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Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

We’ve been looking for more ticketed days out locally where we can ensure we socially distance, have a picnic and enjoy the nice weather. Our latest day out, last weekend, was to Painshill Park in Cobham, Surrey.

I only remember visiting Painshill Park twice – once with school and once over ten years ago. It’s somewhere I have such fond memories of and I couldn’t wait to take the children there. They’ve opened the park with three time slots through the day which are purely an entry time, you can then stay as long as you like in the grounds.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

There’s plenty of parking and the whole of Painshill has an accessible route so it’s great for pushchairs and wheelchairs too. We even saw a few children with scooters. Staff at the entrance had our names on a list and told us where the toilets and tea room were. Both are right near the entrance with the tea room offering a takeaway service and portaloos set up too.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

The vast majority of Painshill Park is open now that the covid lockdown has eased slightly with just the children’s playpark, crystal grotto and tower closed to retain social distancing measures. There’s so much space to explore and things to see and we were given a map at the start which really helped us find our way around.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

The main part of Painshill Park is the Serpentine lake in the centre of the 18th century landscape gardens. It’s so beautiful, full of wildlife and with many bridges to cross and and appreciate the view from.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

Throughout Painshill Park there are benches to stop at and places where you could throw down a picnic blanket and rest awhile. It’s a really wonderful place to take your time, wander at your leisure and just enjoy the outside space.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

There are a few official routes around Painshill Park – the historic route, the main accessible route and an alternative accessible route. The historic route is 2.5 miles and takes in most of the main sites of interest at the park. We vaguely followed that route but did veer off to do our own thing a few times.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

We got to see the Turkish Tent, the Temple of Bacchus, the Gothic Tower, Hermitage, the Mausoleum and so many other areas in between. It was such a nice walk, broken up with a picnic in the middle and so many stops to watch the world go by.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

We finished our day at the Gothic Temple which has always been my favourite part of Painshill Park. It gives amazing views and is a really lovely place to sit and relax – especially after climbing up the hill to it!

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

Painshill Park is a really lovely day out for the whole family even with the slight closures at the moment. It cost around £26 for our family of four which felt like great value compared to other days out we have looked at booking recently. You can find out more and book your tickets over on their website.

Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown
Visiting Painshill Park After Lockdown

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  • Donna Wishart is married to Dave and they have two children, Athena (13) and Troy (11). They live in Surrey with their two cats, Fred and George. Once a Bank Manager, Donna has been writing about everything from family finance to days out, travel and her favourite recipes since 2012. Donna is happiest either exploring somewhere new, with her camera in her hand and family by her side or snuggled up with a cat on her lap, reading a book and enjoying a nice cup of tea. She firmly believes that tea and cake can fix most things.

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  1. Looks lovely, Donna- we’re looking for new places to explore more than ever at the moment, and anything in Surrey is a goer for us, so we’ll put this on the list! Thanks

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