Osterley Park and House, National Trust |

Osterley Park and House is a National Trust property we’ve visited often, but during each visit we’ve enjoyed the gardens and parkland, and not the house.

I’ve been told that during one of our visits I’ve been inside the house, but I honestly can’t remember doing so, as each time we’ve visited the house has been closed.

This means that I don’t have any photos to show of the house, but if it’s open next time we visit, I’ll definitely update this post with photos and details of each room.

However, I do know that the house was built in the 1570s, and was originally a Tudor house.

In 1713 it was acquired by banker Sir Francis Child, who transformed the house into the ‘palace of palaces’, with the interior still looking like it did in the 1780s.

To get to the carpark, you drive up a tree lined driveway, that also has livestock within it, which immediately makes you feel like you’re in the country, which is fitting, because Osterley Park and House is one of the last surviving country estates in London.

There’s a lot to do here, including walking around the gardens, looking inside the summer house, taking a break at the Stables Café, shopping in the gift shop, walking around the parkland and lakes, and playing in the natural play areas.

Osterley Park and House also host many events throughout the year, including a forest school, craft sessions, family games, and an outdoor cinema.

To find out more about these, please visit here.

What we love most about our visits to this property are the gardens, and everything that they have to offer, from walking trails, trees to climb, flowers to look at, and of course natural play areas for Ryan to explore.

Ryan has had many hours of fun climbing trees, jumping off tree stumps, making dens, and completing tree trunk obstacle courses.

The gardens behind the house are open daily from 10am – 5pm, where you can also enjoy a picnic, which we’ve done many times.

Bikes, scooters, and ball games are only allowed in the parklands in front of the house, which is open daily from 9am – 5pm, and is open for non National Trust members.

There are four walking trails in the gardens behind the house, which are:

Woodland Walk (200m)
This walk is around the lake in the gardens behind the house.

Nine Acre Trail (500m)
This walk allows you to take a short cut between two sections of the Osterley Trail.

Osterley Trail (2.5km)
This walk takes you around the gardens behind the house.

Long Estate Walk (3.4km)
This walk takes you around the gardens behind the house, and leads to the carpark in front of the house.

To find out more about the walks you can take, please visit here.

Osterley Park and House is located on Jersey Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 4RB.
For more information on Osterley Park and House please visit their website.

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I’d love to hear about them in the comments section below.

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