Croft Castle
4 miles
10 minutes
An impressive castle on the outside but a warm and intimate home on the inside, the Croft family have been associated with this special place since 1086.
Berrington Hall
8 miles
17 minutes
Berrington Hall overlooks Capability Brown's final project: undulating grassy parkland leading to a fourteen-acre serpentine lake. This special place is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with its very own ‘Heron Island,' a large colony return here every spring to build nests and raise their young.
Despite the mansion's austere exterior, inside rooms are surprisingly intimate and elegant.Ludlow Castle
10 miles
21 minutes
Ludlow Castle is one of the finest medieval ruins in England. The Castle was built originally as a Norman Fortress to hold back the unconquered Welsh. In the 14th Century it was enlarged into a magnificent palace for Roger Mortimer, then the most powerful man in England. In the 15th Century under the ownership of Richard, Duke of York, the Castle was involved in the Wars of the Roses.
Hereford Cathedral
18 miles
35 minutes
Although the present building was begun in 1079, much of the earlier Saxon structure remains, including sections of the crypt, chapel, nave, and south transept.
The Cathedral contains some of the finest examples of art and architecture from Norman times to the present day, including the famous Mappa Mundi, the medieval Chained Library and the Hereford Magna Carta.Witley Court
26 miles
49 minutes
In the 1850's Witley Court came into the ownership of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley who remodelled it in the ornate Italianate style also used at Osborn House for Queen Victoria. With his immense wealth, Dudley held lavish house parties attended by friends including the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII).
Worcester Cathedral
33 miles
60 minutes
Worcester Cathedral is one of England's loveliest cathedrals. With royal tombs of King John and Prince Arthur, medieval cloisters, ancient Norman crypt and chapter house, and magnificent Victorian stained glass.
There is also a fascinating ancient library and archive, which houses the second largest collection of medieval manuscripts in any cathedral in the UK.
Benthall Hall
34 miles
57 minutes
Powis Castle
36 miles
60 minutes
Three attractions in one – the Castle, the museum and the gardens are all worth a mention in their own right!
Perched high on a rock above the world-famous garden terraces, Powis Castle contains one of the finest collections of paintings and furniture in Wales. It was originally built as a fortress by Welsh Princes and evolved into the ancestral home of the Herberts and Clives.
The link with Robert Clive gives rise to the beautiful collection of treasures from India displayed in the Clive Museum. The world-famous gardens include grand Italianate terraces blasted from the solid rock and overhung with clipped yews.
Wroxeter Roman Town
37 miles
58 minutes
Viriconium (Wroxeter) was once the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. Wander the extensive ruins - including remains of the bathhouse and explore a reconstructed town house from a city which was almost as large as Pompeii.
The audio tour and objects found during excavations here (now on display in the museum) helps you to discover the daily lives of the people who lived here.
