Newton Abbot Travel Club

3 NATIONAL TRUST

DYRHAM PARK, LACOCK & GREAT CHALFIELD MANOR

Thursday 10th/Friday 11th September 2026

Thursday 

We make our way to Dyrham Park, on the outskirts of Bath.

The house is  fine example of baroque architecture, and was created by colonial administrator William Blathwayt in the late 17th century. The 270-acre ancient rolling parkland is home to a vast array of trees & a herd of fallow deer.

The gardens  have formal borders,  ponds,  orchard and wooded terraces.

Dyrham is often used for filming, including Poldark.

Friday

After breakfast we will make our way to Lacock, the village is a quintessential English village, little changed in 200 years with timber framed houses & shops, and often used for filming.  The House is a country house with monastic roots and original medieval cloister and once home to William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer. Visit the Fox Talbot Museum which explores the history of photography, and Lacock's role within it, and hosts changing photography exhibitions. Lacock is also regulary used for filming including Downton Abbey, Pride & Prejudice, Cranford etc. 

In the afternoon we visit Great Chalfield Manor, again often used for filming, including Poldark & Wolf Hall.  The medieval manor house is still lived in by the donor family & a much-loved family home and an important example of Edwardian period charm it was restored in the early 20th century. The gardens are described as  being romantic arts & crafts.  You are welcome to visit the church which is not NT and they are grateful for donation. 

Included in the price

Coach travel with pickups, Newton Abbot, Greenhill Way route Kingsteignton

& Exeter Services

Dinner Bed & Breakfast @ Hilton Doubletree Swindon

Visit to Dyrham Park

Visit to Lacock & Fox Talbot  Musuem 

Guided tour @ Great Chalfield Manor

£139 per person sharing

£40.00 single supplement (imposed by hotel not us)

£50.00 non-refundable   deposit per person with booking

Balance by 20th August 2026

This rate is for National Trust  members

showing their membership cards at each property, 

Please note insurance is NOT included.

SORRY FULL

Please leave names incase of cancellations

Great Chalfield Manor 

Lacock Village

Images by kind permission of the National Trust