Carpenters Tea Rooms in Herefordshire, County of

Gorgeous castle and beautiful gardens. The tea room is pricey but there are plenty of picnic tables available to bring your own

Great place to spend tooking round the castle and the grounds.

What a great castle and grounds. The walled garden is stunning. The natural play ground is incredible, very well thought out and looked after. The cafe cooked the best bacon I can remember eating. All the volunteers and staff were lovely. All round a great example of the National Trust.

I visited Croft Castle today in my mobility scooter, and was delighted to be able to navigate the Castle grounds, Tea Room and ground floor of the Castle itself, which I would highly recommend to others, especially others with disabilities, as the experience was so delightful, as were the staff. I had a delicious breakfast in the tea room, and enjoyed hours exploring the walled garden, grounds, and breathtaking views. The splendour of the castle was stunning, and I am honoured to have been able to visit the Croft family home.

A pleasent country house and grounds, but £15 per pe' rson is a bit steep. BTW it's the Civil War if you're English, not the English Civil war.

We might visit again. The tea room was certainty very crowded. Could be more interactive towards children. But apart from that very good. Free books were for sale there. Nature was not forgotten here. I would say better to visit with your n. trust pass. Lots to see.

Beautiful country estate, staff were all lovely and we went for Easter so done the Easter egg hunt with the kids and despite the rain it was good fun.

A great day out with national trust, guides were lovely, they had gluten free scones, soup and bread all good

Great location and enjoyable family day out, the cafe was really pleasant and dealt with a busy lunchtime cheerfully and swiftly. We shall be visiting again!

Interesting castle, good walks in the parkland.

An interesting castle. Great food and good children's facilities. A lovely walled garden, I spent a long time photographing flowers. Even more kids' activities than my last visit.

Croft Castle was a great national trust property. The gardens are huge and fantastic. There are a number of trail walks which we did not do. We completed the Easter trail which was great fun and each activity was very interactive and great fun for all the family. We especially liked the eggs and spoon race. The house was also great lots to see. Will visit again.

What a beautiful stunning place and amazing old trees, worth a visit if you're in the area

Very pleased with our visit the cafe was very good and the food excellent. The staff were very friendly

Beautiful house, so much history. Lovely walled garden. The best cheese scones too.

What a wonderful place! The play areas are amazing, especially the natural play area. My children had a wonderful time.

Well worth a visit! Not a proper castle, but very interesting to look around. The ghost trees are amazing and the walk to the hillfort very nice - but very muddy when we went (March '24). Cafe was very nice! Lovely food served with proper plates and mugs etc... (not throwaway like some NT venues now...!). Very friendly and helpful staff!

Gorgeous house and walled garden even on a cold sleeting day.

Stunning castle. Well worth a visit. Recommended.

Lovely day out, friendly and attentive staff and volunteers who knew a lot about the history of the place. We also had a tour of the attic space which was a rare treat.

Fabulous day out. The attic tour is a must!

I mean, the land and the castle are beautiful. Definitely worth a visit. But - the bit I have to immediately praise is - they have all-terrain mobility scooters to borrow for free! It made such a big difference to how easy it was to get around! That is worth booking in advance.

Excellent value, impressive both inside and out...

Lovely old trees. 😍 fantastic place for walks, found the old castle on the grounds. Great place

Love Croft Castle. Well worth a visit. Lovely little chapel. Very interesting house and walled garden. Plenty of walks if you take your dog and a really brilliant natural play area for the children. Stop in at the cafe for coffee and soup of the day or freshly made sandwiches. Reccomend this place.

Lovely walk along the ghost trees, if a bit muddy! Beautiful settings, lots of fresh air completed by sitting in the garden with delicious tea and cake.

Very friendly staff. Medium sized castle play area by cafe. Large outdoor natural play. Very muddy in winter!

Very interesting castle with lovely parkland around it. We explored the two children's playgrounds with our grandchildren, after enjoying a light lunch in the cafe. Staff were all friendly and helpful making it a super day out for all of us.

Nice house and grounds to wander around for an hour. House public areas were quite limited compared to other properties we have visited, so we found ourselves having seen everything pretty quickly. We had travelled a fair way to visit way so were a little disappointed to be back on the road so soon. Staff were fantastic and the gardens were very well maintained.

Interesting house and little church. Would've been nice to have explored the grounds further but it was a bit soggy under foot. Nice enough cafe. Loos clean. Large play area near the cafe with a big play fort. Also signs to "natural" play area but we didn't venture there. We were there maybe 90 minutes. Good place to visit as a member.

Full of history and well laid out. The gardens are beautiful and would be even more glorious in the summer.

