Skip to main content
Events

Heritage Open Days 
at
Compton Verney

Free entry to Compton Verney

Friday 11 – Saturday 12 September 2026
Book Tickets

Join us for Heritage Open Days and get FREE access to;

  • Three floors of art, ranging from royal portraits, Chinese bronzes, folk art and more
  • 120 acres of grounds to explore, including Sculpture in the Park 
  • Free tours of the Compton Verney Collections and grounds.

Bring your friends and family, everyone is free!

 

Explore the grounds

 

  • 120 acres of Capability Brown designed landscape
  • Capability Brown designed chapel
  • Sensory garden
  • Ice house
  • Sculpture in the Park

Join Fiona, landscape manager, for a free tour of the grounds.

A Georgian manor house set in grassy grounds. People walk up a long gravel driveway towards the house.
A long corridor of very tall red wood trees
A bronze round and point sculpture sits next to a lake overlooking a neoclassical building.
Sculpture in the Park- Naked Venus, Erika Verzutti © Compton Verney, photo by Jamie Woodley

Explore the collections 

 

There will be two free tours where the tour guide will give you more insights into some of the work that features in the collections

A group of people gather round an artwork on a plinth in a room with red walls and a white archway in the background

And don’t miss out on visiting the;

Café

  • Enjoy fresh, seasonal food from local suppliers
  • Coffee from Monsoon Estates Coffee in Stratford-upon-Avon

Shop

  • Pick up a memento of your day, something arty for the home or some honey, which is gathered from the beehives in the grounds.

Some tips for your day

  • We’re easy to get to, within a 30 minute drive of Leamington Spa, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon
  • There is free parking on site with 12 dedicated Blue Badge spaces
  • When you arrive, please check in at the Welcome Centre, from there it is approximately a 10 minute walk to the gallery, or you can take the volunteer-ran shuttle bus
  • There are wheelchairs and a tramper available for hire. more can be found out about these on our Access Page
  • There is lift access to each floor of the galleries
  • We welcome dogs in the grounds but ask that they are kept on a short lead. Only guide dogs are allowed within the gallery, including the café and shop

become a member

 

Every visit is a new adventure, becoming a member

  • Free admission to the galleries and grounds year round*
  • member previews for new exhibitions
  • priority booking for events
  • latest news and behind the scene stories
  • 10% discount in the shop

And admission for children (18 and under)

*Wednesday- Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays excluding five days a year which we will notify you of in advance