Tulleys Tulip Gardens at Hatton Country World
Tulip Fields seem to be a recent thing in the UK, and previously there were only a handful around. But 2025 seems to have seen a few more fields opening which is nice to see. More opportunities to see lovely flower fields is never a bad thing. Tulleys Tulip Gardens were opening at Hatton Country World near me, so decided to check it out with a friend.
You can read about my other flower field visits – this post talks about other options around the country and when in the year are the times to calendar in.
Tickets for Tulleys Tulip Gardens
Buying tickets was a bit of a faff. As they have a couple of other Tulley’s Tulip places in the south, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t buying for the wrong place. But then it wasn’t really clear when you could visit.
Initially they opened up tickets for flexible tickets. You could visit any day or time with those. We’d set reminders for the opening, and were lucky enough to get tickets before they sold out. A couple of weeks later they opened for normal advance booking tickets for set dates.
The prices were steep – we paid £12.95 for the early bird open tickets, plus another £3 for the booking fee. Ouch. Not quite as bad if you’re buying multiple tickets. But tickets after that point ranged from £13.95 to £16.95, and that’s the same price for children over 2 as it is for adults. I’ve since seen someone say they were being sold for £18.95, so it doesn’t seem very consistent.
There was one good point, that the parking for the tulip field is free, unlike the rest of Hatton Country Village (which puts me off going there nowadays)
If you want to buy tulips that’s an extra cost on top from the shopping tent.
Visiting Tulleys Tulip Gardens
Obviously with flower fields you need to keep an eye on opening dates as they’re dependent on the flowers being in bloom. In 2025, the field opened on 5th April after a few weeks of great warm sunny weather. We’d hoped to go earlier, but they’d moved the date back to April from the end of March, so it was an early Sunday visit instead.
It was busy arriving first thing for 9.30 opening. It was well sign posted once you turn into Hatton Country World. There were no queues for parking, and just a 10 minute wait for the gates to open and let people in.
Lots of people had brought family dressed up to take photos, so we wanted to get in to avoid the crowds.
Once inside, it was just a short walk to the field itself. Yes, just the one field and in that, there were only 2 patches with a large walkway gap inbetween them. You could walk up and down between the rows of tulips each side.
The flowers were lovely. Quite a lot were blooming (and more would probably have come out later in the day once it had warmed up properly. But if you visit later in April, there will still be flowers to see because they’ve staggered them. There were plenty still to bloom.
As you approached the field you could see the stripes of the tulip colours, and there were a few with slightly more unusual colours. But it wasn’t the impressive displays that the photos of Tulley’s other sites would have had you believe.
Because tulips are relatively short, it’s definitely hard to get photos without other people in. We found people weren’t very aware when walking around, and then stopping behind photo opportunity areas so they were in shot. It took a while to get shots without people stood in the way.
We found it strange that there were so many security people standing in the aisles. Do people really pick the tulips? I’ve never seen that at other flower fields I’ve visited, and maybe all the staff are what pushed the prices up. I wouldn’t have thought you’d have been able to snip them because it would have been very visible if you were wandering around with cut stems!
Around the field there were a few photo opportunity spots. The best we spotted near the end was a heart display of clogs. Very clever, and very photogenic.
Once we’d walked the field, we headed up to the displays around by the windmill. Themed for the Netherlands tulip fields, everything was based around similar house styles and tile patterns.
Amongst the tulip displays there were also gorgeous smelling hyacinths. One area of displays were pots of tulips for sale which was a nice idea rather than buying cut flowers.
If you’re staying longer there are a few streetfood options (dutch mini pancakes which I’d have quite liked to try if it had been a couple of hours later, and some more unusual foods than the usual). There were 2 places to get coffee. We had a coffee and hot chocolate, plus a stroopwafel each – costing £10 together, so not too bad for refreshments. The inside seating area at the coffee place was a really nice area to sit, but we opted for one of the picnic benches in the sun.
On the way out to the exit, you go through the ‘boutique’ shop where you can buy stems of tulips, tulip plushies, household items and other bits and bobs.
Before we left we decided to make use of our free parking and walk over to Hatton Shopping Village for a wander there.
The verdict
All in, we were done and finished in just over an hour at Tulleys Tulip Gardens. The tulips were pretty and I liked the extra photo opportunities and the way everything was set up and themed. But we came away disappointed.
For the cost, which is similar if not more to costs I’ve paid for other flower fields, we were expecting larger fields and more flowers. I expect it may be bigger next year, but we wouldn’t return.
I’d say if you’re going for a full day to Hatton Country World and you want to visit the tulips as part of your day trip, then it might be worth it. But buy the early bird flexible tickets to make sure you can avoid bad weather days and get the best prices.
Have you got any other tulip fields you recommend?
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What a great place to visit. I do love tulips, they are such a pretty flower. The tickets do sound expensive. Eek!