Great place for adults and kids. The only downside was the waiting time for service in the cafe.

Amazing experience with the family, my National Trust membership was useful here

Beautiful walk, views amazing. Park for kids. Tearoom served lovely food. Castle was fun to look around. Amazing place to meet up with friends and family for a walk. We had ages from 10 to 50 and all had a great time.

A well maintained Manor house and gardens. Only a 2-3 minutes walk from the cafe, toilets, play area or car park.

Lovely place weather not great so will do again I'm summer

Did a very long dog walk (red route) but took detours to fishpool valley and ghost tree walk. Perfect dog walk

We utilised a voucher in the paper giving us free access. Kids loved the outdoor play areas especially the natural play area in the woods.

Amazing woodlands, beautiful nature walks and houses to walk around , over all a fantastic afternoon out

Great dog walks and nice walled gardens

An excellent day out for the whole family!

There is plenty to see and read in the house. Nice grounds.

Wonderful castle been in same family forvgenerations

Awesome but says its fully open on the website and it was not

The grounds are SO gorgeous and the staff very friendly and extremely helpful

Great place for families, lots to keep the kids occupied, lovely historic house to mooch around in and pleasant walks. Very lucky with the weather today

We have visited many times over the years. Wonderful castle. Lots of great walks and really excellent cafe.

Have visited Croft many times and would thoroughly recommend a visit. Castle is a must see and walks in the extensive grounds are amazing. Our latest visit involved a guided tour of the castle which was fantastic. Many thanks to the very helpful ladies on reception area, and also the very knowledgeable guide Bernard for making our visit a memorable one.

Castle was shut in afternoon, but a nice walk around grounds, we will be visiting again

The rooms looked so beautiful yesterday, and the bonus of the Ludlow Male Voice Choir singing carols was a real bonus. We solved the mystery of the missing necklace, and then had a fab hot festive drink in the cafe with a slice of parsnip and ginger cake!

Brilliant experience, will return when the whole house opens, the lower floor was extremely interesting. The grounds were a pleasant to walk around.

Another lovely National Trust estate to visit with a Castle/house to view plus lots of parklands to walk around,

Exellent family night out cafe outdoor food all rolls £10.00 cafe lot cheaper have fun

Guided Tour is excellent worth booking ! History of the Castle and people living there through time fascinating.

An interesting castle,with grounds that have a range of lovely walks.

Very disappointed with a certain member of staff who refused us entry to the cafe as we were on bicycles.

Brilliant place to see so many walks lovely gardens. Very friendly staff. Good food.

Great place to visit (but the queue at the café was long and slow the day we visited)

Stopped here on route to Liverpool. Interesting house and gardens. Spent 2+ hours longer than anticipated.

Nice venue and the cafe accepted cash

Lovely place for a walk with beautiful and ancient trees to look at and a nice cafe too

Fabulous visit , history, architecture and gardens all in one place

Very nice place we just drove by and saw it so popped in , views from the castle are amazing, will go back again on a warmer and dryer day.

Interesting house, Gardens and great walking area!

Lovely place, sadly let down by National Trust renting out parkland to farmers. I like many don't feel comfortable with cows and if I did I would visit a farm, probably for free. Renewing membership?? We'll see.

Nice day out, interesting Castle and grounds. Some lovely walks on the estate, and the usual tea room.

Beautiful place with stunning views worth visiting

It's one of the best National Trust locations I've visited! Friendly staff and a beautiful location. Interesting history. The church is a lovely added treat.

What more can I say than we loved Croft Castle and its Parkland! We seem to have a penchant for these old buildings and getting the chance to see and read about how people lived way back when? I blame my wife she loves her history and it seems I am converted now!??! Honestly, on a nice sunny day, a walk around the gardens is fascinating, but, when you go inside the buildings it can be a bit of an eye opener! The rich, truly were rich, to have afforded these houses etc, the local community, to some extent, worked in the big houses and and the fields as farm hands. Poorly paid in many cases but better than the alternative! Sadly eventually, even the rich could no longer afford there homes and many were sold off, sadly only a few were saved. Well worth a visit....

Lovely castle picturesque surroundings and friendly and informative staff

Had a lovely day out here the gardens and grounds are amazing the castle is very interesting and has great history ..... the cafe is just the job for a coffee and snacks 🙂

Great building, great history and really friendly staff.

