Opening Hours
We are currently open 5 days a week (Wednesday – Sunday) from 11am – 6pm with last entry at 5.30pm to the House and Grounds. The Glimmering Gardens is open 3-6pm on open days.
From 22 December-4 January, we are open every day except 24, 25 and 26 December, 11am – 6pm.
Our Jane Austen 250 exhibition, Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy, runs from 1st May 2025 until 1st March 2026.
What’s on
Thursday 1st May 2025 to Sunday 1st March 2026
Exhibition: Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy
Friday 21st November 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
A Regency Christmas at Chawton House
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
The Glimmering Gardens
Friday 12th December 2025
Theatre: A Christmas Carol
Enjoy the great outdoors at Chawton House: take a walk in the Parkland, or see the historic features of our Garden, from the Walled Garden to the Wilderness.
Browse our online shop and discover our selection of beautiful gifts and souvenirs for loved ones, including our Chawton House x Tatty Devine jewellery.
Visit our current exhibition, Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy, open until 1 February. Discover the women writers who inspired Austen, and those she inspired.
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