Gardens
outdoors500 acres of parkland home to two herds of wild deer, Red and Fallow.
Play parks
outdoorsPlay parks located near the 508 café and Sutton Passey crescent.
Walled Garden
outdoorsGarden area offering tours and seasonal open days.
Experiences
Discovering Dinosaurs Gallery
Gallery featuring prehistoric creatures, skeletons and fossil discoveries.
Hidden History Tour
Guided tour of the hall's hidden history, running daily.
Natural History Museum
Museum housed within Wollaton Hall covering natural history.
Nottingham Industrial Museum
Industrial heritage museum at Wollaton Park.
Wollaton Hall Organ
Historic organ at Wollaton Hall, played monthly.
What's on
Adventure Park at Wollaton
Autumn Festival at the Walled Garden
Dino Powers Outdoor Trail
Outdoor dinosaur-themed trail as part of Wollaton 100.
Diverse Cabinets of Curiosity
Gandeys K-Pop Dragon Circus
Circus production combining K-pop culture with acrobatics, aerial artistry and choreography, featuring over 30 international artistes.
Ganesh ceremony (GANESHOTSAV Visarjan)
Ganesh ji procession ceremony performed at Wollaton Park with music, for all ages.
Hacienda
Deep house and electronic music event at Wollaton Hall & Deer Park, now in its third year at Wollaton.
Harmony at the Hall – Children's Concert: Johnny & the Raindrops
Harmony at the Hall – The Helix Ensemble
Hidden History Tours
King Arthur and the Holy Fail (Open Air Theatre)
National Garden Scheme – Walled Garden Open Day
Nottingham Mela
Outdoor Cinema (Adventure Cinema)
Outdoor movie nights including family favourites and sing-a-long classics. Friday 28 August: Dirty Dancing (12), gates 6pm, film starts 7.30pm.
Peapods and Gillyflowers: Tudor Textiles
Pinocchio (Open Air Theatre)
Sherlock Holmes & The Hound of the Baskervilles (Open Air Theatre)
Steaming Days at Nottingham Industrial Museum
Summer Holidays
The Greensleeves Project: Tudor
The Wollaton Hall Organ
Walled Garden Tours
Wellbeing at Wollaton
Wollaton Tots Secret Garden
Family workshop as part of learning & education programme.
Wollaton Winter Light Trail
Illuminated light trail with sound and seasonal storytelling across the historic grounds.