Events Around Shropshire

Come and make your very own BEaster Bug with the Wild Craftist in this drop in session. Find us in the Stables Courtyard where Ben, the Wild Craftist will be running drop in sessions from 10am till 2pm to guide you through making a simple willow bug based on some of those that you might find here at Attingham to help...

Bring the family and join in our egggg-citing Easter Trail, meet our cute bunnies, join in regular Animal Encounters and listen to NEW Animal Learning Lessons - especially useful if you are thinking of adding a furry friend to your family!

Join us for a fun couple of hours of weaving using a traditional peg loom! £5 per child. Adult supervision required. Please call to book your childs place on 01952 292268 or call in. Booking can also be made through paypal at manager@meetingpointhouse.co.uk

Be a nature detective and join the ranger to discover who calls the Wenlock woods home. Our ranger team will lead you on a route around the woods from Presthope car park to find the living things on Wenlock Edge. Involves a 1 mile walk, wellies recommended. Booking Essential. Phone: 03442491895.

A new artwork for Dudmaston, shaped by visitors, made by artist Faye Claridge. Supported by funding from the Arts Council and part of the National Trust’s programme for Contemporary Arts, ’If Pairing Were Power’ takes us on a journey of intrigue and emotion in this most love home, lived in by the...

Do you want to be a SuperStar or are you just pop-idle? Hosted by Howard Bell & Clare Bennett, this is your chance to get 15 minutes of fame, normally on the last Thursday of each month in front of a live audience at Shropshire’s longest-established Open Mic event, where we’re proud to support Community Music!!

Become a Romano-Britain living in the vicinity of the fourth largest city. Make a groma and see if you can set out a straight Roman road. Try a snack and try eating it lying on a ‘couch’. Plan a banquet and do your maths homework with roman numeral on a tablet.

Hafren Dyfrdwy (Formerly Severn Trent) own this glorious reserve at Lake Vyrnwy, while we at the RSPB manage it for wildlife and for people. Join the HD Site Supervisor Mike, for a guided walk where he will inspire you with the history and heritage of this hidden little gem in Mid Wales.

Understories’ is a brush with the new folklore of Shropshire, featuring award-winning musicians and poet Whalebone and Jean Atkin. Here are urban – and rural – myths, and tales just out of living memory. They are the common uncommon.

This is a brand new show for 2019 with great new acts and routines added, so brace yourself for two hours of thrilling action, provocative choreography with the ultimate Forbidden strip tease (and a few men in uniform thrown in for good measure).

Pop in to the Mansion and see our friendly and dedicated conservation team at work as they care for our large and varied collection of historic objects including books, furniture and textiles.

Bold, colourful acrylic paintings with a quirky twist. Lots of information to read. Prints, cards, placemats and coasters as well for sale. Be inspired and entertained. A trip to Venice gave me part of the title of this exhibition and so what better companion than our mammoths in Shropshire.

Contemporary Craft Show organised by Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft . Jewellery, ceramics, sculpture, furniture, textiles, glass and more...FREE admission. Cafe in church.

An acre of garden that has evolved over 24 years, with 4 lawns, a rosebed in the middle of the drive with pink and white English roses, and herbaceous and mixed shrub borders. There are roses planted throughout the garden and in the spring daffodils and tulips abound.

One of Britain’s leading one-liner comics returns to the road with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery. A Mock The Week regular and recent star of the new Live At The Apollo series, Gary’s shows are renowned in the business for a near unrivalled volume of high-class gags.

Join the Wild Craftist for one of a series of basketry workshops as he introduces you to this ancient and compelling art in the beautiful environment of the Attingham Park historic Orangery. With introductory and intermediate workshops and a small group size you can be sure to find something to suite your experience.

Take a rare opportunity to step behind the door that hundreds of local people walk past every day on this special tour. Built in the fourteenth century to provide protection against Wales, delve into the history of the tower on one of our pre-booked, timed tours on one of only 8 open days a year.

A full day Workshop in pencil and Drawing skills, including drawing from life and using a grid system in your drawing. Fully Illustrated step by step sheets accompany each skill covered on the day, and are a very useful reference item once you are at home and want to continue practicing those skills.

FREE ENTRY to this great plant fair. It’s a great time to get out in the garden and get planning and planting for the year ahead and where better to get inspiration than at a Plant Hunters’ Fair.

The Mount, Bishops Castle An acre of garden that has evolved over 24 years, with 4 lawns, a rose bed in the middle of the drive with pink and white English roses, and herbaceous and mixed shrub borders. There are roses planted throughout the garden and in the spring daffodils and tulips abound.

Lambing live is fun for the whole family and is a great opportunity for parents and children alike to experience something unique – it’s not often you get to see a lamb being born before your eyes!

We are having a Cocktail Evening! From 6 until 10 p.m., you can sample different cocktail recipes, made with Premium Spirits and fresh ingredients. Come along and try something new!!

The NewGrass Cutters - featuring the same superb musicians who tour with Joe Brown at his sell out shows: Top producer Pete Brown (Joes son) on lead vocals, guitar, lap steel and mandolin; the amazing Phil Capaldi on lead vocals, drums and percussion; Richard Collins Nashville recording artist and Banjo/Mandolin

As much fun as you can shake your bat at! Fancy coming to a Rounders party? Here is your chance to revisit those nostalgic Rounders memories! Remember what it was like to hit a rounder, catch your friend out, run as fast as your little legs will carry you?

Come and celebrate the Spring Season at Fordhall Organic Farm! Come and visit the lambs, enjoy the falconry display and perhaps enter your own four-legged friend into the Fordhall Dog Show! Meet exotic animals and enjoy a tractor and trailer ride, take in the scenery and enjoy a fun day at the farm!