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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 8^th and 9^th Baronet. The Hall is Grade II* listed and home to Sir Nicholas Bacon the 14^th and 15^th Baronet and his family.

Raveningham Gardens & Tearoom

Join us in 2018 to join the beauty of our varied and ever changing floral seasons.
Our opening Hours are Wednesday,Thursday & Friday until August 31st 11am – 4pm.
We are also open every Sunday from 15th July through to 26th August, and Bank holiday Sundays and Mondays April to August.
Our tearoom is open whenever the gardens are open. For further information please contact sonya@raveningham.com