Doddington Hall and Gardens

Doddington Hall and Gardens Family-owned Elizabethan Hall & Gardens with award-winning Farm Shop, Bike, Clothing & Home Shops, Cafés & Restaurant.
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Shops, Cafes & Estate Walks open daily - please see website for full opening times and Hall & Gardens opening arrangements. Family-owned and run Historic House with fabulous gardens, award-winning Farm Shop, Country Clothing & Home Interiors store, Café, Coffee Shop & Restaurant, Giant Bike Shop, stylish Wedding and Events venue, along with hugely popular Christmas tree and decoration business. For opening times and prices please visit: http://www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times/

It’s been a pleasure to welcome so many wonderful visitors to ‘A Christmas Chorus’ in the Hall 🎄We’d like to thank every...
23/12/2024

It’s been a pleasure to welcome so many wonderful visitors to ‘A Christmas Chorus’ in the Hall 🎄

We’d like to thank everyone who has visited this year, we are overwhelmed with heartwarming feedback. Your support helps us to look after the Elizabethan Hall, Gardens and wider estate for future generations of visitors to enjoy ✨

The Hall is now closed until 06 April 2025 with the Gardens set to reopen on 05 February 2025 for our spectacular Spring Bulb Pageant.

Our Shops and Cafés remain open daily with the exception of 25-27 December and 01 January and our Estate Walks are open daily from dawn to dusk throughout the festive period.

🕰️ Please make sure to plan your visit by checking our festive opening times: www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times

CHRISTMAS SALE • Our Doddington Country Clothing sale starts today, Monday 23 December. Enjoy up to 50% off selected GAN...
23/12/2024

CHRISTMAS SALE • Our Doddington Country Clothing sale starts today, Monday 23 December.

Enjoy up to 50% off selected GANT, Dubarry, Barbour, Seasalt, Jack Murphy and more. Exclusions apply, limited time only.

🕰️ Doddington Country Clothing is open daily with the exception of 25-27 Dec & 01 Jan. Please check our festive period opening times: www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times/

Celebrate new beginnings, New Year intentions and a more sustainable way of living with a thoughtful 5 course ‘Nose to T...
22/12/2024

Celebrate new beginnings, New Year intentions and a more sustainable way of living with a thoughtful 5 course ‘Nose to Tail’ dinner in our award-winning Grain Store Restaurant 🍴

Our executive head chef, Conrad, has designed a sophisticated menu showcasing unusual cuts of meat to celebrate farming more regeneratively whilst reducing waste, transforming often overlooked cuts into flavourful dishes to truly embrace a more sustainable way of dining in the most delicious way 🥩

🗓️ Wednesday 15 January 2025, bar opens from 6pm with dinner at 7pm

Booking is essential as places are limited: www.doddingtonhall.com/event/nose-to-tail-dinner

As well as the , today also marks . With less light and colder temperatures, winter can be a hard time for wildlife ❄️...
21/12/2024

As well as the , today also marks .

With less light and colder temperatures, winter can be a hard time for wildlife ❄️ Songbirds are already suffering massive declines here in the UK, and providing for them in winter is the least we can do to help our feathered friends.

SongBird Survival has some tips to help our feathered friends through winter:

1. Water: Provide clean, fresh water all day. Be careful of placement so that it’s away from potential predators, and keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t freeze over. Even a small dish on a windowsill can help a thirsty bird this winter.

2. Food: Put high-energy or high-fat food out at the same time and place each day so that birds don’t have to waste energy searching.

3. Shelter: Create spaces for shelter and protection from predators.

Find out more: www.songbird-survival.org.uk/campaigns/national-robin-day-how-to-guides

Happy ✨ After weeks of dwindling daylight, we are held at a magical tipping point with the shortest day and the longes...
21/12/2024

Happy ✨ After weeks of dwindling daylight, we are held at a magical tipping point with the shortest day and the longest night of the year. A time of both reflection and celebration, it signals the sun’s ‘rebirth’ and the returning of the light ✨

🎵 Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, long ago 🎶 - In the Bleak Midwinter

Rachel of Catkin Flowers and her team transformed the Great Hall with the magic of midwinter for ‘A Christmas Chorus’. Snowdrifts blanket the furniture with bare branches adorned with bracken and dried materials including clematis, honesty and sweet chestnut leaves 🍂 Handmade paper snowflakes, bracken garlands and birch trees bring the winter landscape in and around ❄️

Celebrating Yule, the festival of midwinter, as well as Christmas is a way of introducing a slower, gentler, more reflective festival, one more in tune with nature 🌿

If the idea of marking the seasons appeals to you or you want to share in a seasonal celebration then take a look at Rachel’s ‘Wheel of the Year’ workshops, which mark nature’s seasonal shifts.

