Great place for kids to play and learn. Free entry, but donations are encouraged.

Magnificent Tudor Mansion, recently restored to display the history of the families and landscape transformation around it. The visiting path is modernly designed, and involving, especially for the youngest, with living guided tours, costumes dressing and practical experiences. Personnel very welcoming and helpful, seems genuinely dedicated to his duty. Ample gardens where to relax and enjoy food and drink from the cafe. Nice visitor shop. Entrance is free, but the place surely deserve a generous donation!

Fabulous Tudor hall in the middle of Salford. Very interesting interior and lovely gardens. Lots of information given here by staff and info boards. Nice little cafe and it's free to visit. Well worth spending some time here.

Really enjoyed visiting Ordsall Hall. We paid for the guided tour and it was very informative. Building is beautifully restored and the gardens were nice too. Only reason I'm giving it 4 stars is because on the website they said they only have a coin parking meter (that doesn't give change). We went through the hassle of getting the exact change needed and turns out there was a park and pay app available. So I'm confused at why they didn't write that on their website, since that would have made things a lot easier for us if we'd known.

Ordsall Hall is a well maintained heritage building. It has many friendly and supportive staff to make you a wonderful visit. BTW, no admission fee, donation is welcome, parking fee is reasonable (£2.50 for three hours ).

Highly recommend Ordsall Hall, a hidden gem not far from Salford Quays, free entry. The gardens are great too. Opens at 1pm on Sunday and you pay for car parking

A great cheap day out. (Free if you walk there!) Having lived next to Ordsall for a number of years, I felt the need to check it out. Between modern residential streets, Ordsall Hall sits with beautiful architecture and well kept gardens. The staff are really friendly and there are a number of interactive elements for kids. We walked around the whole building in around half an hour. But we could have taken it even slower. With a rich history and some great stuff on display, I highly recommend you check it out.

Beautiful Building and grounds. I had a lovely afternoon making a Christmas wreath, everything we used was provided from the grounds and gardens. Lovely head gardener lead the session with very helpful volunteers at hand! I thoroughly enjoyed, thank you 😊

We really enjoyed our visit here. The hall had a lot of history & ghost stories. The staff were great, and knew every question I asked about the hall. There is a lovely cafe with cakes & well made drinks. It is free but donations would be welcome.

An absolutely beautiful historic house and gardens, with lots of fun and educational things for kids to interact with. Nice little cafe and shop. A real spot of tranquility in the city. And all free and accessible! Will definitely be back.

Fascinating multi-century home and gardens, originating from the eleven hundreds, but concentrating on the Tudor era. Knowledgeable staff with interesting insights and humorous anecdotes. A great morning or afternoons activity, five minutes walk from Exchange Quay Metrolink Station. The fact that this place exists in such an urban area, I think is a minor miracle. Free entry - please be generous with a donation.

Amazing place to visit full of History Guy Fawkes planned the Gunpowder Plot here wow! Beautiful house to walk around inside and out and? 🤔 It has ghosts! One of the visitors was talking to a member of staff how said she was total sceptic! Till she had voices talking to her and seeing stuff moving 😳. All in 2 minutes away from City Centre Manchester

As a tourist for the first time in Britain I have to admit my ignorance on British history. My main focus has been on Victorian Gothic, since it is a direct link to the history of my own country. Britain has a long standing relationship with Portugal and culture tends to be shared by these links and parts of history linked. But the Tudor period is not one of these. Portugal and Britain where very different during this period so I was immensely happy on the good starter on Tudor period life and society I got here. I will recommend it strongly.

Lovely old building that is in stark contrast to the modern city buildings that have built up on its doorstep. We had a guided tour and the guide was very friendly,passionate and knowledgeable about the building and its history. We had already done a fair bit of research before visiting so she was able to tell us some of the lesser known history. We have visited many, many old buildings but had never been able to access the attics; however, here you are able to go up and see how the walls and roof were made. There is even signs of graffiti that were scrawled on the walls in the 16yh century when people were hiding there up in the attic. We will definitely be back. They have their own on-site parking that is a reasonably pay and display price.

Fantastic experience, staff so polite and helpful,an knowledgeable,Head gardener so polite and made time to talk to us,could tell by the beautiful grounds she is passionate and hard working in her job, would certainly recommend Ordsall Hall experience to anyone and thank you for it .we'll be certainly going back in the summer.

