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Join us for a day of family fun as Painshill on the 20th of September 2026! Discover one of Surrey’s most beautiful historic landscapes, explore winding pathways, uncover hidden follies, and enjoy a variety of activities.

A rare chance to see inside the Gothic Temple, a splendid folly built in 1741 by architect James Gibbs. Enjoy free entry to both National Trust Stowe and Gothic Temple as part of Heritage Open Days.

View the Halswell House State Rooms. Visit the gardens and parkland. Enjoy the woodlands, ponds and follies. Take part in a Goathurst Heritage Trail.

Ivy House was built in the 1780’s. The gardens contain a number of follies and a local historian will be available to answer questions.

The Temple of Pan is part of the Goathurst Village Heritage Trail. The Temple of Pan was built as an ornamental folly as part of the landscape and gardens of the Halswell Park Estate in the 1770s.

This is a free visit where you can explore this unique site. Rushton Triangular Lodge is an intriguing folly built in 1593-97 by Sir Thomas Tresham. Tresham was a staunch Roman Catholic, often fined or imprisoned for his then-illegal faith.

Wentworth Woodhouse has over 50 acres of beautiful Gardens encompassing ancient trees, shaded woodland copses and a peppering of follies and monuments across the landscape.

What lies beneath St. Dominic's? A Spanish Armada beacon. An 18th-century folly. Years of remarkable student-led excavation. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exciting local archaeological sites around.

Visit Hornsea and see Bettison's Folly. Originally built in the grounds of Newbegin House in 1844, the 55ft-tall tower has delighted and intrigued visitors ever since.

A chance to see inside the Grade II listed folly known as The Hermitage and to meet some of the volunteers who help to maintain it.