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Yes our last climbing session of the season is being run, (or climbed!) NEXT FRIDAY – 22nd August. Managed on site by The Great Big Tree Climbing Company, the day long […]

At Compton Verney yesterday I caught sight of a hazel shrub with a branch tip that wasn’t looking quite as it should – a little tattered and torn. On closer inspection the […]

Moira, Alice and Jo found time to go out and visit the British Folk Art exhibition at Tate Britain before it moves onto Compton Verney in September. Volunteers John, Clifford […]

With sunlight flooding in from the garden through the open windows and picking out the gold detail in the Burne-Jones wall paintings, I definitely couldn’t have chosen a better day […]

Fancy trying tree climbing during the summer holidays? Well, not tree climbing in the traditional sense, but with trained climbers, using ropes and harness? Then do read on!   THE GREAT […]

I popped out for a quick walk around the west lawn at Compton Verney this morning to make a start on our butterfly recording for the big butterfly count. Aside […]

There’s a good chance of more thunderstorms this weekend, and judging by the humidity today; tonight just might be the night. Naturally we’ve all grown up with the message to not […]

A few recent images following a trip around the East Park at Compton Verney, an area of seventy acres or so, now re-establishing as a wild flower meadow under higher […]

For just a few hours today Compton Verney became the start and finish venue for the edgehill half-marathon organised by Tempo Events. The runners

For many visitors to Compton Verney the lake, or ‘Upper Pool’ to be more accurate, provides either a familiar vista or a pleasant, some would say dramatic surprise. It is […]

Passing through some woodland and in between showers this morning, I stopped suddenly at the sight of a large bird clinging to a chestnut tree. It hadn’t noticed me initially, […]

I’m thrilled to bring you news of a new project that could have far-reaching benefits for the grounds and environment at Compton Verney. Landscape and garden designer Dan Pearson is […]

At Compton Verney tomorrow, Wednesday 18th June, we’re playing hosts to a Capability Brown Festival Information Day. Although this is a private event, engagement activities will be placed around the grounds […]

You may have heard about the exciting, upcoming exhibition of British Folk Art opening at Tate Britain on 10 June, which will be coming to Compton Verney from 27 September. […]

Time is fast approaching for our Intermediate Digital SLR Photography Workshop – next Wednesday 11 June, led by Stratford-on-Avon based professional photographer Sally Crane. It’s an opportunity to move your […]

To celebrate our 10th anniversary Compton Verney opened its doors from 5:30pm-8:30pm to join in the Museums at Night 2015 festival taking place over 15-17 May. On Friday 16 May […]

If you’re a regular visitor to Compton Verney, you’ll know something of the diversity the landscape holds. There’s establishing flower borders near the chapel, a long-established woodland garden known as […]

A photographic walk to introduce the West Lawn at Compton Verney… More to see than you’d think!

There’s a small community of anglers at Compton Verney who fish all year through but for a rest period from the middle of March to the middle of June. Regulated […]