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2025 Summer planners

Plan your extraordinary summer with our downloadable summer planners. Filled with top tips and key dates for your diary, our planners cover events and activities across the country this July and August. From our Come play events featuring Taskmaster to jousts around the country, there's something for everyone.   

A staff member and some children investigate the surface of the pond at Eltham Palace

London and the South East

From legendary jousts at Eltham Palace and Gardens (London) and Carisbrooke Castle (Isle of Wight) to a teddy bears' picnic at Walmer Castle and Gardens (Kent), there's plenty of fun days out to be had at our sites in the South East.  

Download the London and South East planner (PDF, 1MB)
Four young women eat a picnic with Stonehenge in the background

South West

Unearth the secrets of Stonehenge with ours Kids' Dig and test your mettle with Taskmaster events across the South West this summer. If you prefer a quieter time of it, why not try tile stamping at Cleeve Abbey in Somerset. 

Download the South West planner (PDF, 0.8MB)
Three teenagers play football with the mansion of Wrest Park behind

East of England and East Midlands

From breath-taking horse displays and legendary jousts at Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire to live music and picnics at sites including Audley End House and Gardens (Essex) and Wrest Park (Bedfordshire), there's something for members of all ages at our sites. 

Download the East of England and East Midlands planner (PDF, 0.75MB)
A man and woman explore the gardens at Kenilworth Castle with their dog on a lead

West Midlands and North West

Travel back in time to Roman Britain at sites along Hadrian's Wall. Or for something more 'recent', explore the romance that never was as we remember the 450th anniversary of Elizabeth I's longest visit to Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden in Warwickshire.

Download the West Midlands and North West planner (PDF, 0.7MB)
A child tries on a medieval helmet

Yorkshire and North East

Dig for dinosaur bones at Belsay Hall in Northumberland, see spectacular falconry displays at Warkworth Castle (Northumberland), and discover the stories and characters from our sites across the region. 

Download the Yorkshire and North East planner (PDF, 0.7MB)