About

Monthly Garden Afternoon at Copped Hall

The first Sundays of the Month, from June to September inclusive:
4th July, 1st August and 5th September 2021

Additional dates will be announced in due course.

Date: 6th June

Gates are open from 2.00pm with last entry at 4.00pm. The park will close at 5.00pm and the car park will be closed at 5.15pm.

Cost

Entry is only allowed with a timed ticket, including Friends. Friends tickets are free. Tickets are only available via Ticketsource , see below

Location

Gardens – inc Site of Earlier Houses and Walled Garden

Access to Cellars and 1st Floor of the Mansion is currently via staircase only. Gardens are undulating/uneven lawn surfaces with some paths on a sloping site. The Walled Garden is also on a sloping site. Very limited access currently for wheelchair users.

Description

In order to comply with anticipated Govt and NHS requirements all entries to our Summer Garden Afternoons must now be ticketed, including entries by Friends.

The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains our top priority. We ask that everyone visiting Copped Hall to please familiarise themselves with the latest Government advice. We anticipate the following measures will be in force:

• Please read the public health messaging displayed.

• Wash hands more frequently for at least 20 seconds

• Maintain social distancing of at least 2 metres from people outside of your household

Garden afternoons provide an opportunity to wander around at leisure and talk to our volunteer gardeners. A map with a brief description of the gardens is provided on arrival. Refreshments will be available. There will be a Bookstall outside the Mansion as well as other shop items for sale. Plants, seasonal fruit and vegetables are available for sale from the Walled Garden.

Please Note: Visitors will be asked to display their booking confirmation and valid membership cards on arrival at the garden. You will not be allowed entry to the garden without confirmation of your booking.

Event Queries?

Please contact the Box office or Trust members regarding these events or email: events@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

Buy Tickets

Timed tickets are essential and ONLY available via Ticketsource.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
View the event, pay and print your tickets. 
Both debit and credit cards may be used.

About Copped Hall

The saving of Copped Hall has been described a number times as a miracle. In reality, it was achieved by a great deal of hard work against overwhelming odds.

Historic country houses in their parkland are one of the great cultural achievements of previous centuries. Very sadly by the 1950s, historic mansions like Copped Hall were being demolished at a rate of one every two and a half days. With their loss the centrepiece and purpose of the gardens, ancillary buildings and parkland was removed. Often all of these parts were destroyed. In the 1980s the planning authorities acted to preserve the excellent established qualities of Copped Hall and its surroundings by making them into a conservation area in 1984. English Heritage followed by listing the older parkland as Grade II*. After much campaigning the Conservators of Epping Forest (The City of London) purchased the freehold of the parkland in order to preserve and restore it. The specially formed Copped Hall Trust eventually purchased the mansion, stables and gardens in 1995.

The Conservators are committed to the restoration of the parkland, the reintroduction of animals and to the preservation of this important wildlife habitat.

In 1999 the Trust acquired the completely derelict Walled Kitchen Garden, one of the largest in Essex. After 13 years, all the undergrowth has been cleared from the garden and the glasshouses. This work has been largely carried out by volunteers. The garden is now mainly planted with produce sold locally and to visitors. One glasshouse has been restored with two others under way.

The Copped Hall Trust has made substantial progress in the last 17 years. The Racquets Court and the stables have been largely restored, together with other service buildings. Much work has been carried out clearing the gardens of non-original vegetation. Replacement trees have been planted and lawns re-seeded. Internally, the mansion is to be restored to its 1750s’ form, and since 2001 some of the roof and floor structures have been reinstated and essential structural repairs carried out. Since 1998 the Trust has been supported in its work by a Friends organisation which now has more than 1,000 members. From these members a very committed band of volunteers assists with all aspects of the project.