Excellent castle of the house kind. Not fortressy at all, but well furnished and some interesting paintings. Plenty of information available in books in each room. Beautiful walled garden with a great collection of healthy apple 🍎 trees and a newly restored greenhouse. On the other side of the house, a gentle shopping walk down to the lake. The highlight for us was walking through the estate, up onto the hills, exploring the wood pasture, and the walks beyond. Wonderful ancient trees. Well signed routes and paths made it a real pleasure. Wonderful views. We were lucky in the weather, but it was a day to remember. Café a disappointing experience, such long queues and slow service that we just gave up and abandoned all hope.

Loved this place. Fabulous house, really interesting, bit disappointed with upstairs,as it's all about a dress? But the rest of the place made up for that. A great day out.

Really enjoyed this place and has some lovely walks too

Another wow National Trust Castle and fabulous grounds and walks...

Favourite property, views across the Herefordshire countryside just stunning

Beautiful place very friendly and helpful staff.

Beautiful home with large grounds and lake to walk around. Excellent walled garden with ancient tree orchard. Small church next to house worth a visit

Brilliant! Two things stand out. Firstly the enormous walled garden and secondly the 450 year old Sweet Chestnut avenue. Will definitely visit often!

I enjoyed looking around the interior of the castle and walled garden, whilst my wife walked our dogs around the extensive grounds. Only four star due to my wife being charged the same amount as I was even although she didn't tour the house. The National Trust really should look at this.

Gorgeous exhibition 'An Apple Gathering' well worth a visit

Nice place with plenty of history around the castle. The walled garden is particularly lovely

First time visit to Croft and we weren't disappointed. You enter via the impressive parkland. The volunteers were welcoming and helpful explaining where everything was. We decided to walk the walled garden first as the main house didn't open till later on. It was lovely, with much to see of which a lot is based around the large orchard. Some lovely trees, flowers and vegetable plot, we also visited the restored and large greenhouse. Making our way around the house there are some standout vistas. We caught it on a sunny day which enhanced the visit. We visited the old Chapel that was very nice and poignant. The made our way into the house itself. Most interesting made the better by a warm welcome by the volunteers and also a very knowledgeable volunteer further round who shared so humorous and interesting facts. Look out for the clock with eyes 👀 that almost follow you around the room! Once done we went to the very cafe for a coffee. With a final visit to the second hand book shop in one of the stables we made our way out after an enjoyable visit. Our only criticism was the fact more rooms weren't available to view, but this didn't take away from our experience. We would thoroughly recommend. We are national trust members so was good to visit a property out of our area, as we were spending a few days in Ludlow, where Croft is close to.

Well worth the visit including the church and grounds. Plenty of helpful staff on hand. Cafe was very busy so we gave it a miss.

Very good complete NT experience. Good coffee and snack. Lovely planting and landscape. Beautifully presented house and history. We took in Shobdon and Mortimore Cross to connect the Crofts with the battle in 1461.

A lovely place and walk, highly recommend to brand out to the back fields as it’s really peaceful.

Lovely walking in the woods, interesting house. Worth a visit

Love this place, I find the eye clock very creepy !

Beautiful gardens. Great coffee.

A absolute stunning place to visit lots of walks some stunning views

Great day out very interesting mock castle with loads of history. Lovely grounds with miles of walks

Visited in September 2019 after my Wales holiday. It is a National Trust site, so free for members. It has a lovely garden where I started, then walked out to the surrounding fields, within grazing sheep. Very calm and quiet place to spend some relaxing hours. The house itself is a usual rich National Trust country house with some very nice arts, and with a little church near the house on the ground.

Went walking in the woods for the first time today. Really good walking here, bluebells in bloom were magnificent. The pumping house is interesting and worth visiting. Always enjoyable here, Castle and grounds!

Very interesting history and knowledgeable volunteers.

Cosy home as well as being a castle

This place is beautiful. Plenty of good parking. No height restrictions. Lots of nice walks into the woods and a huge common. Dogs are made very welcome but there are places that they are required to be on a lead. They have a fabulous natural play area in the woods for the young ones and also a great castle type enclosed play area by the cafe for the young and little children. The cafe is lovely with lots to choose from. Outdoor tables as well as indoor. Dogs welcome. The main house is very interesting but you only see 25% of the house as they occasionally have the family spending time there. The walled garden is glorious. Overall very much well worth a trip out for the day. Take a picnic though as it can be very expensive to eat as a family in the cafe.

Interesting but you do not get to see very much upstairs. However, the grounds & the walks made up for that. We saw so many birds in the walled garden that we do not see in our own garden. We got some great ideas too for our new garden. Thumbs up for the woods walk from us 👍

Nice place to visit. Plenty to see and read about inside the castle. Ample parkland to explore for anyone wishing to do so.

Love the garden. The house is good. Looking forward to returning and completing some of the walks