Tours

Acton Court will open to the public Wednesday 27 May to Sunday 28 June 2026

for self-guided audio tours, events and workshops.

Full details will be posted in the spring.

Take a virtual tour of the house here.

You can see a short film segment featuring Acton Court from the 2013 ITV production Britain’s Secret Homes here.

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Self-guided audio tours

Learn the history of Acton Court at your own pace with our audio guides. There will be a selection of tours available, each with a different perspective.

The tours

A selection of audio tours recorded by Acton Court’s professional guides cover information that a guided tour would offer. In addition there is a theatrical tour. We hope to provide more specialist tours in the future. 

A walk around the outside of Acton Court with Angela Nutbrown

This tour covers information about the standing building, grounds and garden.

A visit to the King’s Rooms with Rodger Fowler

Rodger will guide you through the three rooms that were built especially for the visit of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1535. You will also have access to some of the downstairs rooms.

Theatrical tour: Lady Joan Poyntz as written and told by Brenda Page

The wife of Sir Nicholas Poyntz invites you to visit her home and share memories of her family and the people they knew through the momentous reigns of four of the Tudor monarchs, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.

You can listen to samples from the audio tours here.