AttractionsActon Burnell

Enjoy an amazing trip on the magnificent River Severn through the pretty Shropshire county town of Shrewsbury on Sabrina, Goddess of the River. Sabrina is a triple‐decked passenger boat that takes passengers on a relaxing and serene trip along the Severn, lasting approximately 40 minutes. Leaving Victoria…
Distance: 7.7 miles away

One of the great houses of the Midlands, Attingham Park was built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Berwick to the design of George Steuart and has a picture gallery by John Nash. The magnificent rooms contain collections of ambassadorial silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings. The…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

A sixteenth century house with a nineteenth century garden planted by George Maw, a bulb collector and breeder. There is a terraced garden, a rock garden and a rose garden designed by Graham Stuart Thomas. Situated on a plateau above the gorge of the River Severn, this…
Distance: 8 miles away

Costumed staff give a warm welcome and a fascinating insight into how life was lived in Victorian Times. Exchange your money in the Bank; admire the goods in the Grocers, Bakery and Sweetshop. Find out about curious remedies in the Chemist and see the printer and…
Distance: 10.1 miles away

Once described as the most extraordinary district in the world, the Ironbridge Gorge is still a remarkable, and beautiful, place to visit today. A huge amount of early industry survives as furnaces, factories, workshops, canals and the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Coalport. There are…
Distance: 8.8 miles away

The area includes part of the great ridge, the Long Mynd, with stunning views across the Shropshire and Cheshire plains and Black Mountains. This is excellent walking country with much of interest to the naturalist; the Chalet Pavilion in Carding Mill Valley offers information about the area, as…
Distance: 6.7 miles away

Individual workshops housing a wide variety of art, craft and design businesses, situated in the converted Victorian tile factory of Maw & Co. Licensed tearoom.Open: Individual workshops with varying opening times. A Selection can be found open most afternoons and weekends. Tearoom closed Mondays.…
Distance: 10.1 miles away

Unfold the secrets of the Shropshire Hills on a family fun day out in an amazing grass roofed building. Try the simulated hot air balloon ride, see the famous Shropshire mammoth. Discovery archaeology, ecology and nature, meadows and trails. Education room and outdoor teaching area.Open:…
Distance: 12.9 miles away

Ice Skating Rink at Telford Ice Rink in Telford, Shropshire. Contact venue on 01952 291511 for Ice Skating Rink opening times, entrance costs and skate hire.…
Distance: 11.5 miles away

Come and try the family challenge at The Adventure Rope Course in Shrewsbury.We have over a dozen stand‐alone elements that would take you over a day and a half to complete so they'll always be shouting for more. Although usually based on groups of 6 or more,…
Distance: 11 miles away

Situated on the edge of the historic Walcot Hall, Walcot Stables is a small friendly yard offering lessons for all ages and standards in safe and picturesque environment. Small group hacks can be arranged.Pony care days for children and overnight stabling for horses by arrangement.…
Distance: 14.5 miles away

Children's tourist attraction. Visit your favourite Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme characters and their houses. See Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and many more. VisitDinosaur Valley with its four life sized dinosaurs or get lost in…
Distance: 11.4 miles away

Tucked away in the South Shropshire Hills, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is the historic and privately owned country estate of Acton Scott. Its peaceful village character is cherished by all those who live and work here. Visitors are encouraged by the Acton family to come…
Distance: 8.3 miles away

Hoo Animal Kingdom Farm is a real children's paradise where there is always something happening. There are lots of new arrivals including Wallabies, Emus, Meerkats and a litter of baby piglets born 11th July. The start of the school holidays sees a revised programme of events from…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

Extensive remains of a 12th‐century Augustinian abbey; the exhibition commemorates 600 years since the Battle of Shrewsbury.The ruins of Haughmond Abbey are looked after by English Heritage and are open to the public.…
Distance: 8.6 miles away

