🏠 Indoor & outdoorCastleGardensEducationalSeasonal opening
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
Car parking is signposted on arrival at the top of the driveway.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Hoghton Tower is a historic fortified manor house on a hilltop in Lancashire, a short drive from Preston. Families can join an interactive guided tour through the house, with stories of the famous visitors it has hosted, and on some tours the secret passages and dungeons. Children can also play along the tower ramparts and explore three walled gardens unguided. The venue runs a programme of family events through the year, including spooky tours, seasonal trails and live family theatre, plus a monthly farmers' market on some dates. A tearoom serves afternoon tea and snacks. The driveway is long and steep, so arriving by car suits most families best.
Gardens closed November to March. Winter house tours on the third Sunday of each month and special tours in season.
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.- Waterproof phone pouch
Ice packs- Wet bagFor whatever comes home soaked.
Reusable cutlery
Toilet rollAssume the worst about the facilities and you'll never be wrong.
Folding stool
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · Rolf Dietrich Brecher, CC BY-SA 2.0
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