Waddesdon Manor (National Trust) Review

One of the best national trust houses I've visited. House is stunning and the gardens were beautiful during our visit. Definitely worth a trip.

Architecture of building fascinating with design drawn from le Vau's Versailles. Three story Mansard roof complete with balustrade. Interesting helter skelter effect on tower balustrade. Site needs better directional signage for walks and also information boards explaining the architecture and the statues. That would boost my score to 5 stars.

Great visit for the Christmas market will be going back next summer

Incredible place, not only its beauty and size but quality and history is second to none. Great day out. Make sure you book your house visit before you go if you don't want to be disappointed. No buggies are allowed in the house so if you have small children may be a rein would be ideal. They also have a childs activity pack too.

Loved the market and the light show. Beautiful place.

Visited for the Christmas experience. Staff were really friendly, good selection of stall holders and having a bus to take you up and down the hill was a massive help! Only downside was the food in the cafes was very expensive and not the best quality. Look forward to going back to your the manor itself.

Beautiful grounds. We only had a fleeting visit inside the house as couldn't go in with 15month old in a back carrier. Door guide gave us a hip carrier to use instead, but toddler too wriggly with this. If we had known this in advance we'd have booked differently timed tickets and had one person outside looking after wriggly toddler. Will go again.

Brilliant National Trust location. Stunning gardens and house with lots to do and acres of land to run your legs off

Loved it here,lots of grounds to investigate and beautiful scenery

Such a wonderful place and experience for anyone who wants to visit

A great place to take picture and learn history. I recommend this place for everyone interested in history and photography

Very beautiful very big place its great for family's alot to see must see the fountain at Xmas it's so beautiful hi light of our visit we met Mr Lord Rothchild while in the house

Magnificent palace in the neo-Renaissance style built in the 19th century.
Its initial owner and responsible for construction, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, was a member of the Rothschild bankers dynasty.
Currently the Palace is managed by a family consortium.
The visitable interior and the huge extension of surrounding gardens, demonstrates well the financial capacities of its occupants for the time.
It should be noted that the Palace was the first dwelling with electrical power!
Visit highly recommended.

A fantastic day out. Dogs are welcome in most parts of the grounds, but you can't use the shuttle bus service and have to walk nearly a mile from the visitors centre. Extensive grounds with places selling snacks and drinks.

Second visit to Waddesdon and still feel like there is more to see (certainly the house as you need to book). Went with two boys for the Easter egg hunt, which was well thought out and had two age appropriate hunts. Gardens and walks are great and the kids play areas, although busy were super fun. As with most NT sites it would be great if they had drinking fountains.

Beautiful grounds, superbly kept. The house is a wonder.

Spectacular Manor House National Trust very busy during events like Christmas Markets

Lovely place. Went at Christmas it was magical. Returned in the summer to look at the house and gardens.. It didn't disappoint. Think it has to be one of the largest houses I have visited.... Many many rooms to look around!

Lots of nice walks, beautiful surroundings and very friendly staff

Loved the Christmas illuminations, would definitely recommend a visit.

Fantastic place, great gardens, great views, great walks, and was the manor was lovely. Great day out.

Waddesdon Manor has to be one of my favourite National Trust places. Their food and chilli festivals and brilliant and markets bountiful. Throw on a stately home and grounds and you've got a great day out.

Fabulous Christmas decorations and light show. A must for children and adults alike.

Lovely National Trust property with lots of estate for walking dogs. The house is extensive and worth going round. We were here for a Christmas lights trail and was very well done.

Looks absolutely wow. I deliver here and the drive up is nice and building itself appealing to the eye from any angle.

One of the NT's best sites. A fabulous house and beautiful grounds. Excellent restaurant and kiosks serving a variety of good food. Only slight downside is that unless you are a member it's expensive to visit.

Went to the food festival. Had to pay even as an NT member but it was absolutely brilliant! Great food, entertainment and games for the kids. None of us wanted to leave

Fantastic Rothschilds family home - very good all round, but particularly incredible furniture.

Lovely Christmas lights. The Christmas market was the best I have ever been. Affordable place.