A diamond in the rough, what an amazing hidden gem. What a well kept building with a lovely cafe and many helpful friendly staff to guide you around or add extra information to your visit.

As a free to visit historical house it was a good find and broke up our last day in Manchester. It isn’t a particularly big venue and you won’t be blown away but it’s historical attributes but it’s a nice visit and has great historical architecture. It won’t take too long to go around the space. We were there for 20 minutes

Fantastic day out. The hall is free and the parking is 5.50 for up to 6 hours. I took my 7 year old to see an outdoor theatre production of Hercules, it was amazing, we are definitely going to go and see an outdoor production there again. Great value for money. Having never been there before, I was really suprised at what we found. The staff who work there are friendly and very informative. The hall itself was great to look around with lots of trying on armour and traditional tudor dress. Outside the grounds are very well kept and we met a gardener who was really helpful with advice on growing sweetcorn and other veg. The cafe and gift shop are reasonably priced. They take card :) The toilets are plentiful and very clean. A great place to go and have a picnic weather (depending) there is also outdoor seating on a terrace,we took our own folding chairs. Fantastic gem of a place . A great day out!(

Beautiful

Absaloutly beautiful. The hall is so pretty and it feels like I'm going back to the tudor times. The gardens are amazing too. Don't worry children won't get scared, Even though there are ghosts. The people who work there are so kind and respectful

My wife and I visited today and had a great time. There's a lot of history to be had, beautiful gardens, a small cafe and gift shop, as well as being easy to get to (a short walk from Exchange Quay tram stop). Steve was really friendly and very knowledgeable.

historical English house with huge garden and alot of stories every corner 🤎🤎🤎 No tickets needed. Small but nice gift shop.

Highly recommend.

visited sunday 17/10/2020. first visit for many years. I used to live there with my mother and father when dad was the caretaker ( mid 1970's). who the hell authorised a 21st century date stone to deface a beautiful 17th century building? I like it to a "go faster stripe" on an old car. Not a good look! I am sure it will confuse the visitors (especially the kids). Was this ever discussed with the public before the decision to deface the building. I am thinking not. Ah well, the damage has been done and will probably never be undone. A shame to see the old girl marred.

Absolutely brilliant. A trip back in time surrounded by businesses and houses. Seems out of place but is an oasis. An incredibly old building with so much history. Great for adults and children in fact heaps of things for children to do. Cafe for snacks but not main meals. Gift shop. Nice gardens. The people hear are doing a great job looking after the place. There is a carpark in the grounds with disabled spaces. We stayed for 3hrs and it cost us£2.50. This is well worth a visit.

Beautiful restored historic Hall. I enjoyed a fantastic visit. Exploring all round, in and outside the grounds of this great museum.

Wonderful staff who are so well informed on the house and grounds. So much fun for the kids (aged 4-11) and lots of dress up. I just thought they would be there for an hour and get bored but they could stay there for 2-3 hours! Definitely going back

Have to pre book at the moment to look inside, so was unable to see what the hall looks like inside, but the gardens are beautiful lots of flowers.

Absolutely stunning place. Gorgeous cafe with lovely cakes. 🤗😁🤗

Loved it, awesome place, well worth a visit if you are in the area. It is free entry, has a cafe, toilets and parking. The staff were all happy, friendly, helpful and informative. I watched an interesting video in the museum about the history of the house and the area, which was well worth a watch as it was very interesting. Nice gardens surrounding the house. I had a cuppa and some cake in the cafe after, which was a nice end to my visit.

What an amazing history this building has. Well worth a visit!

What a fantastic day out with our grandchildren. The storytime in the orchard and puppet theater was brilliant. Thanks to all the staff who were most helpful. Looking forward to coming back to look around the hall and gardens.

This place feels like such a gem. It’s so unexpected to see such a historic building right in the middle of modern housing. It probably takes about an hour to visit and look around everything but you could spend longer trying hats and helmets on and taking pictures at the dining table. Very helpful and friendly staff too

Lovely place, greeted by a very nice friendly lady on entering. Who told us about the place and even took us up in the lift as my husband has a bad back. We watched the video first called tapestry of time which gives you all the information on the hall then we looked around the place, stopping for a cup of tea in the cafe all staff were really nice & couldn't do enough for you, we would recommend this place, if you have small children there are hands on things to do, admission is free, but there is a donation box if you would like to put something in it. Will be returning in the future.

