📜 Did you know that members of Twickenham's Georgian Jewish community were connected to Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill House? 👀 To celebrate Jewish Heritage Month, we're delighted to share a guest blog by Lucy Erber www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/jews-of-twic...

🌟 Join the team at Strawberry Hill House as our new Donor Relations and Membership Manager. 🌟 Help grow our community of members, patrons and supporters while playing a key role in securing the future of one of Britain’s finest Gothic Revival houses. www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🦢 Just one week left to visit Paper Castle at Strawberry Hill House. Try on Eva Fisahn’s wearable paper creations – headdresses, wings and a fan – before the exhibition closes on 21 June. 🎟️ Included with general admission 🔗 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/paper-castle

🌸 British Flowers Week feels like the perfect moment to look back at the magic of last year’s Flower Festival… and ahead to what’s blooming in 2026. 🍓🏰✨ 🎟 Early Bird tickets are available for a limited time only. 10–13 September 2026 | Book now: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/flower-festival

📢 Freelance opportunity: Cultural Programmer Strawberry Hill House & Garden is seeking an experienced freelance cultural programmer to help shape our future public programme. 💼 Up to £26,000 flat fee (3 days/week, 12 months) 📅 Apply by 6 July, 12 noon www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

📢 We are seeking a Project Programme Manager to lead delivery of an exciting National Lottery Heritage Fund Resilience Grant programme. 💼 Freelance, 3 days per week for 12 months, up to £26,000 📍 Twickenham 📅 Apply by 29 June, 12 noon www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

☀️🚲 The HandleBards return to Strawberry Hill this July with a wildly funny open-air As You Like It 🎭🌿 Live music, Shakespeare, picnics and summer evening chaos in the gardens ✨ 📅 Sat 4 July | 6pm 🎟 £20.50 | U21 £13 | U12 £5 www.handlebards.com/show/as-you-...

🧺☀️ The Strawberry Hill Community Picnic & BBQ returns on Sunday 5 July! In partnership with the Strawberry Hill Residents’ Association 🌿 Join us for live music, a BBQ, family activities & more at Walpole’s little Gothic castle 🏰 🎟 Adult £8 Under 16s FREE strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/picnic

🌸 Paper Flowers: A Creative Workshop w/ Eva Fisahn ✂️ Sat 6 June | 11am & 2pm Create intricate paper flower sculptures inspired by our Gothic wallpapers & collections 🏰🌿 Part of Paper Castle, a new contemporary art exhibition by MA students fromThe Courtauld strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/paper-castle

Thanks to everyone who joined our Spring Open House Evening l 🏰✨ Guests enjoyed the chance to see Johann Heinrich Müntz’s South East View of Strawberry Hill House (1755–58) inside the very house it depicts for the first time 🎨 Support the campaign: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/muntz-strawberry-hill

🖤🕯️ Celebrate World Goth Day at the home of Gothic fiction… Just a few tickets remain for our Castle of Otranto: Gothic Origins Guided Tour at 11am & 2.30pm ✨🏰 📍 Friday 22 May | World Goth Day
🎟️ £24.50 | Students £20
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✨ Extra date added by popular demand! ✨ Our original Northanger Abbey performance on 21 June is almost sold out, so we’ve added a second date: 🌙 Thursday 30 July 🏰📖 🎟 Standard £25 | Concessions £20 | Families £78 👉 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/northanger-abbey/

🌈✨ Somewhere over the rainbow… there’s a Gothic castle waiting. 🏰 This Pride, join us for a special LGBTQ+ Heritage Tour exploring Walpole’s friendships, correspondence, identity, & his remarkable Gothic villa… 🥂 Friday 19 June ⏰ from 6:30pm tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

Early bird tickets are now live 🌸✨ The Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival returns this September for four days of extraordinary floral design inside Horace Walpole’s Gothic villa 🏰🌿 📅 10–13 Sept 2026
🎟️ Save £5 with early bird tickets: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/flower-festival

If you're in the UK and a bit of real culture is your thing, this looks like a really good way to spend World Goth Day. www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/goth-day/

🎺 Early Bird tickets now live! Back by popular demand, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra returns to Strawberry Hill! 🎶 🗓 Sun 30 Aug 🕰 7–9pm 1920s–30s classics, picnics, and a summer evening in the gardens ✨ 🎟 Adult £27.50 | Child £15 | Family £70 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/pasadena