✨ www.doddingtonhall.com/event/wheel-of-the-year

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The midwinter scene was designed and installed by Rachel Petheram of Catkin Flowers and her team: Michelle Kelsey, Guy Petheram Garden Design, & Jane Bowtell.

Fresh, seasonal, locally sourced vegetables fit for a Christmas feast! 🥬 From veg to last minute gift ideas, we’ve got e...
20/12/2024

Fresh, seasonal, locally sourced vegetables fit for a Christmas feast! 🥬 From veg to last minute gift ideas, we’ve got everything to see you through the festive period 🎄

Our shops are open until 2pm on 24 December (closed 25-27 December and 01 January).

View our full Christmas & New Year estate opening times here: www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times

🎶 Don’t miss your final chance to experience ‘A Christmas Chorus’ 🎶Saturday 21 to Monday 23 December are now fully booke...
19/12/2024

🎶 Don’t miss your final chance to experience ‘A Christmas Chorus’ 🎶

Saturday 21 to Monday 23 December are now fully booked. So, if you haven’t purchased tickets already, tomorrow is your final opportunity to visit the Hall beautifully decorated for Christmas this year 🎄

🎟️ Tickets for Friday 20 December can be purchased online until 9am on Friday morning. After that time, if any tickets are still available, they can be purchased on a first come, first served basis upon arrival at the Gatehouse.

Booking is essential: www.doddingtonhall.com/event/christmas-at-doddington

Get crafty this Christmas and create your very own nature-inspired star 🌟 This fun and festive project is the perfect fa...
18/12/2024

Get crafty this Christmas and create your very own nature-inspired star 🌟 This fun and festive project is the perfect family activity to do together while adding a touch of seasonal magic to your home ✨

Here’s what you’ll need:
🪵 Five sticks (all about the same thickness & length)
✂️ Scissors or secateurs
🧶 Twine (string & wool work well too)

Steps:
1. Cut or snap the sticks to your desired length - the longer the sticks, the bigger your star will be.
2. Arrange the sticks into a star shape.
3. Tie the points together tightly with a double knot.
4. Secure the star by tying the sticks in the middle with more string.
5. Add foraged foliage and natural materials to decorate.
6. Hang your beautiful creation on the tree or around your home to spread festive cheer 🎄

Please note: When foraging for materials with children, always ensure they are supervised. Remember to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. Only pick items if you have permission and avoid collecting anything you are unsure about to ensure safety and respect for nature.

🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening times ✨🎼 Hall - open daily until 23 Dec, pre-booking essential🌲 Christmas Tree Yard - ope...
17/12/2024

🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening times ✨

🎼 Hall - open daily until 23 Dec, pre-booking essential
🌲 Christmas Tree Yard - open daily until 5pm on 20 Dec
✨ Bauble Barn - open daily until 12pm on 24 Dec
🛍️ Farm Shop, Home Store, Country Clothing & Giant Store Lincoln - open daily until 2pm on 24 Dec
☕️ Farm Shop Café - open daily until 2pm on 24 Dec (On Christmas Eve, breakfast will be served 9am-12noon, no lunch service, drinks & cake until 2pm).
🥪 Grain Store Café - open daily until 3.30pm on 24 Dec (Bookings only on Christmas Eve. Please note that the Grain Store is fully booked for Christmas Eve breakfast and tables for lunch are booking up fast. There will be no evening dining 27-28 Dec).

We will be closed 25-27 December & 01 January, with Shops & Cafés opening shorter hours 28-31 Dec, reverting back to usual opening times from 02 January 2025.

For full opening arrangements please visit: www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times/

📣 Only one week left to visit ‘A Christmas Chorus’ at Doddington!🎵 May your days be merry and bright and may all your Ch...
16/12/2024

📣 Only one week left to visit ‘A Christmas Chorus’ at Doddington!

🎵 May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white 🎶

Nadya and Lou of Lumo Workshop, artist Millie Welburn-Cowell and our incredible volunteers created rows of fluttering snowflake bunting, white paper chains and large snowflakes to transform the Staircase into a 'White Christmas'.