The Castle houses the spectacular collections of the Shropshire Regimental Museum Trust including pictures, uniforms, medals, weapons and other equipment from the 18th Century to the present day. The oldest parts of the Castle were built between 1066 and 1074, during the reign of William the Conqueror.…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

This substantial red‐brick villa is typical of the many thousands that were built for the prosperous middle classes in the late Victorian period.Sunnycroft is one of the very few villas to have survived, with a mini estate and largely unaltered contents and decoration.There's lots to see and do…
Distance: 9.8 miles away

See the National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china in the magnificent old Coalport China works. Rich colours, bright glazes and exquisite decoration.Experience much more; with demonstrations of traditional ceramic techniques which reveal the secrets of ceramic production.Children will love their own special gallery, where they'll find plenty…
Distance: 10.6 miles away

The Switch on your imagination in our interactive Design & Technology Centre and discover how good ideas are turned into great products.Find out how a little ingenuity will let you pull a 10 ton locomotive or generate electricity from flowing water. Look at familiar objects with new eyes…
Distance: 8.8 miles away

As you wander through the original gas‐lit trade show room, galleries and period room setting you will be able to see, touch and even walk on magnificent British tiles.Galleries show exquisite examples of individual tiles and period room settings depict various locations that would have been decorated with…
Distance: 9.7 miles away

The Old Severn Warehouse is a short walk alongside the River from the Iron Bridge.See what the Gorge was like in 1796 with the help of a giant 12 meter long model. Spot a Royal carriage crossing the Iron Bridge, the cargo on a Severn Trow and a…
Distance: 8.7 miles away

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Barker Street.Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental MuseumColeham Pumping StationThree of Shrewsbury finest historic buildingsOpen: Contact for Details.…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Wroxeter was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. Much of the site where it stood has escaped subsequent development and so it can provide extensive information about what the city was like. Originally a legionary fortress, it later developed into a thriving civillian city populated…
Distance: 4.9 miles away

Since 1892 the oldest and steepest Inland Funicular in Britain has travelled up and down the sandstone cliffs linking the fascinating hgih and low towns of Bridgnorth, enjoying glosious views of the beautiful Severn valley and river.Open: Monday ‐ Saturday 8am ‐ 8pm, Sunday 12 noon ‐…
Distance: 12.6 miles away

Telford Steam Railway is based at Horsehay and Dawley station and goods yard in Telford, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Originally on the Great Western branchline from Wellington to Craven Arms via Ironbridge. The site at Horsehay has a longer history, being at the site of one…
Distance: 9.5 miles away

Ski Slopes at Telford Ski Centre in Telford, Shropshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01952 586862 for Ski Slope opening times, entrance costs and ski hire.…
Distance: 10.5 miles away

Bowling at Telford Superbowl in Telford, Shropshire. Contact venue on 01952 290100 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 11.5 miles away

Tucked away in a quite backwater of Shropshire stand the remains of a thirteenth century fortified manor house at Acton Burnell. It was built in the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Chancellor of England and close friend of King Edward the First. Acton Burnell was…
Distance: 0.7 miles away

Impressive ruins of a Cistercian abbey, including its unusually unaltered 12th‐century church, beautiful vaulted and tile‐floored chapter house, and recently re‐opened crypt chapel. In a wooded Severn‐side setting, not far from the Iron Bridge and Wenlock Priory.…
Distance: 7.4 miles away

In a beautiful setting within the grounds of Morville Hall. Home of garden writer Dr katherine Swift. 1.5 acres. The Dower House Garden tells the story of English gardening through the ages, with a Medieval Cloister Garden. Turf maze, Elizabethan Knot Garden, 18th Century…
Distance: 9.6 miles away

Largest waterwheel ‐ powering Cornmill in England, producing wholemeal flour. Family owned since 1771. Carefully restored. Idyllically situated by Oldbury Viaduct on Severn Valley Railway. Nature walk, exhibition of domestic bygones and machinery.Open: Easter till end of Sept, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank…
Distance: 13.1 miles away