WELCOME

 

The Raveningham Estate & Gardens

The Raveningham Estate is a traditional rural Estate of some 5,500 acres situated south of Norwich in South Norfolk. It has been home to the Bacon family since 1735.

Our main activity is farming, we grow mostly arable crops which include oil seed rape, wheat, barley, sugar beet, peas and potatoes. A pedigree herd of Sussex cattle and a small flock of Norfolk Horn sheep graze the Park surrounding Raveningham Hall. Elsewhere on the Estate we have a large flock of Suffolk ewes. The Estate includes 500 acres of semi ancient natural woodland which provides renewable energy and high quality timber. Woodchip from our timber is used to supply 4 bio mass boilers on the Estate and we have recently built a floating PV installation on a reservoir, increasing our PV installations to 4. The Estate is committed to renewable energy. We have a strong emphasis on conservation, biodiversity and creating new habitats whilst improving and enhancing existing ones. Raveningham Hall, was built around 1750 by an unknown architect for Sir Edmund Bacon the 8th and 9th Baronet. The Hall is Grade II* listed and home to Sir Nicholas Bacon the 14th and 15th Baronet and his family.

 

Raveningham Gardens & Tearoom

 

Join us in 2019 to join the beauty of our varied and ever-changing floral seasons.

April Openings;
April 3rd to April 26th
Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays (not open Good Friday, 19th) 11am – 4pm
We will also be open on Sunday April 21st & Monday April 22nd (bank holiday)

May Openings:
May 1st to May 31st
Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays 11am – 4pm
We will also be open on Sunday May 5th & Monday May 6th and Sunday May 26th & Monday May 27th (bank holiday)

Our Garden is open for both individual visits and group tours and our tearoom is open whenever the gardens are open.
For further information please contact sonya@raveningham.com 01508 548480

We look forward to welcoming you
to Our Gardens