Tatton Park

Tatton park is a place we visited on our way home from our holiday in Wales this September. We decided to use this as a half way stopping place to break up our journey have something to eat and stretch our legs. As we were only there for a couple of hours we were only able to do a small amount of the things on offer at Tatton Park. For the purpose of this review I will only focus on those bits which are the gardens, adventure playground café and toilet facilities. If you want to read about the other areas in more detail I suggest you look at the website which is www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-tattonpark What is it and what's ...  Read the complete review

Tatton Park is an example of a country house and estate dating from 1791. It is situated near to Knutsford in Cheshire and was the former seat of the Egerton family. The National Trust now own the park, but it is financed, administered and maintained by Cheshire County Council. The house is a neo-classical type building that was designed by Samuel Wyatt. Work began on the construction in 1791 but the original plans were scaled down due to cost. His nephew, Lewis Wyatt eventually completed it around 1810. As well as the main house, generally referred to as Tatton Mansion there is also another historic house on the estate known as the Tudor Old Hall. ...  Read the complete review

Ihave visited Tatton Park several times and most recently visited to attend the North West Food festival that was held there which we thoroughly enjoyed. The grounds of Tatton park are lovely and it has a variety of things to do. Where is it? Tatton Park is situated 12 miles to the south of Manchester not very far from the airport, 2 miles North East of Knutsford , Tatton Park is signposted on and from the M6, junction 19, and M56, junction 7. Signposted on and from the A56 and A50. What's there? There are what could be considered as 5 attractions at Tatton Park and it really would depend on what you are interested as to what appeals. We ...  Read the complete review

Tatton is one of those places you?ll never get tired of; there is something for everyone old and young When I was a kid I hated my mum dragging me round all the boring national trust properties (my idea of hell) THE PARK Tatton has acres and acres of woodland, with deer nestling in the grass, trees and wildlife galore There is also a more formal garden at the back of the house which has an additional entrance price, this garden is great I have friends that go to Tattan all the time and never go in the garden, they don?t know what there missing!!! It?s worth the extra money even if it is a little pricy The formal garden has a terraced area ...  Read the complete review

Situated in Knutsford, Cheshire, Tatton Park, once the home of the Egerton family, is set in approximately 1,000 acres of parkland where herds of red and fallow deer graze. It has several entrances, the main entrance being lined with an avenue of trees. Tatton Park boasts, amongst other attractions, two historic houses, one being Tatton Mansion built in the early 19th century, the other being the Tudor Old Hall. There are also beautiful gardens and to stroll around. They include both Japanese and Italian gardens, an orangery, a rose garden and a fernery. Other attractions are the farm, which is a working one, and the speciality shops, which are ...  Read the complete review