History Festival - Kentwell Through the Ages
Spend a whole day immersed in history at Kentwell and travel through time.
Location
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk CO10 9BA
Telephone
01787 310207- Next Event
- 24th May 11:00am - 24th May 4:00pm
- Following 2 Events
25/05/25 11:00
-25/05/25 16:00
26/05/25 11:00
-26/05/25 16:00
About this event
Kentwell Through The Ages showcases aspects of everyday life from many different times in history in pockets across the house and grounds.
Kentwell’s re-enactors are not actors, they are expert Living Historians, many with decades of experience and expertise in their chosen periods.
Visitors are encouraged to listen, question, help with with tasks and take part in some of the activities. With the freedom to go anywhere, visitors can take as much or as little time as they choose in any era.
Only at Kentwell can you see over 2,000 years of history in one day. You can travel from the Stone Age to the 1970s, with each period in its own setting, all properly equipped and costumed, with activities appropriate to each era.
Come as you are - or dress up in the historical era of your choice.
The ultimate day of History Time Travel!
This year, we plan to represent many of the following time-periods (and perhaps others too):
Neolithic Hunters • Bronze Age Crafts • Vikings • Saxons • Medieval Cottagers • Tudor Domestic Life • 17th Century Music and Dance • Regency Emporium and Military Recruiting Party • Edwardian Adventurers • WWI Services • 1930s film casting • WWII • 1960s Peace Camp • 1970s Happy Campers • 1980s Punks
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About the Venue
Kentwell Hall is Suffolk’s hidden gem and one of England’s finest Tudor houses that stands within the most extensive moat in the county and nearly 30 acres of formal gardens and grounds.
The house offers the visitor a journey through time from the Great Tudor Kitchen, the Gothic centre block to the State bedroom that was created by Thomas Hopper in the 1820s for a visit from the then Duke of York.
The house offers a relaxed environment, mixed with an individuality that is not often seen these days in great historic venues.
Kentwell Hall’s organic gardens are a combination of ancient features, elements of the substantial alterations of Lady Guthrie, tenant during the 1930s, and the recent landscaping and planting by the current owners.
Particular areas of interest include the formal walled garden with its glorious borders providing seasonal displays of colour, the wildlife meadows and the Pied Piper Topiary hedge.
Whilst the magnificent Cedar Trees that date back to the late 18th century provide a lovely backdrop and The Sculpted Tree, based on the theme of the Tower of Babel, is the UK's biggest single wood carving.
The house and gardens are described as “magical with a surprise around every corner” and are to be enjoyed at your leisure.
The Stable Yard Tea Rooms serve light lunches and afternoon tea using seasonal produce from the gardens and farm.
Kentwell Hall is famous for producing some of the countries largest Re-creations and family events that run throughout the year.
Kentwell is available to hire for weddings, corporate functions, events and filming.
