Middleton Hall & Gardens

04/06/2026

Next up for we'd like to thank our terrific Visitor Experience volunteers some of whom are pictured here - Trevor, Jane, Liz, Sue, and Chloe! As the first person our guests meet, you guys are crucial to the running of this place - a very grateful thank you to you all! 🤩

Our Visitor Experience volunteers primarily work on Visitor Reception welcoming visitors, selling tickets, supervising the small gift shop area, handing out maps and orientating people around the estate. If you're a people person that loves to be at the heart of the action - we'd love to have you as part of the team!

If you would be interested in volunteering in Visitor Welcome - please visit our website - https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/volunteering-opportunies or email us at [email protected]

04/06/2026

✨THIS SUNDAY - Middleton Motors returns! ✨

📅 Sunday 7th June
⏰11am - 4pm
📍Middleton Hall and Gardens, B78 2AE

Join us for our monthly Middleton Motors show this Sunday!

Middleton Motors Monthly regularly attracts around 100 motor enthusiasts gathered in vehicles old and new, fast and slow, to share their common love of unusual motors. Access to the hall and gardens included.

🎟️ Get your tickets here - https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/event-details/middleton-motors-19

Photo credit - Adrian Hartop Photography

04/06/2026

Our next volunteer sharing their experience for is the wonderful Chloe!

“I have been volunteering at Middleton Hall for the last year, and I’m here once or twice a week as I balance this with shift work and volunteering at other places – I do Visitor Welcome, bookshop, and am in the History Research Group.

I decided to volunteer here as I was looking to gain experience in heritage as my degree was in conservation.

I would definitely recommend volunteering here as it’s a fun place and you get to meet lots of people!”

03/06/2026

Here are a few of the volunteers from our Craft Group here at Middleton Hall - Katie, Meri, Victoria, Lynne, Rachel, Vanessa, Clare, and Janette!

A heartfelt thank you to all our Crafting Group volunteers for all their continuous hard work! Your amazing skills add so much to Middleton Hall and Gardens! 🙏

Our Craft Group make items to enhance the exhibitions put on by our History Research Group (spotlight on them tomorrow!), as well as items to sell on their very own craft stall with all proceeds going to the upkeep of the hall and gardens! This is ideal for any creatives out there wanting to meet like minded-people, putting their existing skills to good use and teaching each other new skills along the way!

If you would like to volunteer in our Craft Group, please visit our website https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/volunteering-opportunies or email us at [email protected]

03/06/2026

New blog post! 🤩

The 3rd June is World Bicycle Day. Middleton Hall has a surprising connection with the history of the bicycle. In 1896, Kathleen de Hamel, who was the eldest daughter of Egbert and Ernestine de Hamel, tenants of Middleton Hall, invented the bicycle flower basket when she was just 13 years old...

The 3rd June is World Bicycle Day. Middleton Hall has a surprising connection with the history of the bicycle. In 1896, Kathleen de Hamel, who was the eldest daughter of Egbert and Ernestine de Hamel, tenants of Middleton Hall, invented the bicycle flower basket when she was just 13 years old. As a....

03/06/2026

There are still places on our English Longbow Experience on 6th June from 12pm – 2pm. Spend two hours with our resident archer, learning how to shoot an authentic English Longbow!

Get your tickets here - https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/event-details/english-longbow-experience-2026-06-06-12-00

03/06/2026

Next up for we have another of our volunteers sharing their experiences at Middleton Hall - the fabulous Meri!

02/06/2026

📜 New Blog Now Available! 📜

Our latest article examines two intriguing entries from Sir Henry Willoughby’s household accounts.

The first entry for June in the Middleton household accounts for Sir Henry Willoughby in 1526 was undated. It was described as payment for half a yard of black cloth for bands for the gentlewomen’s kirtles. The amount was 6 pence, which was the equivalent of about £11.03 today...

Read the full blog here:
https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/post/the-middleton-accounts-of-1526-31

The first entry for June in the Middleton household accounts for Sir Henry Willoughby in 1526 was undated. It was described as payment for half a yard of black cloth for bands for the gentlewomen’s kirtles. The amount was 6 pence, which was the equivalent of about £11.03 today. The kirtle was the...

02/06/2026

Here are some of our dedicated tearoom volunteers at our very own Willughby’s tearoom - the fantastic Sarah, Karen, and Chris! All our tearoom volunteers put in such hard work and make the most scrumptious treats! Thank you so much for all your efforts! 🤩

This is an ideal volunteer role for any bakers out there! We make sandwiches, cakes, sweet treats, scones, and even afternoon teas. The tearoom is open on most weekends from 11am – 4pm, and also ad hoc for special events and bookings.

If you like to volunteer in our tearoom, please visit our website https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/volunteering-opportunies or email us at [email protected]

02/06/2026

📜 New Blog Now Available! 📜

Our latest article explores two fascinating entries from Sir Henry Willoughby’s household accounts dating from May 1526.

One records a reward paid to the Hall’s huntsman after he broke his bow, offering an insight into the importance of archery and hunting in Tudor England. The other notes expenses incurred by a visiting pursuivant staying with the Avery family, opening a window onto the world of heralds, royal messengers and the College of Arms.

From the cost of replacing a longbow to the duties of Tudor pursuivants, these brief account entries reveal the wider stories hidden within everyday records from Middleton Hall nearly 500 years ago.

Read the full blog here:
https://www.middleton-hall.co.uk/post/the-middleton-accounts-of-1526-30

The next two entries in the Middleton household accounts for Sir Henry Willoughby in 1526 were undated except for the month and, therefore, because of the preceding entry, must have been either the 30th or 31st. The first was described as a reward to Sir Henry’s huntsman when he broke his bow and ...