Carol Henson

Review of Waddesdon Manor (National Trus...

We recently spent a week visiting National Trust p...

We recently spent a week visiting National Trust properties as part of a Covid-enforced staycation (we're NT members, so it was a cost-conscious break too!)

We visited on 16th September, the first day that the house re-opened to the public after the venue had been closed for filiming. It was our first visit since the bus service has been introduced and didn't mind paying the bus fare to avoid the long walk to the house - not great fun when you walk with a stick (him, not me).

The house is only partially open at present, and the first half of the one-way tour was through rooms which have been 'put to bed' for the winter. The second half, however, included some beautiful rooms - although my favourite was a small corner set for tea.



The gardens have also been somewhat neglected (understandably), and there wasn't the usual fantastic display of planting but still very enoyable (and the dahlias were gorgeous).