PAST EVENTS

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

for Self-guided audio tours, Tudor Jamboree and workshops.


Closed Monday and Tuesdays.

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Here is a  selection of photographs of Special Events held at Acton Court since our opening in 2001.

Acton Court 2025 Events
18 August 2025
Acton Court's 2025 Tours and Events: The Queen's Jewells weekend with The Enchanted Tudor Rose, The Merchants House Musicians, Lady Samantha, her ladies in waiting and King Henry, Tudor Grafitti painting activity, Sir Thomas Cromwell, Waytes and Measures period music, Medieval and Tudor herbs.
Acton Court 2024 past events
10 August 2024
Our 2024 Tours and Events: The Merchants House Musicians, Magician Greg Chapman, Henry VIII and his groom of the stool, Lady Samantha, Owl Occasions, Tudor painting activity, display of Court Dress, Medieval and Tudor Plants. The King’s Heralds: Heralds and Heraldry talk by Dr Dominic Ingram
A man is holding an owl while two children look on.
30 July 2024
A selection of photographs of Charity and Community events held at Acton Court since our opening in 2001.
Sculpture workshop
30 July 2024
Photographs of past workshops gallery held at Acton Court since our first opening in 2001 
Tudor Queens
by Nigel Tudman 8 July 2023
Our 2023 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. British Flower week, Flowers for a King weekend with The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians.
2022 Tours and Events
by Nigel Tudman 5 April 2023
Our 2022 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians.
A woman in a red dress is standing in front of a window.
by Nigel Tudman 27 September 2021
Our 2021 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Queens. Heritage Open Day 2021, The Tudor Cook.
A group of people are standing around a table talking to a man in a red hat.
by Nigel Tudman 17 June 2020
Our 2019 Events: June NGS Open Days; The Tudor Garden with Historic Gardener Mike Brown, make a nosegay with Organic Blooms, Nature and Wildlife with The Hawk and Owl Trust, Acton Court’s Bee Man, Organic Blooms, Owl Occasions and Chris Sperring. Garden and Tudor Music The White Rose and the Red: A Tudor concert with The York Waits and Deborah Catterall. Heritage Open Days 2019, The Odhecaton 1501 A Musical Revolution with In Echo.
A woman is singing while playing an acoustic guitar
by Nigel Tudman 17 June 2020
Our 2018 Events: The Erebus Ensemble Directed by Tom Williams; Candlelit Tours with Lady Joan; Piva, Glorianna - An Elizabethan progress. Midsummer Charity Day: Henry’s Queens, Steve Goodfield, Hilary Pavey, Jim Reynolds, Lady Nade (pictured), Tudor Ensemble, Tudor Weapons and Lifestyles, Chris Sperring, Hawk & Owl Trust, Organic Blooms.
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