Stevenage

Stevenage Museum
St George's Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 1XX

Tel: +44 (0) 1438 - 218881
Fax: +44 (0) 1438 - 218882

A lively award-winning museum which tells the story of Stevenage from the Stone Age to the present. Displays include videos, a 1950s living room, a computer quiz and a programme of special exhibitions and events. For further details, please telephone for a free, What's On leaflet.

Opening times (this year): Open all year, Mon-Sat, 1000-1700. Closed 13,16 Apr, 25,26 Dec, 1 Jan.

Admission Free

Knebworth House, Gardens and Park
Knebworth
Hertfordshire
SG3 6PY

Tel: +44 (0) 1438 - 812661
Fax: +44 (0) 1438 - 811908


The home of the Lytton family since 1490 and re-fashioned in the 19thC by Bulwer-Lytton. There is a fine collection of manuscripts, portraits and furniture, a Jacobean banquet hall with minstrels' gallery, a British Raj exhibition, 25 acres of formal gardens with a Jekyll herb garden and a large adventure playground with Fort Knebworth. All is set in a 250-acre country park which is the setting for many special events throughout the summer. There is a gift shop, plant sales and a licensed tearoom in a restored 400-year-old tithe barn.

Opening times (this year): Open 7-21 Apr, daily, 1100-1730; 28 Apr-20 May, Sat, Sun Bank Hol Mon, 1100-1730; 26 May-3 Jun, daily, 1100-1730; 9 Jun-1 Jul, Sat, Sun, 1100-1730; 7 Jul-2 Sep, daily, 1100-1730; 8-30 Sep, Sat, Sun, 1100-1730.

Admission: 7.00 GBP (Adults) 6.50 GBP (Children)
Excluding House and Exhibition: 5.50 GBP (Adults) 5.50 GBP (Children)

Fairlands Valley Park
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG2 0BL

Tel: +44 (0) 1438 - 353241
Fax: +44 (0) 1438 - 743483

Consisting of over 120 acres in central Stevenage, the park consists of an 11-acre lake which is used for windsurfing and sailing throughout the year (courses available May to Sep. Boating lake and play area, 3 mini paddling pools which open on Whitsun weekend and then daily throughout the summer holidays. The park supports a wildfowl sanctuary where colourful ducks and geese can be fed. There is also a wealth of other wildlife species to be seen by the keen observer. Ideal for walking or picnicking, also coarse fishing for carp, bream and roach.

Opening times (this year): Open at any reasonable time; 31 Dec, until 1200. Closed 24, 25, 31 Dec, 1 Jan.

Admission Free

Benington Lordship Gardens
Benington
Hertfordshire
SG2 7BS

Tel: +44 (0) 1438 - 869228
Fax: +44 (0) 1438 - 869622

Romantic old garden on the site of a Norman castle, also Queen Ann manor-house with Edwardian Verandah. Magificent folly. Overlooks lakes and parkland. Vegetable, rose, rock/water garden and spectacular borders. Contemporary sculpture.

Opening times (this year): Please phone (01438) 869668 for details on openings.

Admission: ú3.00 (Adults) ú0.00 (Children)
With appointment: 3.50 GBP (Adults) N/A (Children)