Beautiful house with lovely gardens & woodland. Helpful, friendly staff. Highly recommended.

Certainly a full afternoon needed to see the house and gardens. However not enough 'rest chairs' in the rooms.

Lovely manor house and grounds, house, cafe and shop closed due to covid however the grounds are open for walking and there's an outdoor catering service to get hot drinks and snacks.
I was disappointed that all of the statues and monuments were covered up completely, as this ruined the overall view of the landscape, as its integral to the character, and obviously ruined photographs with looming clad objects, thst look like body bags! Apparently they're covered during winter to protect against frost, but perhaps they could remove those coverings now so people can see them?
As we paid the same price to enter grounds that you would pay to experience the entirety of what's on offer, it was a bit of a let down. However there are some great tropical plants to see and the daffodil meadow is beautiful.

lovely grounds,beautiful house.very well organised entry system.if i had to pick a fault there are not enough toilets or places to buy food/drink without major queues.

Beautiful grounds, came here for the chilli fest which was a good vibe

We have been to Waddesdon Manor a few times now and we are enjoyed each trip. The last time we cam was during the Christmas market and it was fun for our kids and us. The light trail was really enjoyable with a warm cup of hot chocolate. I would recommend visiting Waddesdon to everyone.

Beautiful but they only let us see few rooms, probably the 2% of the manor.

Beautiful house and gardens. One of the jewels of the National Trust.

Lovely gardens and grounds; shame that the mansion is currently closed. The shuttle bus is well worth using, as there is so much to explore around the estate. Sandwich selection at cafe is very limited for vegetarians - only egg & cress.

As usual Lord R.'s recception was very accommodating

I have been three times in the past year. The gardens are beautiful the back of the house is stunning and I love that first look at the house when you pull up on the bus, it's breathtaking! The information in the engine room is great, don't miss that.

Always a lovely afternoon out, national trust passes are such a good idea.

Great christmas market but again not enough places to get hot food without standing in a queue for ages. Word of warning, traffic management awful took ages to get onto main road when leaving.

Very grand manor house on French chateau style. Free for NT members. The house tour is well worth the effort and very well organised

Lovely place to visit lots of history and lovely gardens

A fabulous place to wander around...be warned... a fair old walk uphill from the carpark during Covid times as the shuttle bus not in operation. Very much worth a visit.
Daffodil valley is extraordinarily beautiful !

Very impressive country estate. Lots to do for all the family.

Amazing light show and the loveliest Christmas market.

Lovely stately home with gorgeous grounds and gardens.

Arrived to be told there was over an hour's wait for parking at the Christmas Fair. Poorly organised.

Beautiful house and grounds, make sure you're there for the food market!

Beautiful house and gardens. Opulent contents throughout the house and everything very well organised by the National Trust.

What a great day out well worth going to its a hole day

Large estate... lots to see and explore... well worth visiting

Spectacular chateau, straight out of a fairy tail, with lovely grounds for walking and admiring.

Beautiful place, lovely for a good walk and great scenery all within the grounds.

This time of year for leading to xmas they have really pulled out the stops for putting so many more stalls on either side of the front of the house and the animation display on the front of the house is so pretty. This year is a real must for visitors.

Beautiful gardens and house! Very lovely style and plenty of paths to walk

What a magical place at this time of year, so much effort has been put into making your experience worthwhile 10 out of 10

It is beautiful. The gardens, the house, the aviary, the woods. We went to the fair and everything had been arranged perfectly from the parking to the circus displays. Would highly recommend it to anyone.

Waddesdon Manor is probably the best National Trust place I ve been to - but it s also quite expensive if you are not a member of National Trust.

The grounds are absolutely beautiful and the house itself is massive. The Stables have a really nice cafe as well as some interesting shops.

A very good playground is located next to the Stables. Once again I believe this is one of the best National Trust playgrounds I have visited. Our kids really enjoy it every time we go.

A lovely day out with loads of different things to do depending on the time of year.

Amazing rich place - beautiful flowers, gardens, manor and rooms inside the Manor. Lots of well kept trails.