About
Dark Tales & Strange Sounds at Copped Hall VII
Copped Hall, For Sat Nav use: CM16 5HR
Date & Time
Saturday 21st March 2026.
Gates will open at 6.00pm for a 7pm start. The event will conclude at 9pm.
Cost
£22.00 per person. The event is unsuitable for children.
Location
Location Main storytelling and performances will be on the First floor Saloon, State Hall and other rooms, including the Ground floor. Access is to the First Floor is currently via staircases only. Those with mobility impairments interested in attending should contact the Box Office (details below) to assess the suitability of this event before booking a ticket.
Description
Another evening of Dark Tales comes to Copped Hall brought to you by talented performers.
Another ghost story will be performed by Sinister Masterplan (Laura Sampson, storyteller, and Sam Enthoven, Thereminist).
Making her fourth appearance at the mansion will be storyteller Minne Wilkinson, delving into the darker side of 18th Century life.
Expect to meet Abigail Masham, Queen Anne’s Favourite, as Julia Stallard brings us the story of her journey from rags to riches and her final resting-place at High Laver, not ten miles from Copped Hall.
Returning with more specially-written poems will be Martin and Rose, The Witch of Brussels.
Strange sounds indeed will be conjured, live, by Colombian sound artist Viviana Caro, and Robin the Fog will fill the State Hall with more of his extraordinary live tape-loops, involving your very own voices. In the Housekeeper’s Room, sound artist Karina Townsend will bring us, live, her mysterious underwater night-time sounds from the North Pond, just a few hundred metres from the House.
The Copped Hall Bar will be open, and a roaring log fire will warm you in the ground floor Servants’ Hall. And, new this time: pianist Ben Davis will tickle the ivories as you arrive!
Event Querries?
Please contact the Box Office on 07749 397932 for any questions you have with connection with this event.
Buy Tickets
Tickets can be purchased on line:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
or by clicking the logo below. View the event, pay and print your tickets.
Both debit and credit cards may be used.
If you are having problems with buying tickets via Ticketsource, please contact our Box Office on 07749 397932 or email the Box Office on: tickets@coppedhalltrust.org.uk
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Map & Directions
Road Directions
From the M25, junction 26 Follow signs to Loughton (then to Epping). Drive uphill through the forest to the roundabout. Take the first left exit (B1393), passing the garage on the left. In slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From Woodford and Loughton Drive to the Wake Arms roundabout, follow signs to Epping (B1393) passing the garage on your left, in slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From Harlow and the M11 Follow signs to Epping for approximately 5 miles. Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From North Weald. Drive to Epping Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
For Satnav, use CM16 5HR.
Public Transport Directions
Please note, Copped Hall is located on the buffer lands of Epping Forest. There is no public transport access nearby. Nearest stations are on the Central Line at Epping or Loughton where taxis can take you to Copped Hall.
