Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Garden Party

Fabulous event, making the most of an amazing setting, well managed with very helpful staff to guide you round the event. A great way to spend an evening with the family and friends of all ages and a good range of activities for all age groups it was nice to learn some of the history of the palace and how it was built. The activities were varied, the Churchill talks appealed to a certain group and there were many free games and activities for younger members of the family. We particularly enjoyed the dance lessons; the facilitator was extremely good at getting everyone involved and enjoying the session. The food was of good quality but lacked variety, a fish and chip van & a hog roast would have added to the choices whilst keeping the them British. It was also unclear when they were closing service leaving some people unable to eat, the picnic aspect was good but was not well publicised. The closing event was spectacular taking advantage of the beautiful setting. The audio on Churchill’s speech was poor and perhaps needs some modern technological attention so everyone can hear and understand it as some words were unintelligible. The fireworks were first class and made a perfect end to a well-managed event. Def take your own drinks as £6 for a large pimms & £8.50 for a large Aperol Spritz. Fireworks were really brilliant and if I had small kids (6-10yrs) the whole event would have been a really special treat night our for the whole family and not too expensive, especially if you take your own picnic. They gave you an info sheet with what time everything would start which was really good as it helped let you plan to do everything you wanted to do. The dance lessons got a group of about 30 people dancing, but the 1940’s swing band lost them all because the second song they played was too slow to dance to!! As they stopped serving food at 9, we could have easily missed all food options (we saw this happen to another family) If I had small hungry children that would have been a massive bummer – luckily we didn’t!

12:04 PM July 18, 2018