DISCOVER the House of Secrets

Opening Times 2025

Let our tour guides transport you back in time as you immerse yourself in the darker side of Elizabethan England. Moving from room to room, you will discover Harvington’s many secrets and hear real stories of faith, fear, persecution and resistance. Tours are approximately 1hr 15 minutes.

Opening information for 2025

General Opening Times
The Hall is open from 10.30am till 4.00pm Wednesday to Sunday until 2nd November. Please note the Coffee Shop and Garden opens at 10am on these days.
please check our events page. Please note guided tours are not available on event days.

August Opening Times
We are pleased to announce that this August we will be opening 7 days a week, giving you the whole summer holidays to enjoy the Hall, Coffee Shop and Grounds.

Bank Holidays
We are open all bank holiday Mondays, but close on Good Friday.

Guided Tour Start Times
10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30 and 15:00 on Weekends.

Self Guided without a tour guide
12:30 & 13:00 (last entry for self-guided is 13:15)

Please note we don't run guided tours on Event days, please check our events page.

DISCOVER the House of Secrets

Admission Prices 2025

Coffee Shop and Garden Free Entry (Guide Dogs Only)

Guided Tours / Self Guided Tours

Historic House Member (FREE)
(membership cards must be shown on arrival)

Historic Houses Member (membership cards must be shown on arrival) FREE

Adult £13.50

Senior 65+ £12.50

Child 5–16 yrs £7.50

(Children under the age of 5 free admission)

Family (2 adults 2 children) £34.50

Family (2 adults 3 children) £38.25

Art Pass Member £6.75

Blue Peter Badge Holder FREE

Group bookings of 15 or more £12pp (Please contact us directly to book a group visit)

Please note, all events vary in price and Hall access will be self-guided only on event days.

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Harvington Hall reopens for 2025 in February

The Hall, Garden and Coffee Shop are open Wednesday to Sunday from Wednesday 19th February to Sunday 2nd November 2025. Throughout November and December we are open Saturday and Sunday only until Sunday 21st December. To book a guided tour, or to walk around as self-guided, please book by clicking on alternatively.

Our Garden and Coffee Shop remain free entry (on non-event days), If you wanted to please contact the Malt House Coffee Shop. Our 2025 events list is now on sale! (please note new events are being added regularly) For events, please check our ‘EVENTS’ page, Facebook and Twitter for details. Or email harvingtonhall@rcaob.org.uk

Any queries call us on

01562 777846

Harvington Hall is a fine example of an Elizabethan manor, a Grade I Listed Building sitting on an island

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Access & Facilities

Free Parking

Disabled Parking

Wheelchair access to the Hall ground ﬂoor and gardens only

Refreshments available from the Malt House Coffee shop situated in the Hall gardens.

Dogs- Access is given to guide dogs only due to the compact and enclosed nature of the grounds, as well as the welfare of our resident ducks.

In order to protect this Grade I listed building we request that no stilettos are worn, and that large rucksacks are not brought into the Hall if at all possible. If this is unavoidable you will be asked to wear it on your front.

Please note there is uneven ﬂooring on the upper ﬂoors.

Directions

Harvington Hall is situated three miles south-east of Kidderminster, about half a mile east of the A450 Birmingham to Worcester road and about half-a-mile north of the A448 from Kidderminster to Bromsgrove.

Any queries call us on

+44 (0)1562 777846

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harvingtonhall@rcaob.org.uk

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HARVINGTON HALL, Harvington Hall Lane, Harvington, Kidderminster, 
Worcestershire DY10 4LR

DISCOVER the House of Secrets

Journey through a Forgotten History

At Harvington Hall visitors will step back in time to discover how English Catholics lived in terror during the second half of Elizabeth's reign.

Each corner and staircase reveals a history of Recusant Catholics being fined for not attending church, the countrywide banning of Mass, the hunting of priests and the sordid, hair-raising history of torture and execution!

Harvington’s beauty and history are matched only by its uniqueness. The Hall has seven remaining priest hides, more than any other house in England, and allows visitors to experience the unique beauty of Elizabethan wall paintings, original panelling and floorboards. Adding to Harvington’s reputation as an attraction that people visit again and again, the Hall’s staircases, passages and doorways disorientate and trick the mind meaning no visit is ever the same.

See if you can navigate the seemingly endless routes around the Hall, perhaps created as a way to confuse priest hunters if they were ever to raid.
The family at Harvington would have been on high alert, dreading the heavy-handed bang at the door, with a haunting sound of “Let us in, in the name of the Queen!”

Truly a shining example of living history, Harvington brings the past to the present in vivid, thrilling detail.

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Harvington Hall is a fine example of an Elizabethan manor, a Grade I Listed Building sitting on an island that is a Scheduled Monument.

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