These unique paper decorations bring to life the spirit of a homemade Christmas. The scene is complete with giant presents and flocked trees to represent not just the beauty of the season but also the excitement of presents waiting under the tree and the joy that fills this special time of year ❄️

Just one of the magical displays to discover as you explore three floors of the Elizabethan Hall for ‘A Christmas Chorus’.

16-23 Dec, open daily
Please see website for timed entry slots

🎟️ Booking is essential: www.doddingtonhall.com/event/christmas-at-doddington

📷 Instinctive Photography

CHRISTMAS SALE • Our Doddington at Home sale starts tomorrow, Monday 16 December.Enjoy 20% off selected Christmas stock ...
15/12/2024

CHRISTMAS SALE • Our Doddington at Home sale starts tomorrow, Monday 16 December.

Enjoy 20% off selected Christmas stock including all Christmas décor, books, cards, wrapping, jigsaws, games and more. Exclusions apply, limited time only.

🕰️ Doddington at Home is open daily; Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm & Sunday 10am-4pm.

🎄 For Christmas & New Year opening times (24 Dec - 02 Jan) please visit: www.doddingtonhall.com/visiting/opening-times/

Winter Solstice Workshop • Last few spaces remaining! Join Caroline Brown, founder of BEA Wellness and Beauty, in celebr...
14/12/2024

Winter Solstice Workshop • Last few spaces remaining!

Join Caroline Brown, founder of BEA Wellness and Beauty, in celebrating the Winter Solstice with a meaningful ritual – a cherished tradition she has practiced for over a decade.

The Winter Solstice, occurring on 21 December, marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year. It is a time steeped in tradition and significance, symbolising the rebirth of the sun and the gradual return of light ✨

To celebrate the occasion, you are invited to participate in a warming and welcoming ritual, followed by a guided meditation. Caroline will share the theory behind energy and chakras, including lessons on how essential oils benefit the nervous system. You’ll also have the opportunity to write a letter of reflection to yourself, allowing you to release the old year and manifest your new dreams for the future.

Mulled wine and festive treats are included plus you’ll receive solstice gifts to continue your journey at home.

📍 The Print Room at Doddington
🗓️ Saturday 21 December, 10am-1pm
🎟️ Booking essential: www.doddingtonhall.com/event/wellness-workshops

Rare Late Availability 🏡Experience the magic of the season with a festive break in the Delaval Rooms, now available for ...
13/12/2024

Rare Late Availability 🏡

Experience the magic of the season with a festive break in the Delaval Rooms, now available for Christmas and New Year stays ✨

🎄Christmas: Monday 23 December for a 5 night stay

🥂 New Year: Monday 30 December for a 3 night stay

Forming part of the old stable block, the Delaval Rooms sleep up to six adults across three stylishly furnished double bedrooms that overlook the landscape. Guests can enjoy a cosy sitting room which incorporates an open kitchen and dining area.

For more information and to view a virtual tour: www.doddingtonhall.com/holiday-cottages/the-stable-yard

To make a booking, please contact [email protected]

🎼 All is calm, all is bright 🎵Step into the serene starlit scene of the Holly Bedroom for a moment of calm and reflectio...
12/12/2024

🎼 All is calm, all is bright 🎵

Step into the serene starlit scene of the Holly Bedroom for a moment of calm and reflection.

Inspired by the beauty of the rural images depicted in the late seventeenth century Flemish tapestries adorning the walls, James from House of Props transformed this room using recycled wood and natural materials. The scene evokes a sense of peace and tranquility, capturing the essence of the beloved Christmas carol 'Silent Night' ✨

Discover the Holly Bedroom and more captivating scenes as you explore three floors of the Elizabethan Hall for ‘A Christmas Chorus’.

Wed-Sun until 15 Dec
16-23 Dec, open daily
Please see website for timed entry slots

🎟️ Booking is essential: www.doddingtonhall.com/event/christmas-at-doddington

📷 Doddington Hall / Instinctive Photography

Oink Oink! 🐽 This month in our podcast, we’re thrilled to introduce you to some more new arrivals to Wilder Doddington...
11/12/2024

Oink Oink! 🐽 This month in our podcast, we’re thrilled to introduce you to some more new arrivals to Wilder Doddington. Not ponies this time, but pigs 🐖

Meet our three new curly-coated Mangalitsa pigs, the latest additions to our team of ‘ecosystem engineers.’ Like our wild Exmoor ponies, rare breed Lincoln Red cattle and existing pigs, this new trio will be free to roam as their natural behaviours help shape the landscape 🌿

As they rootle the ground in search of tasty titbits like roots, grubs and fungi, they create vital new habitats and enrich the biodiversity of .

