Upton House and Gardens through the year

Upton House and Gardens is a National Trust house with no single season: its hours change through the year, and the Trust's calendar (opens in a new tab) is the only place to get them. We could read the Trust's pages only in part in November 2026, through search results, so treat this page as a guide to what to check and ring 01295 670266 if your trip depends on it.

Winter and Christmas 2026

The house runs on shorter winter hours, and we could not read the Trust's daily times for the garden, café and shop in November 2026, so check them on its calendar. The house is about 300m from the car park. Christmas with the Muses, a family trail, runs from 14 November to 24 December 2026 and from 27 December to 3 January 2027, from 11.30am to 3.30pm. It comes with your admission and needs no booking. The trail pauses on 25 and 26 December, and we could not confirm whether the site opens on those days.

Spring and summer 2027

Hours for 2027 were not clear enough to print: the Trust's own data gave different garden times when we read it, and the garden and house open longer in the summer months. The Trust has held Music on the Lawn on Sundays in August, and some summer evening openings called Upton after hours, when the garden stays open later. It has published no 2027 dates for either. Expect the programme to change: we will add dates here when the Trust does.

Prices and parking

On the Trust's page in November 2026, adults paid £18 and children aged 5 to 17 paid £9, or £19.80 and £9.90 with Gift Aid. A family ticket for two adults and up to three children was £45. Under-5s and National Trust members go free. The car park is about 300m from the house, and it is locked outside opening hours, so note the closing time. It has Blue Badge bays, with more near the house, and the Trust's pages describe a volunteer-run buggy between reception and the house when drivers are available; its access page has the detail. Dogs are welcome on a short lead on the drive, the woodland walk, in the plant centre and outside the Pavilion Café, but facilities are limited, so check the Trust's dog page first. Without a car, Stagecoach Midlands' 76A from Banbury stops by the house once a day each way, Monday to Saturday, when we checked in November 2026: in at 11.05am, back at 3.01pm.

Who it suits

Come for the art indoors and the terraces that drop to the Mirror Pool. Inside, there is step-free access to the ground floor, but the garden below the South Lawn is reached by stone steps or steep paths. Upton is on the Edge Hill ridge, close to Edgehill and Edgehill battlefield, and north west of Banbury. Castles and houses near Banbury sets it beside the others.