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Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
Every afternoon you can see hand milking. Buttermaking takes place in the dairy holidays and weekends. |
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Attingham Park
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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Buildwas Abbey
Set beside the River Severn, against a backdrop of wooded gardens, are the remains of this Cistercian abbey. |
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Carding Mill Valley and the Shropshire Hills
The National Trust's Carding Mill Valley and the surrounding area of the Shropshire Hills is the ideal recreation area for those who enjoy long solitary walks, wildlife spotting, mountain biking. |
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Coleham Pumping Station
Magnificent Renshaw beam engines in 1901 pumping house. |
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Dorothy Clive Garden
The Dorothy Clive Garden is intimate and informal. It embraces a variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden, an alpine scree, a damp garden and spectacular summer flower borders. |
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Dudmaston Estate
Dudmaston offers a wonderful collection of art and sculptures in a grand country house setting. A visit to this splendid estate offers choices of how to spend your day. |
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Haughmond Abbey
The extensive ruins of the 12th century Haughmond Augustinian Abbey can be found at Shropshire's Upton Magna. |
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Hodnet Hall Gardens
Winner of the Christies Historic Houses Association "Garden of the Year" Award for 1985, and subject of numerous BBC radio and television programmes. |
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Iron Bridge
This, the world's first iron bridge was cast by local ironmaster Abraham Darby and erected over the River Seven in 1779. |
 Ironbridge Gorge Museums
This is the valley that changed our world, this is where the Industrial Revolution began. |
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Lilleshall Abbey
Lilleshall Abbey was dissolved in 1538, yet today its extensive and peaceful ruins are an evocative reminder of the lives of its Augustinian canons. |
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Ludlow Racecourse
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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Rays Farm Country Matters
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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Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford houses one of the largest aviation collections in the United Kingdom. |
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Shipton Hall
Shipton Hall was built around 1587 by Richard Lutwyche to replace a much older, black and white, timbered house which was destroyed by fire earlier in the 16th century. |
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Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental Museum
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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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley's House)
Rocks, Romans, China and Costume, Mediaeval Shrewsbury and Shropshire Wildlife. |
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Stokesay Castle
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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Walcot Hall
Walcot Hall dates back to Tudor times, the original Elizabethan facade being gabled. In 1763, Lord Clive of India commissioned Sir William Chambers, leading architect of the time to redesign the house. |
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Wenlock Priory
Wenlock Priory with its striking clipped topiary has a pastoral setting on the edge of lovely Much Wenlock. |
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Weston Park
Visit Weston Park, set in the spectacular Shropshire countryside, and you will marvel at the beautiful Seventeenth Century House and the splendour of the 1,000 acre Parkland in which it rests. |
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Wroxeter Roman City
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. |
Above, you will find a complete list of all the Tourist Attractions in Shropshire we currently have listed on AboutBritain.com.
If you're wondering what to do in Shropshire, then simply explore the links on this page for more detailed information, and you'll soon discover that there are lots of interesting things to do in Shropshire.
As you can see, we have a wide range of ideas for family days out in Shropshire, so you'll never be short of exciting things to do or interesting places to go.
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