Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Elegant John Soane house, now with contemporary art gallery, in beautiful Regency-styled parkland.
Mattock Lane, London W5 5EQ
Facilities
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Accessible loos
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Cafe / restaurant
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Easily accessible without car
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Facilities for children
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Mostly wheelchair accessible
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No parking
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Parkland / open spaces
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Picnic area
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Shop
Pitzhanger has level access with lower floors served by a lift. For wheelchair reservations, please email [email protected]. For accessible parking, please call 020 3985 8888.
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery was the country retreat of Sir John Soane (1753-1837), one of Britain’s most influential architects. From 1800 to 1804, Soane designed and built it as his dream country home in then rural Ealing within a beautiful Regency landscape.
Soane saw Pitzhanger as the foundation for what he hoped would become a family dynasty of architects. Pitzhanger was designed around Soane’s eclectic and growing collection of art and antiquities. But first and foremost, it was a place of entertainment where he could host clients and influential friends at dinners and garden parties, or simply to fish in his lake. When Soane’s ideal of family harmony collapsed, he moved back to Lincoln’s Inn Fields, taking his collection with him.
Pitzhanger reopened in spring 2019 following a £12M three-year conservation project to return it to Soane’s original designs and now stands as a rare example of a spectacular Soane building. It celebrates Soane’s genius and influence as a designer, juxtaposing his intricate interior decorative schemes and architecture with a programme of ambitious contemporary art exhibitions, events and activities.
Pitzhanger still sits within its beautifully landscaped original parkland, which became Walpole Park in 1901. The shop sells bespoke gifts inspired by the Manor and the site also includes the its café situated within the shop, its kiosk cafe Pitzhanger Pantry, nearby in Walpole Park, the Wonder Room, a creative hub, packed with self-guided activities designed to spark curiosity, imagination, and play and the Rickyard, Pitzhanger’s learning and activity space.
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Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00
Monday and Tuesday: Closed
Last admissions are one hour before closing.
Extended Hours
On the first Thursday of each month, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery stays open until 20:00 (Thursday Late). Regular admission applies.
Bank Holidays
The venue opens on Bank Holidays from 10:00 – 17:00. This includes Monday 25 May, which will be open as usual.
Guided Tours
Pitzhanger Guided Tours are available every Thursday and Sunday during opening hours.
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker runs from 19 March – 19 July 2026.
Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house is on display from 1 April – 14 June 2026. This is the final opportunity to see this exhibition.
Architecture Takeover is a special display running 3–28 June 2026.
Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons opens 29 July – 8 November 2026.
Peter Blake: In the Studio will be on view from 25 November 2026 – 4 April 2027.
Special Events
A Curator Tour of Phoebe Collings-James: a rose, a bridge, a house takes place on Thursday 4 June 2026 during Thursday Late hours (until 20:00).
A Members' Morning preview of Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons is scheduled for 29 July 2026, before the exhibition opens to the general public.
£12 Standard
£6 Student
Free for Under-16s
Historic Houses members visit free.
Private group tours are available to book Wednesday-Friday within our opening hours. Tours cost £250 per group for up to 15 people. This includes a tour of the historic Manor led by a member of the Pitzhanger team, plus free time to explore the Manor and Gallery independently. Additional guests may be accommodated for an additional fee.
Make an enquiry
PItzhanger warmly welcomes educational visits and delivers workshops and outreach opportunities for schools.
Pitzhanger has level access with lower floors served by a lift. For wheelchair reservations, please email [email protected]. For accessible parking, please call 020 3985 8888.
Getting here
Mattock Lane, London W5 5EQ
Ealing Broadway station is an 8-minute walk from Pitzhanger, and is on the Central and District London Underground lines and Great Western Main Line/ TfL Rail (9 minutes from Paddington) and Elizabeth Line. Pitzhanger is an 8-minute walk from Ealing Broadway station: turn left out of the station and follow the signs to Ealing Green. South Ealing is a 15 minute walk or 5 minute bus ride (65) from Pitzhanger and is on the Piccadilly Line. Buses: 65, 207, 427, 607, E1, E11, 112, E2, E7, E8, E9, E10, 483, 226, 297 all stop within a short walk of Pitzhanger. You can get the E2, E7 and E8 from Ealing Broadway Station to Ealing Town Hall (5 minute walk to Pitzhanger) or the 65 from Ealing Broadway Station to Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre (2 minute walk to Pitzhanger). Cycle parking is available around Pitzhanger and car parking is available at nearby Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre.
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