The Stately HomesA list of stately homes in the United Kingdom

A list of stately homes
in the United Kingdom.

Helping people discover and enjoy the UK's incredible stately homes.

279 stately homes, across every heritage body and private estate that opens its gates - the National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, Cadw, and every independent estate besides. One independent directory, with the operator, access and official details for each.

The 10 top-rated stately homes

#1 Stourhead

Stourhead

Wiltshire, England

★ 4.8 · 12.1k reviews

 #2 Cragside

Cragside

Northumberland, England

★ 4.8 · 8,296 reviews

 #3 Lanhydrock

Lanhydrock

Cornwall, England

★ 4.8 · 5,808 reviews

 #4 Wallington

Wallington

Northumberland, England

★ 4.8 · 4,586 reviews

 #5 Goodwood House

Goodwood House

West Sussex, England

★ 4.8 · 3,215 reviews

 #6 Coleton Fishacre

Coleton Fishacre

Devon, England

★ 4.8 · 3,007 reviews

 #7 Mount Stuart

Mount Stuart

Isle of Bute, Scotland

★ 4.8 · 1,790 reviews

 #8 Birmingham Back to Backs

Birmingham Back to Backs

West Midlands, England

★ 4.8 · 1,731 reviews

 #9 Longleat House

Longleat House

Wiltshire, England

★ 4.8 · 1,434 reviews

 #10 Stoneywell

Stoneywell

Leicestershire, England

★ 4.8 · 958 reviews

The chart - all 279 plotted

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England - 227 stately homes

Northern Ireland - 8 stately homes

Scotland - 28 stately homes

Wales - 16 stately homes

How this list was compiled

Every entry started from the official property lists of the UK's heritage bodies - English Heritage, the National Trust, the National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw - then extended to every private estate, council-run house, country-house hotel and independent trust with a genuine visitor offer. A stately home only qualifies if the public can actually get in: a ticket booth, a regular tour, an open ruin, or a hotel occupying the building itself. Earthwork-only sites with nothing standing are left out by design.

Ratings, review counts and the practical notes on each page are drawn from real, current visitor reviews - not written from a brochure. Where a fact came from a single reviewer rather than a verified source, it's phrased that way rather than stated as settled history.

Quick answers

How many stately homes are there in the UK?

This list covers 279 stately homes with a genuine public offer - ticketed entry, guided tours, or accommodation in the stately home itself. It spans grand palaces, aristocratic country seats, gentry manor houses and the writers' and artists' homes now open to visitors; stately homes that survive only as private residences are excluded by design.

Which UK stately homes are free to visit?

2 stately homes on this list are free to enter without a ticket. Many more are included free with an annual membership of the body that runs them - the National Trust, English Heritage, the National Trust for Scotland or Cadw - so the effective cost depends far more on membership than on any single entry price.

Can you stay overnight in a stately home?

Yes - 119 stately homes on this list offer bookable accommodation, from National Trust holiday cottages and apartments on the estates to full country-house hotels such as Bodysgallen Hall in North Wales. Look for the 'Stay the night' badge on any entry.

What's the difference between the National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw?

They are the largest heritage bodies caring for the UK's stately homes: the National Trust (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), English Heritage (England), the National Trust for Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland (both Scotland), and Cadw, the Welsh Government's historic-environment service. Each runs its own membership, and a single card only covers that body's own properties - this list gathers all of them together with every privately owned and independently run stately home besides.

Which is the largest stately home in the UK?

Several of the grandest are routinely cited among the largest - Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth and Castle Howard chief among them. Knole in Kent is famously a 'calendar house', said to have 365 rooms, 52 staircases and 7 courtyards, one for each unit of the year.

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