Stokesay Court is a grade 2 listed Victorian mansion. It opens to the public for guided tours which have to be booked in advance. Did you see the film Atonement starring Keira Knightley? Well this is where part of it was filmed.
I have mentioned the Toposcopes on the top of hills and hillforts and as I will talk about these places again I thought a brief description would be interesting. A Toposcope is a monument indicating direction and distance of notable land marks
I knew about Munro bagging but had not realised there was other classifications for hills and mountains. A Munro is a mountain over 3,000 feet. If haven’t you heard of Munro bagging, it is where some people who like climbing, climb all
The Long Mynd is the back drop to Church Stretton, seven miles north of Craven Arms. The Long Mynd is approximately 7 miles long by 3 miles wide. The highest point is Pole Bank at 516 metres (1,693 feet) above sea level.
There are over fifty hill forts in Shropshire and there is access to a lot of them. From our door there is Norton Camp. It can’t be seen from our house but is well worth the walk up through Whettleton. Although covered
Stokesay Castle is a fortifyed medieval house and is considered the best preserved example in England. It forms a ‘comparatively complete ensemble’ of medieval buildings. The fact they remain largely unchanged is very unusual. Previous owners have tried to repair what existed
The Secret Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms was opened in 2002 and run by the County Council. It was set up to encourage tourism to the area. The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre changed its name in more recent times and is
Tusker, the mammoth outside the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms has a new coat. Tusker had began to look a bit worn and dull, being out in all weathers and being stroked by all those children and adults. He now
In a few of my blogs I have talked about the Onny Meadows here in Craven Arms. I often walk there as I have two border terriers called Hettie and Dillie. The Onny Meadows is thirty five acres of meadows and woodland,
The Sun Inn was being run as a Parlour Pub until 2009 when Flossie Lane who ran it died. Florence Lane was born in the pub in 1914 and had lived there all that time. She ruled the pub and expected customers
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Craven Arms
Shropshire
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