Shortly after their arrival, Melvyn joined Isobel for an official introduction to these three little pigs as they embark on their exciting wilder journey.

🎙️ Listen now: www.doddingtonhall.com/doddington-diary

Kazooieloki // Millie // Cole //Some wednesday gorgeousness with Mille and Cole from their breathtaking Doddington Hall ...
11/12/2024

Kazooieloki // Millie // Cole //

Some wednesday gorgeousness with Mille and Cole from their breathtaking Doddington Hall Wedding.

Scabal
Will Wood Productions
Doll Creative Hair & Makeup
Enya Doherty Makeup Artist
Made with Love Bridal
The Aisle

Dove and Lace
Cake&Thistle
Coco in the country

www.kazooieloki.co.uk
2023 Wedisson World Wedding Photographer Of The Year

We are featured in:
Vogue // Rock My Wedding // Rock N Roll Bride // Whimsical Wonderland Weddings // Brides Up North // Love My Dress // Boho Weddings // The English Wedding // Unveiled //

11/12/2024

Have you tried Padel yet? Check out Jess and Jake’s fun date idea at our Doddington Padel Courts 💚

Our courts are open daily from 8am-10pm 🎾

Book a court: www.doddingtonhall.com/padel

Celebrate Christmas Eve with a delicious breakfast or lunch at the Grain Store 🎄✨On Christmas Eve, the Grain Store will ...
10/12/2024

Celebrate Christmas Eve with a delicious breakfast or lunch at the Grain Store 🎄✨

On Christmas Eve, the Grain Store will be open 8.30am-3.30pm for bookings only. Breakfast is nearly fully booked and lunch is booking up fast so make sure to book your table soon.

Breakfast 8.30-11.30am
No Brunch service
Lunch 12-2.30pm
Closing at 3.30pm

Booking essential:
www.doddingtonhall.com/grainstore

The Grain Store will be closed 25-27 December & 01 January

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Main Street, Doddington
Lincoln
LN64

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01522694308

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Wild Lincolnshire 🌿 Want to know what a wilder Lincolnshire looks like? How you can get involved and impact nature positive locally? Our very own Head of Rewilding at Wilder Doddington, Isobel Wright, will be joining Hannah Dale from Wild Wrendale, Stephen Fox from Riseholme College and Tammy Smalley from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust for a special evening panel event at the University of Lincoln. Against the backdrop of the Nature Positive Lincoln exhibition, you’ll have the opportunity to hear about rewilding projects across the county. 🗓️ Tuesday 19 November. Arrival from 5pm for the exhibition preview, panel talk between 6-7pm. 📍 University of Lincoln, Peter de Wint Building, Project Space + 🎟️ Limited availability, booking essential, book your free ticket: https://lncn.ac/caf Part of the Climate Action Festival, 18–23 November 🌎 A wonderful week dedicated to raising awareness on how you can take positive climate action in your community and further afield with a programme of inspiring events and activities. Find out more: https://lncn.ac/caf #CAF24 #NaturePositiveLincoln #WhatsOnLincoln #ClimateAction #ClimateActionFestival #WildLincolnshire #WilderLincolnshire #WilderDoddington #Nature #Wildlife #Rewilding

Wild Lincolnshire 🌿 Want to know what a wilder Lincolnshire looks like? How you can get involved and impact nature positive locally? Our very own Head of Rewilding at Wilder Doddington, Isobel Wright, will be joining Hannah Dale from Wild Wrendale, Stephen Fox from Riseholme College and Tammy Smalley from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust for a special evening panel event at the University of Lincoln. Against the backdrop of the Nature Positive Lincoln exhibition, you’ll have the opportunity to hear about rewilding projects across the county. 🗓️ Tuesday 19 November. Arrival from 5pm for the exhibition preview, panel talk between 6-7pm. 📍 University of Lincoln, Peter de Wint Building, Project Space + 🎟️ Limited availability, booking essential, book your free ticket: https://lncn.ac/caf Part of the Climate Action Festival, 18–23 November 🌎 A wonderful week dedicated to raising awareness on how you can take positive climate action in your community and further afield with a programme of inspiring events and activities. Find out more: https://lncn.ac/caf #CAF24 #NaturePositiveLincoln #WhatsOnLincoln #ClimateAction #ClimateActionFestival #WildLincolnshire #WilderLincolnshire #WilderDoddington

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