🌿Guided Landscape Tours of Strawberry Hill Garden & Pope’s Grotto — selected Sundays this summer. @popesgrotto.bsky.social @londonluminaries.bsky.social 🕰 10–12 🎟 £25 adults | £10 under 17s 🔗 www.ticketsource.com/popesgrotto

A reminder… we’re usually closed on Mondays, but not these ones 👀 📅 Bank Holiday Mondays: 4 May & 25 May 🕰 10am–4pm Looking for something a little different this long weekend?
Explore Strawberry Hill House 🌿🏰 🎟 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk
📍 Twickenham, London

A Gothic castle in bloom 🌼🏰   Looking for something different this week?   📅 Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10am–4pm, last entry 3pm 🎟 Book now: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk 📍Twickenham, London 📸Jackie Rado

🕯️ World Goth Day — Friday 22 May 🖤 
Explore Strawberry Hill by day, join a Gothic Origins tour, or have your portrait taken on site… Or join after dark for a late with live harp and a glass of fizz in the Gallery. 🎟️ strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/goth-day

🏺 New in the Great Parlour 🏺 An ancient Greek amphora once thought to be Etruscan by Walpole. A story of Grand Tour collecting, misidentification, and rediscovery. ✨ On display now✨

🕯️ Almost sold out! We’ve added a third Castle of Otranto tour at 2.30pm by popular demand 🖤 Explore how The Castle of Otranto (1764) began the Gothic story inside Walpole’s villa 🏰👻 📍 22 May 🎟️ £24.50 | Students £20 🖤 tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

Come and work with us! 🏰✨ - a week left to apply…

🧠✨ The Strawberry Hill Quiz is back! A 27-year tradition of friendly rivalry raising funds for our Gothic house 🏰 📅 Wed 29 April | 7pm 📍 St Mary’s Church Hall, Twickenham 🎟 £25 ⚠️ Just 4 tickets left – groups seated together 👥 👉 tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

🍽️✨ What did a Georgian dinner party really look like? 🍷👀 In the 18th century, dinner was designed to impress. Join us for after-hours access to Strawberry Hill House + a talk with Dr Amy Boyington @historywithamy 🏰 🥂 25 June | 6.30pm 🎟️ strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/georgian-feasting

✨ Yoga in the Gallery 🧘‍♀️ Start your morning in Strawberry Hill’s Long Gallery 🏰 A one-off session with Sally Rowland — stretch, breathe and slow down surrounded by extraordinary Gothic interiors 🌿 📅 Wed 27 May, 9–10am (£20) 🎟 tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

🖤This World Goth Day, come dressed the part & have your portrait captured at Strawberry Hill House. 10am–4pm, Teddington Tintype will be on site with their Strawberry Hill–inspired camera, creating striking tintype portraits 📸 🏰Fri 22nd May, from £40 www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/goth-day/

Appeal launched to acquire South East View of Strawberry Hill by Johann Heinrich Müntz (c1755-58) #c18 #c18th #18thc @strawbhillhouse.bsky.social www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/muntz-strawb...

English Garden Eccentrics 🗝️🌿 Temples, hidden gates, and carefully staged “accidents” of nature… Todd Longstaffe-Gowan explores the imaginative world of Horace Walpole’s garden. 📅 Thu 28 May | 6–7pm 🥂 £20 (incl. drink) 🎟 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/garden-eccentrics 🎨: Lewis Walpole Library

Just one more ticket remaining for our workshop with Katerina next weekend!

🌿🐚 English Garden Eccentrics 🐚🌿 Shell temples, miniature mountains and fantastical follies… Join landscape historian Todd Longstaffe-Gowan for a fascinating talk on the strange and imaginative world of the English garden. 📅 Thu 28 May 🕕 6–7pm 🎟 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/garden-eccentrics

Step into a Gothic fairytale this spring… 🏰 Wander through dazzling interiors, and beautiful gardens bursting into life 🌸 📍 Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham 🌿 Open 7 days a week over Easter
 Perfect for a spring day out ✨ 🔗strawberryhillhouse.org.uk

Last chance for early bird tickets… There are just 3 days left to book Northanger Abbey with 10% off — early bird ends 6 April.🏰📖 🌿 Sunday 21 June 2026 | 7–9pm 📍 Strawberry Hill House & Garden 🔥 Use code GOTHIC10 for 10% off 👉 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/northanger-abbey/

🚲🎭 The HandleBards return to Strawberry Hill! A hilarious, bicycle-powered As You Like It under the summer sky 🌿💘 📅 Sat 4 July | 6pm 🎟 £20.50 | U21 £13 | U12 £5 | Under 5 free ✨ Early bird tickets available www.handlebards.com/show/as-you-...

