Wedding Open Morning
Planning your wedding? Come along to our next wedding open morning on Sunday 1st September 10am -1pm when you can chat with our lovely wedding planners and see our beautiful house dressed up for this very special occasion.
Children in need afternoon tea
There is an exciting buzz in the air at Wivenhoe House as Pudsey Bear is about to pay us a visit!
Fish Friday
Join us for our next Fish Friday. Start with a glass of fizz on arrival before helping yourself to our extensive seafood buffet to start.
National Theatre Live
Love Theatre? Love Wivenhoe House as the Lakeside Theatre at the University of Essex, just five minutes’ walk away, will be showing live National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company productions from November.
Constable Challenge
Dust off your paintbrushes, charge up the iPad, sharpen your charcoal, whatever your chosen art form join in our Constable Challenge.
Father’s Day
Enjoy an award winning three course Sunday meal in the contemporary brasserie, or book a table for afternoon tea.
Colchester Carnival 2016
Colchester Carnival will return to Colchester town centre between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday 16th July 2016.
Constable Exhibition
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of John Constables painting of Wivenhoe House we are putting on our own Constable exhibition.
SOLD OUT – SAS Food & Wine Dinner
Gerry Hill MBE QGM + Bar will be talking through some of his experiences in the British Army whilst enjoying a five course dinner in our Signatures restaurant.
National Chocolate week, 10 -16 October
We are celebrating one of the best weeks in the calendar with chocolate afternoon tea, cocktails, speciality desserts and more
WHERE WE ARE
find us, however you travelBy car:
Whether approaching Wivenhoe House from London and the South or Ipswich and the North via the A12, take the exit marked Colchester (A133). Follow the A133 towards Clacton, ignore the entrance to the Knowledge Gateway, continue along the A133 then take the B1028 for Wivenhoe before turning right into Boundary Road, then right again into Park Road. The entrance for Wivenhoe House is shared with the University of Essex but Park Road leads you through Wivenhoe Park and you will be able to see the glorious house from the road.
For Sat Nav please use CO7 9HT and then follow signage to Wivenhoe House. Please note, some Sat Navs may direct you to the wrong side of Wivenhoe Park so please check our PDF MapDownload our PDF Map
By train:
Colchester station, Colchester Town station, Wivenhoe station and Hythe stations are all between 10-15 minutes from Wivenhoe House by car. Trains run between London (Liverpool Street) and Colchester station every 10-20 minutes. The journey takes around an hour. Also connect with Colchester from Norwich, Ipswich, Felixstowe & Harwich. Some trains from London (Liverpool Street) also stop at Wivenhoe Station. When travelling from the Clacton/Walton direction, alight at Wivenhoe or Hythe Stations.
By plane:
Stansted airport is approximately 45 minutes from Wivenhoe House by car. Helicopter pad coordinates are 603200/223900.