Sinai Park House Heritage Open Day 2025 - Timed Tour

As part of Heritage Open Day 2025 (pre-booked ticket required for tours only)

Join one of the three timed tours during the Heritage Open Day and learn about the ongoing project to restore Sinai for future generations to experience. Learn about the interesting characters that once occupied Sinai and see its medieval stone foundations.

Tours start at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm with gates closing at 4.30pm. Please arrive promptly for your tour as access to the site must be supervised at all times given the risks associated with the derelict part of the building. Max numbers per tour is 35.

Pre-booked tickets essential.

Please note: There are steps down to the cellar to view foundations.

Discover the Skills That Built Sinai Park House (no ticket required)

Learn about the traditional building skills and craftmanship that created Burton’s oldest building, Sinai Park House, when we open our gates on Friday 12th September for Heritage Open Days.

From the Romans, Medieval monks and English Civil War armies to English aristocracy – all have left their mark on Sinai and the surrounding land. Come and see demonstrations of the skills used to create this unique building, with an opportunity to have a go at stone masonry, wattle and daub and traditional brick bonds.

Due to active restoration work in 2025, this is one of only a handful of dates this year that Sinai will be open to the public, so take this opportunity to discover more about this ancient retreat, once owned by the Burton Monks.

See the healing springs and Chalybeate waters of the Lord’s Well, with its ferruginous salts of iron waters, and walk on a Scheduled Monument – Sinai’s moat!

Bring a picnic – there’s plenty of space for blankets and chairs and taking in the glorious surroundings of the parkland.

Refreshments available in support of the Friends of Sinai Park House Trust.

Access:

Sinai Park House is located in Shobnall, Burton-upon-Trent.

Visitors to Sinai should park locally in Shobnall, wherever it is safe and legal, and walk up via the national forest footpath – approx. 15-minute walk.

Access to Sinai Park House is via Shobnall Road, opposite Shobnall Primary school - there is a public footpath/road opposite. Walk up here, being mindful of passing traffic. When you reach the gate, go over the style on the left and take the grassy path up on the left. Keep following this woodland trail for approx. 10mins until you see a sign directing you into the site on your right hand side. You will enter via the Lords Well, please do take care around this open water source.

Please note that this route goes up hill and the terrain is uneven. There is also a style and kissing gate which makes this route unsuitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

If mobility impaired, please email kate@sinaiparkhouse.co.uk in advance to arrange suitable parking at Sinai.