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Category: National Trust/English Heritage
National Trust and English Heritage in the Midlands
Christmas Trails in the Day [2024]
A collection of daytime trails to do with your family, in and around the Midlands. From FREE entry, to paid for activities. You will find one for all budgets.
What’s On: Easter in the Midlands
The ultimate guide to what’s on, in and around the Midlands for Easter 2024.
Easter Events 2023
Easter is just around the corner, and there’s already plenty of events advertised. Have a look through our list and share it with your friends/family who might also benefit from our guide (we will be updating it daily). We have separated it into boroughs, so you can find your area and the events closer to…
Bluebells in the Midlands
A guide to the best places to see Bluebells in the Midlands
Easter Events 2022
Welcome to our Midlands based Easter Guide. Perfect for if you are trying to decide what to do this Easter? Take a look through this post to find lots of exciting things to do. Let us know of any more that we may have missed and please do tag us in your posts on social…
Ilam Park National Trust
Yesterday we visited the incredibly picturesque ๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ in Ashbourne, DE6 2AZ. Ilam Park offers space to play and explore with woodland walks within the 158 acre Country Park on the banks of the River Manfold. It is a 25 minute walk to the famous stepping stones in Dovedale although we didn’t visit them yesterday…
Witley Court and Gardens
Looking for outdoor venues to head to with friends and family, seems to be how the rest of 2020 is going to be. One to add to your list of fabulous places to visit is English Heritage owned Witley Court and Gardens https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/witley-court-and-gardens/ . Witley Court can be found in Droitwich and was once a…
National Trust during Covid times
Today we headed off on an adventure to Packwood House National Trust. We have been members since last August, but had never visited this house so were very excited to have managed to get tickets to go. Tickets for National Trust locations are now (during Covid-19) released on their website at Midnight on Thursdays /early…
Baddesley Clinton, National Trust
With a teacher taining day at my daughters school, we decided to venture out with our National Trust passes and check out another local(ish) place. Baddesley Clinton is not far from Solihull Town Centre and is the perfect escape if you fancy a nice walk in the fresh air around the estate (set within the…