About

June Open Day at Copped Hall

Sunday 1st June 2025

Copped Hall, Crown Hill, Epping. Use postcode CM16 5HR

Gates Open 11.00am to 4.00pm. Car Park closes at 5.15pm

Cost

£12.00 per person when tickets are bought “In Advance” via Ticketsource.*
£15.00 per person for tickets purchased on the day, on the door.

Tickets for the Friends of Copped Hall are free on Ticketsource (recommended) however entrance is also free on the door (on production of membership card). Children Under 16 and carers are also free

Location
Mansion – Cellars, Stables, Ground and First Floor. 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
Welcome to Copped Hall for our June Open Day! The mansion and 24 acres of gardens will be open for you to explore. Our Open Days are always busy, with plenty to see and do. There are no guided tours but Room Stewards in the Mansion will on hand to answer questions in addition to a short Introductory video in the hall. You can enjoy lunch as well as the usual homemade cakes with a refreshing cup of tea or coffee and a barbecue hosted by Shaws Butchers of Chingford. There will also be the Copped Hall bar, pizza and ice cream vans.

New this year will be the opportunity to meet Henry VIII, with his queen Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary, brought to you by Royal Heritage Living History. Talk to the Tudor King about the time he owned Copped Hall!

Plants, cut flowers and produce will be for sale in the Walled Garden. You can also buy gifts and books in the Copped Hall Gift Shop and Book Stall. Children’s entertainer Johnny Slap, will be keeping everyone busy with slapstick comedy and various circus skills. We also have the Harmonix Choir and the Chingford Morris Men performing for the second year.

The Friends desk will be there to deal with any enquiries on the day.

Event Queries

Please contact us the Box Office on 07749 397932 or email: events@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

Buy Tickets

Tickets are 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.