We’ve mapped the UK’s country houses and stately homes, and helped you navigate the ones we’ve recently written about.
There are at least 3,704 standing country houses or stately homes in the UK.
This number counts domestic listings represented by the National Trust, the Historic Houses Association, the DiCamillo database and more. Every architectural style and period is covered.
The majority of UK stately homes remain in private hands with limited public access, but 205 are open via the National Trust.
A further 495 have some level of access through the Historic Houses Association, but usually with limited flexibility.
Properties not affiliated with the National Trust, Historic Houses Association, local authorities or similar may offer fleeting access as hotels, wedding venues, or hosts as one-off special events. All individual houses written about on this site have public footpath access to their surrounding villages or estates as a minimum. For more information about local stately homes, see our region pages.
We’ve mapped 3,704 of the UK’s historic houses here. That’s every mansion from the National Trust, the Historic Houses Association and the DiCamillo database.
Browse your region to find more about the country houses near you: how many there are, how to visit them, and how they were rated by the author of “England’s thousand best houses”.
More regions coming soon.
At least 260 recognised historic country houses in Norfolk. That’s more than any other county.
At least 187 recognised historic country homes in Suffolk. The #2 county for country houses.
Surrey has at least 115 recognised historic country homes – all for escaped Londoners to explore.
East and West Sussex have at least 119 recognised historic country houses.
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