Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Things to do · Snowshill
Snowshill Manor and Garden
Charles Wade's house of collected craftsmanship, from bicycles to armour, above Broadway, given to the National Trust in 1951, with its garden and model village.
Dog-friendly · EV charging
One of the strangest and most rewarding houses in the National Trust's care. Allow for the hilly 450m walk from the car park, or take the volunteer buggy.
- Good: Free car park with six EV chargers
- Good: Volunteer buggy between the café and the manor every day
- Good: Dogs on short leads in much of the grounds
- Worth knowing: A hilly 450m walk from the car park to the house
- Worth knowing: Narrow corridors, steps and uneven floors inside the manor
- Worth knowing: Motorhomes over 5m must call 24 hours ahead
About
Snowshill Manor, in the village of Snowshill above Broadway, was the home of Charles Paget Wade, who bought it in 1919 and used it as a stage for his life and his collection of craftsmanship, from bicycles to armour. He gave it to the National Trust in 1951. The garden, laid out with M. H. Baillie Scott as a series of outdoor rooms, holds the Priest's House and Wolf's Cove, a model village, and children can borrow garden explorer notebooks.
The free car park is about 450m from the manor by a hilly path, and a volunteer buggy runs daily between the café and the house. Inside, corridors are narrow and there are steps and uneven floors. Dogs on short leads can go in the reception, shop, picnic area, orchards, wildflower meadow, bookshop and on the lawns and terraces in front of the manor, but only assistance dogs in the formal gardens and the house.
Opening times change through the autumn, with earlier last admission from late October. Our walk round Snowshill and Snowswood starts in the village. Satnav takes you to the village centre; follow the signs from there to the car park.
Opening hours and season
Weekends only from 7 to 29 November 2026, last manor entry 1.30pm and last entry 2.30pm; closed in December. Daily from mid-March to the end of October; times vary by date.
Facilities
- Car parkFree, about 450m from the manor up a hilly walk; 6 EV chargers and bike racks
- CaféTimes vary by date; 11am to 5pm when checked on 24 October 2026
- Shop, plant shop and bookshop
- Volunteer buggyDaily between the café and the manor; wheelchairs available
- Accessible toiletNear reception and the café
- Dogs on short leadsNot in the formal gardens or the manor (assistance dogs only)
The details
- Features
- Café · Shop · Picnic area · Parking · Bike storage
- History
- Charles Wade's home and collection; National Trust since 1951
- Parking
- Free car park about 450m from the manor (what3words newly.sourcing.rezoning), with 6 EV chargers (11kW; bring a cable). Motorhomes over 5m call a day ahead; none in August or bank holiday weekends.
- Without a car
- No bus serves Snowshill. The nearest buses are in Broadway, about 2.5 miles by road (Pulhams 606, the R4 from Evesham and Stagecoach 1). Moreton-in-Marsh station is 7 miles away and Evesham 8 miles.
Photos
The garden Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The garden clock Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
A model ship in the collection Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The manor from the terraces Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
Accessibility
- Accessible toilet
- Hearing loop
- Large print available
- Assistance dogs welcome
Disabled parking by reception. The manor is about 450m from reception along a hilly tarmac path with a slope; a volunteer buggy runs daily. Inside are narrow corridors, steps and uneven ground. Braille and large-print guides, an induction loop at reception, a virtual tour, wheelchairs to borrow and a sensory map.
Places to stay nearby
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Diston's Cottage
Self-catering · Snowshill
A National Trust cottage for two on the street in Snowshill, opposite the manor, with a multi-fuel stove, a terraced garden and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Snowshill Manor Farmhouse
Self-catering · Snowshill
A National Trust holiday house for nine opposite Snowshill Manor, the old farm manager's home, with an open fire, five bedrooms and walks from the door.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Buckland Manor
Hotel · Broadway
A country house hotel in a Grade II* manor house with 15 bedrooms in ten acres of gardens at Buckland, near Broadway, with a restaurant, tennis and croquet.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Snowshill Manor Farmhouse 0.0 km away
- Diston's Cottage 0.0 km away
- Cotswold Lavender 1.4 km away
- Buckland Manor 2.8 km away
Sights nearby
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Shenberrow Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Stanton
Shenberrow Camp is a small Iron Age hill fort on the Cotswold Edge above Stanton, a D-shaped enclosure of about 1.9 hectares inside two banks and ditches, nearly 300m up beside Shenberrow Buildings farm. The Cotswold Way runs through it. A scheduled monument.
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St Barnabas's Church, Snowshill
Sight · Church · Snowshill
St Barnabas is Snowshill's village church, rebuilt in 1864 in coursed stone with a three-stage west tower and a clock, and keeping a fifteenth-century font. It stands beside Snowshill Manor, and it and the cottages round it were filmed for Bridget Jones's Diary. Grade II.
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St Michael and All Angels, Stanton
Sight · Church · Stanton
St Michael and All Angels is Stanton's Grade I church, of the twelfth to seventeenth century, with a spired west tower, medieval wall paintings and a rood loft and east window by Sir Ninian Comper. It stands on Church Lane, by the cross and the Cotswold Way.
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Stanton village cross
Sight · Monument · Stanton
Stanton's village cross stands where the High Street meets Church Lane: medieval steps and socket stone carrying a later shaft topped by a sundial, a ball and a cross. Listed Grade II and a scheduled monument, it is on the Cotswold Way, open at all times.