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Attractions near Shipton Hall
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Wenlock Priory
(6 Miles)*
Wenlock Priory with its striking clipped topiary has a pastoral setting on the edge of lovely Much Wenlock. |
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Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
(6 Miles)*
Every afternoon you can see hand milking. Buttermaking takes place in the dairy holidays and weekends. |
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Wroxeter Roman City
(9 Miles)*
Visiting the museum at Wroxeter gives a good insight into what life was like in a big Roman city. The museum tracks life from before the Romans arrived through to what happened after they left. |
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Buildwas Abbey
(9 Miles)*
Set beside the River Severn, against a backdrop of wooded gardens, are the remains of this Cistercian abbey. |
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This is the valley that changed our world, this is where the Industrial Revolution began. |
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Iron Bridge
(10 Miles)*
This, the world's first iron bridge was cast by local ironmaster Abraham Darby and erected over the River Seven in 1779. |
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Rays Farm Country Matters
(10 Miles)*
Rays Farm is located in the heart of the beautiful South Shropshire countryside, the term 'Rays' comes from the Anglo Saxon for streams - the farm by the streams. |
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Ludlow Racecourse
(10 Miles)*
Tradition has it that in the fourteenth century soldiers from Ludlow Castle came here not only to practice archery but also to match their horses. |
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Stokesay Castle
(10 Miles)*
This is one of England's best preserved fortified manor houses. Stokesay's Great Hall is unchanged since the days of baronial feasts. |
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Attingham Park
(11 Miles)*
Attingham Park was built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Berwick. It has a picture gallery by John Nash, magnificent Regency interiors and collections of silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings. |
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Coleham Pumping Station
(13 Miles)*
Magnificent Renshaw beam engines in 1901 pumping house. |
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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley's House)
(13 Miles)*
Rocks, Romans, China and Costume, Mediaeval Shrewsbury and Shropshire Wildlife. |
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Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental Museum
(13 Miles)*
Shropshire Regimental Museum houses the collections of the four Shropshire Regiments - King's Shropshire light Infantry, Shropshire Yeomanry, Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery and 4th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry TA. |
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Walcot Hall
(13 Miles)*
Walcot Hall dates back to Tudor times, the original Elizabethan facade being gabled. The gardens cover over 30 acres, including one of the finest Arboretums in Britain. |
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Haughmond Abbey
(14 Miles)*
The extensive ruins of the 12th century Haughmond Augustinian Abbey can be found at Shropshire's Upton Magna. |
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