Amazing place. When for a quick look round after visiting the Royal Windsor Horse Show, and fell in love. It’s quirky, fascinating, totally over the top and even slightly tacky. But it’s so interesting and the volunteers guides have such a genuine passion for the place it’s infectious.

A simply superb venue! Utterly ravishing interiors, charming gardens and the best guides of any historic house I have visited! I was blown away at the erudition of the guides, their depth of the knowledge and the wonderful stories they told about everything to do with the house - even the characters in the portraits! Highly recommended.

We visited Strawberry Hill House on the spur of the moment whilst spending a few days in London. Absolutely recommend this wonderful house! As well as loving the very unexpected architecture, interior design and restoration work, what made our visit even more enjoyable was hearing the historical information from the volunteer guides. They were all so knowledgeable and friendly. We also enjoyed a good lunch in the very pleasant café. A lovely place to visit!

If you are visiting London or the rest of the UK, there are many fascinating sites that would make your trip worthwile. Strawberry Hill House, even though it has its charms, isn’t one of them. The staff are local volunteers who are simply lovely and endearing. They are the best part of the experience. Additionally, there are are three rooms that would impress anyone, each one unique. However the rest of the house itself is dilapidated and the art is borrowed or simply not genuine. It is a nice visit, if you have plenty time on your hands. If you have only three days in London, I would suggest going somewhere else (like Hampton Court).

Our favourite part of this place was the fact that most rooms were empty. This does allow people to walk about more and not be marked off in a tiny space looking across the room. This way, you can move right up to the detailed mantles and windows covered in stained glass. An asset to the experience that people would complain about but shouldn’t. There was a staff member in most rooms to explain the amazing features and reasoning behind its creation. The colours and textured wall coverings in the rooms was incredible. I spent most of the time staring and saying “wow”. The grounds around the hill house are simple but the cascade of crocuses arising from the earth in a pattern shows the impeccable detail they preserve here. The ladies in the reception area were sooooo lovely. A great way to start and end the tour /sightseeing experience! A fluke to find this place but I recommend to anyone. I’ll go again for sure !

A wonderful early Spring Sunday outing! We are Americans living in London. We met up with British friends and their teenage daughter at Strawberry Hill House and Gardens. I had reserved tickets online. Hubby and I arrived early and had a coffee at the cafe around the back of the house. We looked out on the garden. It was too early in the season to expect much from the garden, but there were plenty of crocus in sight. Ultimately, our group entered through the gift shop which had beautiful cards, some hand made textile jewelry, books, ceramics, and some lovely children’s3D books. The Eighteenth Century Gothic Style House has been nearly fully restored with wood interiors and wall coverings that are either original to the house or faithfully historic reproductions. It’s a small house in terms of country homes in England go. But it is quite a jewel box of a place. Docents are available in every room. They are full of interesting and unusual facts about the interiors and about Horace Walpole, the “Man of Letters” whose fascination with all things Gothic turned the house into an architectural curiosity. Not being plugged into an audio tour made this a very pleasurable time. We chatted with docents and visitors alike. The volunteers in the shop were gracious and enthusiastic, and we even learned about the House’s volunteer sewing bee from a woman quilting an English style quilt in one of the upstairs rooms set up for that purpose. Although there are not many original furnishings nor paintings in the house, the interiors are spectacular, and reproductions are near enough to originals to fool the eye and complete the original intent of the owner-collector. To top off our visit, we walked down the road to La Dolce Vita, a Roman Italian restaurant with homemade pasta that was out of this world!

Decided to visit somewhere new and came across this place. Really good afternoon out. Unusual and bizarre place with a fascinating history. Guides in the rooms were excellent and really knowledgeable. It made the visit as they told interesting stories about the owner. Cafe was nice too and had a lovely hot chocolate. Good amount of parking.

We took a walk to Strawberry Hill from near Richmond park. We'd perhaps overestimated the walk but it was well worth it. We were running late for our booked time but the staff said they were very relaxed about the timings. Although it's not a massive house every room is different and the curators in the rooms told us some of the stories of the place.

Absolutely loved our visit to Strawberry Hill. Fascinating history of this incredible gothic revival style building. Beautifully restored and with a great team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers who really bring the history to life. The gardens were lovely too and the cafe was value for money good food. A real hidden gem that’s well worth a visit.

Strawberry Hill House is less than 10-mins walk from Strawberry Hill Station with a half hourly service from Richmond where we were staying (Waterloo from London). There is a car park, or you can walk along the river from Twickenham. You have to visit to understand how unique this Gothic House is. The room staff were engaging and knowledgeable. The art is on loan from the Dulwich Gallery and is beautifully clean. The Gallery is only surpassed by the Holbein Room. The cafe is small but offers bacon or sausage baguettes, or cream tea - what a dilemma. I’m so pleased we made the effort - there is nothing comparable. We did not walk the grounds.