Polesden Lacey
Museums & Science Centres · Leatherhead, Surrey
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor5–88–1212–16🛝 PlaygroundAdventure playGardens🌲 WoodlandEducationalSeasonal openingMemberships available☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
Main car park hard-standing; two overflow car parks are grass. £5 all-day charge for non-members (pay by cash at machine or card at Visitor Reception; JustPark app available). National Trust members park free - scan membership card at machine. 10 EV charging outlets (own cable required). Sat Nav: use postcode KT23 4PZ, not RH5 6BD (confuses satnavs).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Polesden Lacey is a National Trust Edwardian house and estate at Great Bookham, near Dorking in Surrey. Families can explore the elegant reception rooms and collections inside the house (ground floor open during 2026), wander the formal gardens and pleasure grounds, and let children burn off energy at the Kestrel Corner natural play area, made from wood from the estate with swings, tunnels and giant nests. The walled garden, tea-room café, coffee shop, shop and second-hand bookshop are all on site, with plenty of space for picnics. There are miles of parkland and woodland walks across the 1,600-acre estate, and National Trust family membership makes this an easy-value day out. Please note the house and gardens have different opening times, and car parking is charged (free for National Trust members).
Opening times vary seasonally - check the National Trust website calendar for seasonal opening and closing times before visiting.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Kitchen roll
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Travel games
- Sun cream
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
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