Attraction extends £12 fee to include cafe
VISITORS to Tyntesfield House near Bristol can no longer use the National Trust property’s popular cafe free of charge.
Until now, the Cow Barn cafe and restaurant at the popular Wraxall property was free to enter and a favourite meeting place for locals who didn’t want to pay the £12 charge to visit the house itself.
But a new ‘welcome wall’ has been introduced – which means the cafe and shop are now within the site that costs to enter unless you are a
National Trust member. Once visitors have paid for entry they have full access to the entire site.
The full £12 adult entrance ticket price is now charged to enter the cafe and children over five will be charged £6. Under-fives can still be taken in for nothing.
Set in the Grade II-listed Victorian dairy, the Cow Barn restaurant has been a popular haunt for local residents and tourists since it opened.
The new price to enter the cafe will come as a shock to parents and families hoping to visit Tyntesfield with their children over the October halfterm.
For two adults and two children over five, it would now cost £36 to enter the cafe before even looking at the menu.
The Tyntesfield website makes no mention of the fact visitors now have to pay to enjoy the facilities that were previously free.
It says: “The Cow Barn at Home Farm is the perfect place to pop in at the start of your visit or to refuel and relax after exploring the estate.
“We’ll be serving a limited range of hot and cold drinks, freshly made snacks and hot bites as well as
Marshfield Farm ice cream.” A spokesperson for the National Trust said: “The National Trust opened a new visitor welcome building at Tyntesfield in May 2021.
“Located between the car park and historic Home Farm buildings, which house a cafe and shop, the new building has been designed in response to visitor feedback.
“It creates a clear welcome point for all visitors and a simple entry route from which they can explore the entire site.
“The new building has also been designed to address capacity issues on peak days with fast-track entry for National Trust supporters.
“To access these areas visitors will need to be either a National Trust member or pay the entrance fee. The National Trust is a charity and relies on money from supporters for the care and conservation of Tyntesfield and other places for future generations.”
Tyntesfield’s other eating venue, the Pavilion cafe, is now closed for the winter.