🖤 World Goth Day Friday 22 May 🖤 After dark at Strawberry Hill House, live harp music will fill Walpole’s Gothic interiors with sound and shadow as Katie Sherratt performs a haunting set inspired by Tim Burton, My Chemical Romance & Evanescence 🏰 🎟 www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/goth-day/

🐚 Help bring back the Shell Seat 🐚 At Strawberry Hill House, the current Shell Seat replica has weathered beyond repair. We’re raising £30,000 to create a new, faithful version with Factum Arte, using advanced digital techniques. Support the appeal: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/shell-seat

🏰 We’re hiring: Property Operations Assistant Join us to support day-to-day operations, visitor experience and volunteers in a unique historic setting. 📍 Twickenham 💼 Part-time (3 days, incl. weekends) 💰 £17,316 pro rata 📅 Apply by 27 April www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🌿🐣 Easter Woodland Trail 🐣🌿 28 March–12 April | 9am–4pm Follow clues through the gardens and spot signs of spring 🌼✨ 🎟 £2 per map (pick up from the café) 🧁 Includes an Easter cupcake prize! No booking needed, just come along!

New in the shop ✨ Specially made for us by The Keepsake Press, these foldable “puzzle purses” are inspired by Strawberry Hill’s historic details 🏰 Two in each pack, one to keep, one to give 💌

✨ Northanger Abbey at Strawberry Hill ✨ Join us this summer for a sparkling open-air adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey — performed at the birthplace of Gothic literature 🏰 21 June | 7–9pm 🔥 10% off with code GOTHIC10 (book by 6 April) 🎟️strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/northanger-abbey

🌿 Slow down this spring 🌿 Sit, stitch, and work with dried flowers, herbs & seeds in a gentle botanical embroidery workshop with textile artist Katerina Knight 🌼🧵 📍 Strawberry Hill House 📅 Sat 11 April | 11am–3pm ⚠️ Just a few places left! 🎟 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/botanical-embroidery

🐞 Minibeast Adventures 🐞 Join @habsandheritage.bsky.social for a hands-on outdoor workshop — explore the gardens & build your own bug hotel to take home 🪲 Sessions are nearly sold out! 📅 3, 5 & 12 April | 11am 🎟️ Child £15 | Adult £8 tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

🪺 Easter Crafts at the Castle 🪺 Creative spring workshops for ages 5–11 ✂️🌿 📅 29 Mar, 2 & 4 Apr | 12pm & 2pm 🎟 Child £15 | Adult £8 🔗 Book now: tickets.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/event-ticket...

🏰 Help bring a Gothic Masterpiece Home 🏰 We’re raising £85,000 to acquire a rare 1750s painting of Strawberry Hill, capturing Walpole’s villa at the birth of the Gothic Revival. Now on display! All donations matched until we reach our target 🎯 www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/muntz-strawb...

✨ Something magical has appeared Strawberry Hill House... 🧚‍♀️ Our Garden & House Faery Trails are now open! All summer long, spot fairy homes hidden among the trees and help undo the naughty pixies’ curse with a sprinkle of magic🌸Pick up your trail map for just £2.

📷 Last Chance for Early Bird Tickets! 📷 Don’t miss The Faery Tale Castle - this year’s enchanting theme for the Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival, 12–14 September 2025! 📷 Early Bird tickets just £19 - only until 31 May! 📷 Book now: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/flower-festi... 📷@jannelford

The countdown is on for The Faery Tale Castle - this year’s enchanting theme for the Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival, returning 12–14 September 2025.Just two weeks left to catch our Early Bird tickets - just £19! Book now: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/flower-festi...

The Garden at Strawberry Hill House is looking magical. Entry is free for the Garden & Café Saturday - Wednesday, 9am - 4pm. Strawberry Hill House & Garden, 268 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4ST

Come along to our drop-in Volunteer Open Morning on Tuesday 25 Feb, 10:30am- 11:30am, to discover how you can get involved at Strawberry Hill House & Garden. Find out more about the different roles available and book your space at: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/get-involved... @richmondcvs.bsky.social

Candlelit Late at Strawberry Hill House, Wed, 26 Feb. Step into Horace Walpole’s enchanting Gothic castle for an unforgettable evening. Enjoy a glass of fizz as you wander through shadowy corridors and grand chambers at your own pace. The perfect Valentine’s treat. www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk