About Summer Family Entertainment at Blenheim Palace
Enjoy summer family entertainment at Blenheim Palace – Britain’s Greatest Palace – with dramatic duelling displays in the Great Court, playful activity workshops in the Pleasure Gardens and an action-packed calendar of events this summer.
Activities in the Pleasure Gardens
Green Shoots/Healthy Living Workshops
27 to 28 July from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Learn about food journeys and growing your own food in this fun, drop-in workshop. Make a recycled pot and plant a seedling to take home.
Caribbean steel drums workshops
10 & 11 August at 12:00 pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm
30 minutes of group workshops for all ages.
Butterflies, Bugs & Flowersrecycled art workshop
17 & 18 August from 11:00 to 4:00 pm
Make a beautiful piece of art to take home from all recycled materials.
Zoolab Animal Education and Interaction
24 & 25 August at 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm
Animals workshops to amaze, educate and inspire!
Bubbly Heaven Bubble Workshop
1 & 2 September from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
Drop in workshops including bubble blowing, foam making, light & smoke bubbles and kid-in-a-bubble activities.
Displays in The Great Court
The Art of the Duel
Mondays & Tuesdays from 29 July to 27 August
Explore the codes, traditions and bloody history of duelling through a re-enactment of a dramatic duel with swords. Two experienced stage-fighting actors will bring drama and theatre to the Great Court.
Birth of the Bayonet
Wednesdays & Thursdays from 31 July to 29 August
See the experience of the soldiers at the Battle of Blenheim and the evolution and impact of the new battlefield weapon – the Bayonet. The Duke of Marlborough was a major innovator in the development, tactics and use of the bayonet which became key to his success.
The Finest Hour
Fridays & Saturdays from 02 to 31 August
A live performance of Winston Churchill’s finest speeches.
