What's On and Things To Do Around Telford

A new 3 acre garden set on a slope with steps and inclines. A mixture of various herbaceous beds, shrubs, trees, sunken garden and formal planting. Orchard, vegetable, soft fruit cage, greenhouse, chickens and pigs.

It’s spring time and our Fordhall Fairies are back at Fordhall. Our Enchanted Trail is ready for you to explore – see if you can find where they live and who their animal friends are. But be careful, not all their friends are just animals.

Come take a stroll through the deep dark wood – but beware the Big Bad Mouse that allegedly lurks in the forest… We’ll meet and stroll to our Community Garden and take a short walk to our woodland area where we’ll tell the modern day classic story of the Gruffalo’s Child. £4.

Bear ‘Grills’ Experience – Can you survive in the wild?! If bear can do it why can’t you! Come along and test your skills in our woods, challenge yourself!

Learn from expert Bex Syrett to gain the skills to be able to build your own Clay Oven at home. The day experience includes a delicious light lunch (organic of course!) provided by our team in Arthurs Farm Kitchen. This is a unique opportunity to learn new skills, contact us now to book!

Offset by a mature collection of specimen trees, the garden is divided into intimate sections, carefully linked by winding paths. The front lawn flanked by striking borders, extends to a gravel, art garden and ha-ha.

A concert by The Shrewsbury Light Orchestra. This will be the tenth “Proms” themed concert the Orchestra will play in support of, as in the last two years, The Lingen Davies Cancer Fund in Shrewsbury and the local Village Hall.

A way to spend a few hours in the open air sharing the towpath space & meeting traders who live & work on the canals. Traders will be moored along the canal towpath opposite Ladybird Moorings (formerly Tom’s Moorings). Arts, Crafts & many "Not on the High Street" goods.

Mature country garden in rural location, with 3 distinct areas. Multiple boarders bring colour and foliage in late Spring in the formal garden. The vegetable and fruit garden provides ample produce and feature a small herb bed; while a woodland area creates a natural habitat for wildlife, including a pond.

Two gardens as different as Monets soft pastel colours are to Vincents bright sunflowers. Ashcroft is a 1 acre wildlife-friendly garden, pond and covered courtyard. Rooms flow seamlessly around the Edwardian house. Herb bed, treillage, greenhouse with raised beds.

3 acre romantic S-facing garden, formally designed, informally and intensively planted with a great variety of unusual herbaceous plants Nicks garden, with many species trees and shrubs, surrounds a large pond with bog and moisture-loving plants. Ornamental kitchen garden with pretty outbuildings. Rose and peony walk.

Take a walking tour of Dudmaston’s eclectic mix of Modern Art. Sir George Labouchere once said that seeing a collection of abstract art made him feel as if he’d had ’a number of very good cocktails.

Attract feathered friends to your garden. Join us in Garden Room and make a bird feeder. We’ll provide everything you need. Take it home to see how many different species of bird visit your garden. Booking Not Needed. Suitable for children over 2 years old.

Join Ben from the Wild Craftist and have a go at weaving your own willow fish. Use natural materials to create your willow fish. We’ll provide all the materials you need. No need to book, just drop in. Booking Not Needed. Suitable for children over 5 years. Dogs on leads welcome.

Climb to the top of the tallest trees at Dudmaston and look out on the estate from above. A great opportunity to tick off number 1 in your ’50 things’ adventure scrapbook.

Unwind from day to day distractions and immerse yourself in our beautiful landscape. Qualified meditation instructor Michele will lead you on a calming and restorative walk around the park and garden.

Morville Hall is just up the road from Dudmaston and opens on selected Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer. Originally an Elizabethan House, Morville was extensively enlarged around 1750, giving it the appearance of a Georgian Home. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Challenge Dad to have a go at archery on Father’s Day. Join Shropshire Scouts for archery on the lower terrace of the garden. Can you hit the target' Booking Not Needed. Suitable for children over 5 years. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier all male theatre company, invite you to join them this summer for Shakespeare’s most perilous play, The Tempest.

Work with natural materials and simple hand tools to carve your own utensil. Learn the art of spoon carving in this small and steady paced workshop run by Ben Mayho from the Wild Craftist. Suitable for over 18s only. Booking Essential. Phone: 07968 071588. This event is strictly for people aged over 18.

Have you been a busy bee this school holiday' Find out what gets bees buzzing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in May half term. In May half term, find out what keeps the bees buzzing. Have a go at our bee-themed crafts and make a pot and sow a seed to take home.

Our cleaning season doesn’t finish in the Spring! Meet our conservation team this Summer and learn about how they protect and look after the items in our care. From light damage to pests, dust to humidity, many things can damage our collection.

