Special weekends give public chance to visit Kentwell lambs and piglets
Volunteer gardeners Natasha Crane and Brian King at Kentwell Hall with some of the lambs. Photo; Gooderham PR.
They may have entered the world during very unseasonal weather, but new arrivals at Kentwell Hall have started welcoming visitors.
The Long Melford manor house has begun its traditional run of lambing weekends which will continue throughout March, before the house and gardens are once again thrown fully open to the public from Saturday, April 1.
More than 20 lambs and piglets have already been born this season and have settled into their new home within the Tudor Stables.
A spokesman for Kentwell Hall said: “The lambing weekends are always one of the best sights of Spring for ourselves and visitors alike. On the lambing days, visitors can see ewes about to lamb and our new-borns in the lambing pens.
“It is not only heartwarming but also educational if a visit coincides with a lamb being born.”
Open between 11am and 3pm every Saturday and Sunday in March, the lambing weekends also include a chance to see Kentwell’s famed beds of daffodils, wildlife at every turn and a courtyard maze and secret tunnels for young and old to explore.
To find out more, please visit www.kentwell.co.uk