Historic Houses Association

Description: The British non profit organisation concerns itself with the preservation of privately owned country houses. The HHA ... more

Historic Houses Association ... represents 1,500 privately owned historic houses, castles and gardens which are open to the public for viewing, weddings and other special events.

Newest Review: ... provides free access during normal opening hours to over 300 historic houses and gardens owned by members of the Association. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frie nd of HHA Membership prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £37 single membership £60 double membership £18 additional family member Children do count in the additional family category, and each property may class the free age group differently, ... more

... i.e. Newby Hall classes under 3s' free while Ripley Castle classes under 4s' free. So basically if your kids fall into this age group it is worth doing some research as to whether you will need to buy the membership or not. So basically an average family...more

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Historic Houses Association: Treat the Family to a day out, or 300! (821 words)
by - written on 24/07/09 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~ At first glance the Historic Houses Association could easily be dismissed as an upper class club, a society for the elite to show off their castles and estates to their equally super rich wealthy piers; the Lords and Ladies. But as we all know first glances can often be misleading, and in this case that analogy could not be further from the truth. ~~~~~~~~~~~ What is the HHA? ~~~~~~~~~~~ The HHA supports 1,500 privately owned historic houses, castles and gardens throughout the UK. Around 350 of these houses are open to the public throughout the year. There are more privately owned houses ... Read the complete review

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