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With plenty of room to enjoy an al fresco lunch and soak up the beautiful estate, here are some top places to spread out a blanket at Watts Gallery.

Pick a spot, pack a blanket and bring your own food to enjoy as a picnic in the gardens. Alternatively pick up something from the Tea Shop and create your own picnic on the day you visit. With a tempting selection of cakes and bakes, sandwiches and drinks in environmentally friendly disposable cups, there is plenty on offer to enjoy with your friends and family.

Limnerslease Lawn

Enjoy lunch overlooking the Limnerslease woodlands in the shade of our historic artists' home.

Group of people enjoying a picnic on the lawn outside the Historic Gallery

Historic Gallery Lawn

Enjoy the calm in front of the Historic Gallery, there are chairs provided or bring your own blanket. Why not make a daisy chain while you're here.

Wooden auditorium in woodlands

Bench 1

Take a break in the shade of our very own wooden amphitheatre nestled into the Limnerslease woodland.

The Orchard

A hidden gem behind the Limnerslease car park. Sit in the shade of the trees and watch the bees in their hives at work.

Outside of the Tea Shop with benches

Tea Shop Benches

Enjoy al fresco dining in the shade at our picnic benches conveniently located next to the Tea Shop.

Two visitors walk along the path with flower beds next to them

Pug Mill Bench

Watch the world go by surrounded by our gorgeous flower beds at this central picnic spot.

Two children jump from wooden stepping stones in woodland

Verey Playwood

Children can work up an appetite in the Playwood before sitting down to a picnic here in this secluded spot.

Please help us keep Watts Gallery clean for everyone and remember to pick up any litter once you’ve finished.