A couple walk hand in hand along a red carpet in the State Rooms, past tapestries and a clock

Autumn at Blenheim Palace

Experience the Glow Up inside and out

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A smiling couple in the Long Library, with gilded bookcases and portraits under a decorated ceiling

Step inside the Palace

Discover the golds as our scaffolding comes down

Explore the State Rooms

An older couple arm in arm on a bench by the lake on a sunny autumn day, the Palace in the distance

Discover the Autumn colours

Stroll through our Gardens and Parkland

Explore the Park and Gardens

The Palace entrance front, with red autumn creeper trailing along a stone wall in the foreground

Discover autumn at Britain's Greatest Palace

As our £12m Roof Restoration project reaches completion, watch the final scaffolding come down, revealing the palace's gilding, architecture and paintings in their full splendour. Wander the Formal Gardens and wider Estate as the leaves turn to gold and copper, with the palace itself aglow in matching tones of red and amber.

But that's not all, there's plenty more magic and mystery as you can head to our circus workshop and learn all kinds of fun tricks, enjoy witchy tales storytelling sessions.

Dine in style in the Orangery with a warming roast, then step into the Formal Gardens to meet our Megalosaurus sculptures in Dinosaurs Are Forever.

Then join our guides in the Great Hall at 14.00 daily for our 'MI5 at Blenheim Palace' talk. Learn how we served as the top secret wartime headquarters from September 1940 - 1945.

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On wet days, discover our great indoors.

Stone statues and golden ball finials on the Palace roofline against a blue sky

One Glow Up: a thousand golden moments

After almost two years hidden behind scaffolding, our Palace is nearly fully revealed once more. This autumn, watch as each remaining section comes down, revealing re-leaded roofs, re-slated stonework and, in places, gold gilding restored to its former brilliance.

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Visitors look out over the formal gardens from a terrace in autumn

Autumn in the Formal Gardens and Wider Estate

Wander the Gardens and wider Estate as ancient oaks and beech turn to gold, copper and rust.

Follow our lakeside walk to the Cascades, where a bridge once closed to visitors will be open late Oct, offering a new view of the Cascade Gardens above. Take in Blenheim Palace's landscape blanketed with autumn colour, from the Formal Gardens to the furthest reaches of the park.

Explore the Formal Gardens

A roast lunch with Yorkshire puddings and two glasses of red wine in a bright restaurant

Dine in style this season

As the parkland turns to gold, warm up with a seasonal Sunday roast, with Marco Pierre White dishes served across our delicious menus throughout the week. Our menus champion the best of the season, with produce grown in our own Walled Garden and sourced from trusted local suppliers. The perfect way to round off an autumn day at Blenheim Palace.

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