Cotehele - National Trust

Cotehele - National Trust Tudor house with superb collections of textiles, armour and furniture, set in extensive grounds. What's open? What's currently closed?

Garden, estate, restaurant, shop, gallery, reception and bookshop. House, Prospect Tower and Cotehele Mill

🍎✨ Exciting news - our Apple Weekend is almost here! Join us on 12 and 13 September to bite into fruity fun 🍎✨This year,...
02/09/2026

🍎✨ Exciting news - our Apple Weekend is almost here! Join us on 12 and 13 September to bite into fruity fun 🍎✨

This year, due to the hot weather this summer our crop is slightly smaller than usual, but there are still plenty of apples to pick. Why not gather apples for your favourite autumn recipes, and help us gather windfalls into crates to make our delicious Mother Orchard C***r - nothing goes to waste here!

Throughout the weekend, you'll also have the chance to taste some of our freshly picked apples to find your new favourite variety. Plus, the garden team will be on hand to answer any questions about apples and orchards.

Come join us for a fruity, fun-filled weekend! 🍏🍎

📷: National Trust Cotehele

[ID: A red apple on a tree branch filled with green leaves]

What's on at Cotehele in September? Answer: so many things! Scroll through and save this post for enchanting events all ...
31/08/2026

What's on at Cotehele in September?

Answer: so many things! Scroll through and save this post for enchanting events all month long.

Visit our events page for more details! 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/44za6eaz

💚 A Very Royal Summer of Play | ends 6 September
❤️ Drawn to the Valley - Open Studios | ends 6 September
💚 Heritage Open Days - Visit Cotehele for free! | 14-20 September | Free tours available, booking required
❤️ Apple Weekend | 12-13 September
💚 Pick Your Own Apples | 12-15 September
❤️ 'The Colours of Cotehele:' an exhibition by Mark Fielding | 12-20 September
💚 We're Going on a Bear Hunt trail | 19 September - 15 November
❤️ Scone of the Month | All month long!

📸 ©National Trust Images/Mel Peters/Trevor Ray Hart/Dee Coward/Mark Fielding/Emma W/We’re Going On A Bear Hunt © Bear Hunt Films Ltd 2016. Licensed by Walker Productions Ltd. on behalf of Bear Hunt Films Ltd.

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Are you looking for a fulfilling role in the beautiful Tamar Valley? We are looking for a Community, Participation & Vol...
26/08/2026

Are you looking for a fulfilling role in the beautiful Tamar Valley?

We are looking for a Community, Participation & Volunteering Co-ordinator to be part of a small but supportive team in the Tamar Valley property group, working across Cotehele, Antony and Buckland Abbey.

We're looking for an experienced, engaging, community minded professional. This role will focus on building and developing relationships with both our internal and external communities.

There will be a focus on creating and opening up new and flexible volunteering opportunities in line with the National Trust's new strategy.

Could this be you? Follow the link to find out more and apply: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ycxsrtfy

📸©National Trust Images/James Dobson

[Image description: three walkers at a community event chat in a forested area. Text reads 'Passionate about community? Come and join our team!']

It's International Dog Day! Meet our contestants for the Tamar Valley Digital Dog Show. Paws crossed that your favourite...
26/08/2026

It's International Dog Day! Meet our contestants for the Tamar Valley Digital Dog Show.

Paws crossed that your favourite wins their category!

All jokes aside, we really do love dogs at our places in the Tamar Valley. Each of our places welcomes dogs slightly differently, so be sure to check our websites before your visit if you're unsure of our Canine Code!

Tell us your favourite Tamar Valley dog in the comments, and we'd love to see pictures of your pooches at our places (pretty please?)

📸 Tamar Valley Staff

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Can you believe that summer is nearly over? There's just two weeks to enjoy a Summer of Play at Cotehele and Cotehele Mi...
23/08/2026

Can you believe that summer is nearly over? There's just two weeks to enjoy a Summer of Play at Cotehele and Cotehele Mill!

Promenade around the gardens in A Very Royal Summer of Play and discover royal wildlife on the way to Cotehele Mill.

Pull on your 'deerstalker' hat and become a Nature Detective at the Mill: who knows what you could find by the Morden Stream?

Cotehele is open 10am-5pm daily (Cotehele Mill opens from 11am-4.30pm). All summer activities run until 6 September.

Summer of Play is sponsored by Pokémon.

📸 Emma W

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We're looking forward to welcoming back our friends at Drawn to the Valley for Open Studios at Cotehele between 29 Augus...
22/08/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming back our friends at Drawn to the Valley for Open Studios at Cotehele between 29 August and 6 September!

Drawn to the Valley is a group of local artists formed in 2004 and brings the Tamar Valley to life through art.

We welcome artists to work at Cotehele during the 'Open Studios' season, allowing our visitors to get a taste of the Valley's creativity. Here's a picture of 2025's artists working in the Victorian Drawing Room: so much artistic energy!

This year we welcome artists Ali Fife Cook, Gill Mannings Cox, Dee Coward, Nuala Taylor, Gill Sargeant and Anita Townsend and we can't wait to see what they work on this year.

The artists and their work will be found in the East Range of the house between 29 August and 6 September, 11am-4pm. Why not gain inspiration and bring along your own art supplies for a sketch in the gardens?

📸 Emma W

[Image description: four artists work at a long wooden table in the Victorian Drawing Room, a dark wood panelled room with light flooding in on all sides. Some of their work is displayed on easels and on hooks around them.]

18/08/2026

Pop this in the canine calendar! Pooch Passports are returning and they're even more paw-some than ever 🐾

Head to participating places 1 September 2026 and 28 February 2027 to fill your Pooch Passport with stamps. Collect 5 stamps to receive a tasty treat courtesy of Forthglade, collect 10 to get a very special prize!

Here in the Tamar Valley, you can pick up a passport and stamps from Buckland Abbey and Cotehele at Visitor Welcome. We can't wait to welcome you and your pooch: are you ready for walkies?

Find out more about the scheme here: https://tinyurl.com/4c6fkma5

[Video description: animation of a dog's face and a 'Pooch Passport,' a small orange booklet with the following text: 'Grab a free Pooch Passport at a participating places we care for, discover new dog-friendly places, collect stamps between 1 September 2026 - 28 February 2027 to claim your free treat, in partnership with Forthglade, supported by the Dogs Welcome Project and Forthglade natural pet food.']

Cotehele’s interior, as you see it today, was furnished between around 1750 and 1860 by the Edgcumbe family. In 1789, Ki...
17/08/2026

Cotehele’s interior, as you see it today, was furnished between around 1750 and 1860 by the Edgcumbe family.

In 1789, King George III and Queen Charlotte visited the property, which put Cotehele on the early tourist map! The Queen even recorded her impressions in her journal—the earliest known description of Cotehele’s stunning interior—showing that its rich antiquarian traditions were already well established.

She described it as:

'It did originally exist of 3 Courts, of which there is now but one existing and Consists of a large Hall full of Old Armor & Swords & Old Carved Chairs of the Times.'

This royal visit inspired Summer of Play in the gardens. Have you brought along any new courtiers to Cotehele this summer?

📷 ©National Trust Images/John Hammond and Emma

[ID: a person dressed in a pink Georgian dress with a hat in front of a white gate. The Hall looking towards the west wall at Cotehele.]

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Cotehele, Near Street Dominick
Saltash
PL126TA

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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