A tongue-in-cheek evening tour with a definite adult slant led by the House and Collections Manager. The stories we’ve always wanted to tell about The Pre-Raphaelite Circle and their associates but didn’t dare! Over 18’s only. Booking Essential. Phone: 0344 249 1895. Over 18’s only.

We are a very friendly well established fair, running since 1983. We have many interesting stall, Antiques and collectables. All day free parking and all day catering by Jane (yummy food) Please come along and see us at The Memorial Hall Coven WV9 5DL

Antiques, collectables, vintage, salvage, mid century, militaria and more all on a large hard standing area

A romantic garden of surprises, which gradually reveals itself on a journey through deep, lush planting, full of unusual plants. From the sunny, flower filled terrace, a ruined folly emerges from a luxuriant fernery and leads into an oriental garden, complete with tea house.

A riot of colour welcomes visitors to this quintessentially English garden. The wide central circular bed and side borders overflow with classic summer flowers, including the tall spires of delphiniums, lupins, irises, campanula, poppies and roses.

Located in the village of Great Bridgeford this traditional semi-detached house has a medium sized wildlife friendly garden designed to appeal to many interests.

A semi-detached townhouse garden 120 x 25 ft, every inch packed with perennials, trees, shrubs, roses, hostas and clematis. Wildlife pond and nesting boxes to attract birds. Productive vegetable and fruit garden. Informal style but clipped box and topiary add some formality.

Lower Drayton Farm, Lower Drayton Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5RE Farmer Ray and his family take their role as wildlife guardians very seriously, encouraging a wide variety of wild flora and fauna to call the farm home.

Chameleons Vox - 35 Years Of Script Of The Bridge. Artists performing: Chameleons Vox.: Tickets avaiable.

Pass through the black and white gate of this Victorian house into a part-walled gardeners haven. Bulbs and shady woodlanders in Spring and masses of herbaceous plants and climbers. Sit and enjoy home-made cakes by the pond or Victorian-style greenhouse.

Join in with our monthly weekend of outdoor fun to tick off more things on your list of 50 things to do before 11 . This month’s theme: Midsummer Fairies and Hobgoblins! Down in the woods this June... Come dressed up, learn about household spirits and make a little gift for them.

Our ever-popular series of workshops exploring the art of seventeenth century baking! Step into summer by learning how to use herbs in baking, seventeenth century style. Make and bake delicious herb bread with fresh yeast, churn butter from scratch and use lavender in biscuits and sugar for a Midsummer treat.

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

A fun and informative spring walk for all the family led by our expert ranger guides. Follow our reservoir and pipe walk paths with a ranger guide to explain the features of the valley, with spring nature spotting and 50 Things collecting on the way too! Booking Not Needed.

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

Enjoy the sunset and sunrise on the shortest night of the year at a magical location. Join our Ranger and Engagement staff for an unforgettable night of wild camping on the Long Mynd. Our team will be supplying a warming fire and there will be a long-drop loo available.

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

Ceilidh (Barn Dance). £8 includes Buffet. Tickets only. Tickets in Advance from 01889 271308. Bring Your Own Drinks. Dancing to Weasel’s Revenge Ceilidh Band with Victoria Berringer Calling We are raising funds for the BRITISH WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE, Stafford. Doors open 7 pm Dancing 7.30 - 10.30 pm.

Located in unspoilt Shropshire countryside near the Clee Hills, up to 15 village gardens in Stottesdon and Chorley are open to the visitor to enjoy. Some have stunning views. There are at least 2 new ones and a re-opening.

To celebrate the Great British Bee Count 2018, join us for a bee themed self-led trail. Follow the trail around the park using the map you can collect from the visitor centre between 11am-4pm each day of the holidays. Find out more about these great insects and see if you can answer the quiz questions along the way.

Come along and help build a brilliant, big, Bug Hotel for all the minibeasts living in the woods at Severn Valley Country Park. Whilst in the woods, you will get to look under logs and in amongst the flowers to see what minibeasts you can see – will you find a slippery snail? Or a buzzy bumblebee?

Join us for this buzzin’ activity. Help Encourage bees into your garden by growing a sunflowers and make you own colourful flying bee!

Join us for a pushchair friendly walk, sometimes followed by a short story time. The buggy walk is suited for those children who are not yet walking and are in pushchairs. The buggy walks are FREE . No booking is required. Car park charges apply

Join our rangers and local experts from ‘Geologists in the Geopark’ and try to find your own carboniferous fossil! This family friendly 2 hour session starts at the visitor centre with a brief introduction to the fascinating geology of the park and what you might expect to find during the fossil hunt.

Join us for a toddle and some seasonal nature fun around the park. Activities may include scavenger hunts, feeding the ducks and muddy puddles! Please wear your wellies. Wild Toddlers is suitable for those older children who are now walking, we will be using paths NOT suitable for pushchairs. No booking is required.