Great day out for our group from Age UK Salford. We all really enjoyed the tour with Naomi who was really knowledgeable and engaging. All the staff were great. The place is very relaxing and well worth the visit. We will certainly visit again. Thank you.

Beautiful and peaceful place. It's actually a kind of museum and also they recreated some history scenes. Overall a beautiful place to visit

I was a bit disappointed to be honest. Not a lot to see and a lot of places in the hall were cordoned off. I think because it is in the middle of a housing/industrial estate put me off from the start. On the plus side, it's spotlessly clean and there is a video you can watch on the history. The kitchen was good, loved the pig! The gardens are very nice too

Beautiful place to visit

Brought our two kids to their pumpkin hunt in the garden and it was a blast. Staff were lovely and very nice with with the kids. Can't wait to see what else they have going on to bring the kids back.

A hidden gem in the middle of Salford! Lots of interesting, historical information provided to look at, read and watch short video clips. You can arrive on the day, no need to pre book. It's located in a beautiful location and is a well-kept tranquil place. Good car park facilities. A lovely little shop and café. Beautiful well-maintained gardens. All staff were pleasant, friendly and very informative with their knowledge of the place. A fun day for all ages. Ps view the picture, the ghost is real!

We love visiting Ordsall hall, so much history. Lovely cafe and gardens. Well worth a visit

Amazing place, the hall is amazing and full of history, the gardens are lovely. A nice little cafe and souvenier shop. Good place to visit no matter your age, they have things for kids to do in every room and the staff are friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit.

Fascinating place to find in the middle of Salford. Friendly staff very helpful, shame the cafe doesn't do more food but it was a decent cup of coffee! Free entry though the car park is pay and display. Full marks Salford Council for saving the place from wing developed. Plus, it's one of very few attractions in Manchester open on a Monday!

Lovely old historical building in Salford. Worth a visit for the history.

It’s a beautiful little piece of history sat in the middle of a city. Staff there are really helpful and friendly

Super friendly staff good parking and a very interesting hour or so browsing around this fascinating old hall. Cafe looked OK too but didn't have time to visit. Favourite bit was the spooky loft space.

This is a must visit. The staff here are amazing at explaining the history of the place. There are guided tours, kids crafts during the holidays/weekends. I have always loved that kids can explore here and there is lots for them to do which is hands on (trying on clothes etc). They also love a good run around in the gardens.

Waay too underrated! The whole story gave me goosebumps throughout the castle! U cannot go there and tell me it wasn’t worth it! There was amazing staff that u could literally talk to for hours! A lovely lady told us the whole story of that mansion. Even the scary but heartbreaking ghost story (lady in white). Anyways, just the little artifacts and the architecture is worth seeing! So if you’re thinking of visiting, you should definitely go there! There’s even a huge garden surrounding the place!

Nice place to spend about an hour. Free entry, although we left a donation. Interesting history about the place, the volunteers are knowledgeable and friendly.

What an amazing place, they have events and activities for children, a nice cafe and a gift shop

Great family place to visit lovely garden very interesting small museum and a nice cafe and gift shop. Only tge gardens are open at the moment due to covid 19.

If you visit the hall now...it does still look a little odd in its surroundings...with an industrial estate and council flats and houses around it...but it is buoyed by the more modern and cosmopolitan Quays area. However...in the mid 80s when we visited from school...it was even more bizarre to see such a beautiful building (newlyish refurbished) in such a dingy and depressing location. Times change though and it is now sort of fitting in its locale. Well worth a visit and a five minute walk from the tram stop...limited opening hours however so definitely plan ahead.

I grew up and went to school not 200 yards away from here. I played in the park but was unaware ot the existence of this building. I came here on this visit with a group of U3A photographers. A wet day. But interesting. A great building, both inside and out. Interesting things in the gardens. A good day out.

Made the mistake of not making a reservation so only had a coffee and cake and did not see round the hall.

Really enjoyed learning the history of the hall. Tour guide, cafe staff and other staff were helpful and friendly. Had a delicious slice of cake and a cuppa in the cafe too!

