Apple Day at Copped Hall

Type:Tours and Walks

Crown Hill, Epping, Essex, CM16 5HS
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Family Apple Day at Copped Hall

About

Family Apple Day at Copped Hall

Sunday 8th October 2023

Cost & Time

£10.00 per person when tickets are bought “In Advance” via Ticketsource.

£12.00 per person for tickets purchased on the day, on the door. Credit Card payments are accepted.

Friends of Copped Hall (on production of membership card) and Children Under 16 – Free

Gates Open at 11am. Last entry at 4pm and the car park will be closed at 5.15pm.

Location

Mansion – Cellars, Stables, Ground and First Floor. Gardens – inc Site of Earlier Houses and Walled Garden. Access to Cellars and 1st Floor of the Mansion is currently via staircase only. Gardens are undulating/uneven lawn surfaces with some paths on a sloping site. The Walled Garden is also on a sloping site. Very limited access currently for wheelchair users.

Description

Apple Day is our national celebration of our apple orchards and local distinctiveness. Join in the fun. There will be a display and apples for sale. Andrew Tann, who is an authority on apples and grows over 150 varieties of apples in his 15-acre orchard, will be on site to help identify the variety of any mystery apples that you have growing in your garden; bring them along! Visitors are able to explore both the Gardens and parts of the Mansion, including the Stables and cellars, at their leisure. There are no guided tours but Room Stewards will on hand to answer questions in addition to the short Introductory Talks in the hall.

Tea, coffee, home-made cakes and lunches are available, as well as a bar selling alcoholic drinks. Shaw’s barbeque will also be on site. There are stalls, exhibitions, home-made and home-grown produce for sale and a number of musical and children’s events, including a straw castle for children of all ages. The Trust shop will also be open as well as the popular second-hand book stall. The Friends desk will be there to deal with any enquiries on the day. This is a ticketed event but it will be possible to buy tickets at the entrance, but at a higher price than on-line.

Event Queries?

Please contact the Box Office, Tel No 07749397932
or email: tickets@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

Buy Tickets

It is highly recommended that tickets are bought in advance. Tickets are only available via Ticketsource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
View the event, pay and print your tickets. Both debit and credit cards may be used.

If you are having problems with buying tickets via Ticketsource, please contact our Box Office on 07749 397932. Alternatively you may email the Box Office on tickets@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

About Copped Hall

The saving of Copped Hall has been described a number times as a miracle. In reality, it was achieved by a great deal of hard work against overwhelming odds.

Historic country houses in their parkland are one of the great cultural achievements of previous centuries. Very sadly by the 1950s, historic mansions like Copped Hall were being demolished at a rate of one every two and a half days. With their loss the centrepiece and purpose of the gardens, ancillary buildings and parkland was removed. Often all of these parts were destroyed. In the 1980s the planning authorities acted to preserve the excellent established qualities of Copped Hall and its surroundings by making them into a conservation area in 1984. English Heritage followed by listing the older parkland as Grade II*. After much campaigning the Conservators of Epping Forest (The City of London) purchased the freehold of the parkland in order to preserve and restore it. The specially formed Copped Hall Trust eventually purchased the mansion, stables and gardens in 1995.

The Conservators are committed to the restoration of the parkland, the reintroduction of animals and to the preservation of this important wildlife habitat.

In 1999 the Trust acquired the completely derelict Walled Kitchen Garden, one of the largest in Essex. After 13 years, all the undergrowth has been cleared from the garden and the glasshouses. This work has been largely carried out by volunteers. The garden is now mainly planted with produce sold locally and to visitors. One glasshouse has been restored with two others under way.

The Copped Hall Trust has made substantial progress in the last 17 years. The Racquets Court and the stables have been largely restored, together with other service buildings. Much work has been carried out clearing the gardens of non-original vegetation. Replacement trees have been planted and lawns re-seeded. Internally, the mansion is to be restored to its 1750s’ form, and since 2001 some of the roof and floor structures have been reinstated and essential structural repairs carried out. Since 1998 the Trust has been supported in its work by a Friends organisation which now has more than 1,000 members. From these members a very committed band of volunteers assists with all aspects of the project.

Facilities

Children & Infants

  • Cot Available

Establishment Features

  • Dogs on Lead Only - Grounds only. Dogs not allowed in the mansion.
  • Garden/patio for guests use
  • Gift shop

Key Features

  • In countryside

Parking & Transport

  • On site parking

Tours and Demonstrations

  • Guided tours - Monthly Guided Tours - third Sunday every month The tours last about 2 hours 30 min - 3 hours and cover the whole of the gardens, part of the mansion, the cellars and the stables. Tours start from 10.00am and entry gates close at 11.00am. Cost £8.00. (The reason the gates are only open for one hour is that we have to get the tours started within this hour as the tours can last up to 3 hours including the refreshments - there is more to see than people realise !) The price includes guided tours of the mansion and gardens.

Map & Directions

Road Directions

From the M25, junction 26 Follow signs to Loughton (then to Epping). Drive uphill through the forest to the roundabout. Take the first left exit (B1393), passing the garage on the left. In slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.

From Woodford and Loughton Drive to the Wake Arms roundabout, follow signs to Epping (B1393) passing the garage on your left, in slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.

From Harlow and the M11 Follow signs to Epping for approximately 5 miles. Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.

From North Weald. Drive to Epping Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.

For Satnav, use CM16 5HR.

Public Transport Directions

Please note, Copped Hall is located on the buffer lands of Epping Forest. There is no public transport access nearby. Nearest stations are on the Central Line at Epping or Loughton where taxis can take you to Copped Hall.

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