Marble Hill

18/10/2026

💀 Dying to know what killed the Georgians?

This Halloween, we’re exploring the darker side of Georgian life at Marble Hill… and let’s just say, 18th-century medicine wasn’t exactly a walk in the park. 🩸

Step inside Marble Hill House after dark for our Georgian Ways to Die tour, where we’ll delve into the gore, superstitions and curious medical practices of Georgian Britain.

📅 Friday 30 October 2026
⏰ 6–7pm (doors open at 5.30pm)
🥂 Includes a welcome drink
🎟️ £12 adult | £10.50 English Heritage members

Fancy a little historical horror? Join us after dark…

🔗 Book tickets on our website:

Venture through Marble Hill House after dark and delve into the fascinating world of 18th century medicine. Uncover the gore, superstitions and curious medical practices of Georgian Britain on this specialist tour with a spooky Halloween twist!

17/10/2026

Only one week to go until Diwali at Marble Hill! ✨

Join us next Saturday, 24 October, for a joyful family day celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, with our friends at Nutkut. Bring the family along to enjoy a vibrant day of creativity, colour and celebration in the beautiful surroundings of Marble Hill.

Whether you're celebrating Diwali yourself or simply looking for a fun family day out, we'd love to welcome you!

Saturday 24 October
Marble Hill, Twickenham
2pm-7pm

Find out more and plan your visit via the link: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/marble-hill-diwali-2026/

15/10/2026

Curious about our award-winning gardens? 🍂🌳

Join an autumn tour with a member of the garden team and find out more about the 18th century landscape of Henrietta Howard and how it is managed today. Booking details in the link below 👇

📆 Wednesday 21 October 2026
🕐 1-2pm

Join a member of the gardens team to discover the beautifully restored eighteenth-century gardens at Marble Hill.

14/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Marble Hill has struck Gold again at this year's London in Bloom Awards. We achieved the following brilliant results in this London-wide competition:

Large Park (over 25 acres) - GOLD
Heritage Park/Garden - GOLD
Biodiversity Award - GOLD and BEST IN CATEGORY
Community Plots - OUTSTANDING (Level 5)

We have had a particularly good year on the Biodiversity front - the launch of the Tryangle habitat space and a new pond took place in April and our new dead hedge and nature area are developing nicely and on the way to completion thanks to a Climate Action Microgrant from Richmond Borough Council. Winning another Best in Category was a huge surprise and a great boost for the teams who have helped to bring these awards to Marble Hill.

THANK YOU to all our outdoor volunteers and the site teams who spend their days making sure the park is such a special and welcoming place to visit and spend time in.

09/10/2026

🎃🍂 Pumpkin Hunt & Paint at Marble Hill 🍂🎃

Fancy getting creative this autumn? Join us at Marble Hill for a playful Pumpkin Hunt & Paint with Drawn Heritage !

First, head out into the park to hunt for your very own pumpkin, then bring it back to the workshop and turn it into a colourful autumn masterpiece. 🎨

With creative guidance from artists Mihai and Bianca, you can experiment with colours, patterns and whatever your imagination comes up with. No artistic experience needed!

Wednesday 28, Friday 30 & Saturday 31 October
2–3.30pm
Marble Hill Park - Coach House Cafe
Suitable for ages 4+ and adults

Come and make something wonderfully autumnal at Marble Hill! 🍁🎃

07/10/2026

Meet a very special tree friend...our Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)

Take a look at what our Tree Musketeers know about this tree, or even better, join them on Friday 9th October at 1pm by the cafe for a FREE guided Tree Tour! 🌳

Native to the eastern USA, Black Walnut is a large, spreading tree with distinctive leaves made up of paired leaflets. Its green fruits contain a notoriously tough-shelled nut, so much so that specialist nutcrackers were developed in the USA to get to the edible kernel inside. The nuts can be eaten raw or pressed for their oil.

And there’s more to this tree than its nuts. The juice from the outer fruit was traditionally used to make black hair dye, while its beautiful, shock-absorbing timber has long been prized for veneers and gun stocks.

It’s also a registered Champion Tree, which is a fitting title for one of Marble Hill’s oldest and most remarkable trees. 🌿

05/10/2026

Counting down the days....❤

Diwali 2026 at Marble Hill | Saturday 24 October | 2-7pm

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/marble-hill-diwali-2026/

03/10/2026

Have you heard of a bee bank before? It isn’t where bees keep their money, honey!

We keep honey bees in hives, but there are more than 60 other bee species at Marble Hill that prefer alternative accommodation. Many like to burrow into muddy paths or banks – and because Marble Hill is pretty flat, we’re a little short on banks!

So, when we have turf left over from preparing a new wildflower meadow, we pile it up to create a big green croissant, trimming the front to make an inviting habitat for bees and other small burrowing creatures.

And for those who prefer high-rise living, we leave some dead wood standing for them to bore into – like the habitat pictured here, with the bee bank visible at the bottom, now covered in regenerating wildflowers. 🌿🐝

01/10/2026

We’re relaunching our photography competition for another year, and we want to see Marble Hill through YOUR eyes.

Like last year, we're looking for photographs of Marble Hill Gardens through the seasons, as well as photographs capturing the beauty of Marble Hill House in it's open season in 2027.

🍂 The Autumn round opens 1 October – so get your cameras and phones ready!

The prizes include a £20 Marble Hill gift shop voucher and a cream tea for two. You can enter up to three photographs per season.

Find out more and see the full competition details via this.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/marble-hill/marble-hill-photography-competition/

Photo credit: our Autumn winner from last year, John Cowell.

30/09/2026

The garden team at Marble Hill are doing a brilliant job of making sure that most of the green waste produced by horticultural activities is recycled and used to support biodiversity and sustainability goals around the site. 💚

Larger logs and branches are used as a base layer in dead hedges, or to create log pile habitats such as stag beetle hotels. Wood chip and shredded material can be used to top up natural paths within our Woodland Quarters or to mulch borders and tree circles. 🌳

Meadow arisings are also great winter habitats and, once the seeds have been collected, are cut and gathered to create snug refuges for overwintering bugs and small mammals. 🦋

Coffee grounds from our cafe are added to compost and leaf mould piles, as is food waste from our volunteer mess room. ☕

Leaves are collected and stored to create leaf mould, a valuable component in compost mixes for seed sowing and a great mulch for flower beds and borders. 🍂

Every little helps! 💚