Rode Hall and Gardens

Rode Hall is a Georgian country house that has been home to the Wilbraham family since the seventeenth century, set in a Grade II listed park laid out in the Repton style. Families can tour the house, which holds an important collection of English porcelain, pottery and portraits, and then walk the grounds. The gardens include a woodland garden, formal rose beds, a walled kitchen garden and a mile-long lake called Rode Pool, where herons nest on an island. Spring brings snowdrop and bluebell walks through the old woodland, and a monthly farmers' market is held on site. A courtyard kitchen serves refreshments on opening days. The pool means younger visitors need close supervision near the water.