A HISTORIC FAMILY HOME AND DEER PARK TUCKED INTO A HIDDEN VALLEY IN THE CHILTERN HILLS, JUST FOUR MILES NORTH OF HENLEY-ON-THAMES AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD.
Home to the Stonor family for more than 850 years, Stonor Park is one of the oldest family homes in England still lived in today. Behind its warm red-brick Elizabethan front lies a collection of far older buildings dating back to the 13th century, alongside a 12th-century flint and stone chapel. The estate even takes its name from the prehistoric stone circle in its grounds, thought to be around 5,000 years old.
Potfest South Oxfordshire – Stonor Park takes place under large marquees on parkland adjacent to this remarkable house.
As well as hosting Potfest, Stonor Park is a cultural destination in itself. Its rich history includes sheltering Catholic priests during the Reformation, with Edmund Campion secretly printing pamphlets here in 1581. With its historic house filled with family portraits, tapestries and an excellent collection of ceramic work. The Italianate walled garden, and parkland grazed by a herd of fallow deer, together make it a great day out.