Nice place to visit.

Great place to visit lovely garden

I visited Ordsall Hall last summer for a one day festival. It is very interesting and has been preserved very well. The staff are very helpful and showed us how to make apple juice. Would recommend it for a day out.

Cool place.

Just beautiful so much to enjoy and learn

Beautiful tutor house which is a fab place to visit with children.

Beautiful venue with a broad history, such a great and attentive free tour of a beautifully out of place slice of history.

Wonderful building

Nice English Museum

A nice place to visit. The staff are friendly and very helpful, one of them was kind enough to take us in a guided tour.

An excellent afternoon. Knowledgeable staff and a delightful cream included. The history of Ordsall Hall is fascinating.

What a wonderful surprise to find this gem. Lovely house with great, friendly staff. Fun and interesting for children.

Magnificent piece of history in modern surrounding. Well managed place.

Went to see a performance by Tangled dance company just before Christmas. What beautiful house to have as your setting for any performers. The whole experience was quite "Magical". My granddaughter of 7 absolutely loved it and so did I.

If you visit the hall now...it does still look a little odd in its surroundings...with an industrial estate and council flats and houses around it...but it is buoyed by the more modern and cosmopolitan Quays area. However...in the mid 80s when we visited from school...it was even more bizarre to see such a beautiful building (newlyish refurbished) in such a dingy and depressing location. Times change though and it is now sort of fitting in its locale. Well worth a visit and a five minute walk from the tram stop...limited opening hours however so definitely plan ahead.

(Translated by Google) Very good site to visit. Curious to see and with the advantage of being a place where you can interact with the scenery. Perfect to go with children. It is a very lively and very "liveable" place where you will find everything from exhibitions of paintings to small fairs or outdoor activities. I definitely recommend it and it's free! (Original) Muy buen sitio a visitar. Curioso de ver y con la ventaja de ser un lugar en el que puedes interactuar con el decorado. Perfecto para ir con niños. Es un lugar muy vivo y muy "vivible" donde encontrarás desde exposiciones de cuadros hasta pequeñas ferias o actividades exteriores. Sin duda alguna lo recomiendo y además es gratuito!

Very interesting old building now hemmed in by modern developments. Well worth the visit. Staff were helpful

Ordsall Hall is a stunningly beautiful historical building in Salford that really showcases the areas history. They have many rooms set up and when you step inside its like you've stepped back in time. Its truly fascinating The staff are very helpful and friendly! Its a great place for kids and adults and they do plenty of events to enjoy too

What a gem ! You wouldn’t expect this stunning preservation in the middle of Manchester City centre . Well worth the visit.

Such a beautiful venue! And the wedding coordinator was so helpful and very friendly! Can't recommend highly enough!

Nice place to visit with a lot of history. Almost got razed by promoters in the mid 20th century. Some of the building dates from the 14th century. The Tudor’s quatrefoil originated there. Staff is very helpful and friendly

I absolutely love this place.

Such a hidden gem. Beautiful building and great local history. Guides are excellent.

Pretty grounds from the outside and the house is lovely on the inside. I only found out about this place after I signed up to the gym across the road. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

Ordsall hall I have heard of before but never been. I was truly surprised at the gardens and the structure of the hall. We were fortunate to go on a working day it was so quiet. Which meant we had a personal guide to show us around the halls various rooms. Most enjoyable. A special thanks to the guide.

A great place to explore in Salford. You learn a lot about the history of the region through stories of people who once lived there.

Great place for school trip

Fantastic place for the school holidays....Jump on the Tudor training school 11am & 2pm £2 well worth the hour lots of history facts and hands on for the children

The last place you'd expect to find a Tudor hall! Interesting with lots of activities for the children.

Fantastic only small but worth a visit.....

Great place to visit

Excellent place, love it, want to go again!

Excellent. So much invested into the building and grounds. A lot of hands on stuff to do. Great for children. Not boring for them. Need to go a few times to fully appreciate. Admission free, just a little for parking.

Really nice place. Son loves it here. Tour is good, lasts abkut 1 hour, and very informative. Lived in the area for years and never thought to visit. Glad I did.

Nice museum Tudor house. Really interesting stories and perfect place for celebrations