News and events for summer 2019 Herefordshire | Shropshire | Staffordshire Warwickshire | West Midlands | Worcestershire ©National Trust Images/John Millar
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Summer is the season of warmth, longer days and an abundance of wildlife you just want to be outside. There are many summer adventures to be had at a National Trust place near you.
hy not set your children at Berrington Hall in Herefordshire and with the addition of summer bedding free with our ‘50 things duck racing (every Tuesday in the and the bowling green will be open for to do before you’re 11 ’ summer holidays) at Coughton Court in games. Take a stroll through the Wactivities? At Croft Warwickshire? ‘Capability’ Brown parkland at Croome Castle and Parkland in Herefordshire If you like things a little more serene, in Worcestershire which reveals statues, Meal times in the summer are al fresco and dragonflies and the Big Pool is you can watch birds in the hide located head to the gardens at our places to see temples and follies around every corner and having a picnic is the quintessential home to over 10 species. While at the in the picturesque Fishpool Valley, flowers in full bloom and borders at and follow the spiral path at Packwood British way to eat outside. At Greyfriars Clent Hills in Worcestershire listen out while Wenlock Edge in Shropshire is their best. In the Walled Garden at in Warwickshire to the magnificent yews. House and Garden in Worcester you can for birdsong from thrush, nuthatch, perfect for hunting for fossils. Tick off Attingham Park in Shropshire see find your own little picnic oasis in the redstart and warblers and see if you can lots of challenges at Baddesley Clinton cottage garden favourites, foxgloves, Walled Garden and escape the bustle of spot the brown trout in the river at The in Warwickshire with their Summer of lavender and hollyhocks and don’t miss the busy streets, while at Shugborough Weir Garden in Herefordshire. Wildlife (check website for details) with the veg patch with lettuces, French Follow us... in Staffordshire enjoy your picnic in the The highlights for this season are discover what’s in a pond, make friends beans and melons growing in the or your local shade of one of the historic monuments hazy days, borders in bloom and with a bug, den building and the refurbished Melon House. At Hanbury National Trust place dotted around the parkland and at wondrous wildlife, sure signs that chance to make your own bug hotel. Hall in Worcestershire the Parterre on social media. Sunnycroft in Shropshire, the croquet summer is here. You help us protect For more summer fun why not try becomes a riot of colour and texture Share your days out lawn is the perfect spot for a picnic and these signs of summer. nature and craft activities (Wednesdays with us and get the why not have a game? in the summer holidays) at Wightwick latest updates on Nature flourishes in the
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Herefordshire Summertime Gardens Berrington Hall - Evening Opening Brockhampton Estate Sat 3 Aug - Sat 31 Aug (Sats only), 5.30pm-8.30pm Kite Festival Father’s Day BBQ, For details of all there is to see and do, visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/midlands or take a look at the ‘What’s on’ section Sat 13 Jul & Sun 14 Jul, 10am-4pm Every Saturday evening in August, Berrington’s gardens will be open for Beer and Ceilidh Band Kite flying has been popular for many Sun 16 Jun, 12noon-3pm centuries and this year we’ll host visitors to explore. We will be holding special events on some of these Feast on delicious burgers and another year of the Hereford and sausages with vegetarian and vegan Leominster Kite Festival. Bring your evenings, including ‘Gardener’s Question Time’ on Saturday 10 August. options, join in with the dancing and own kite, fly with experts and see give Dad a treat on his special day. Berrington’s sky lit up with colour. Second World War Home Party in the Pleasure Grounds Front Cooking Sat 3 Aug, Sat 24 Aug & Sun 25 Aug, Orchard Walk Forties Music Weekend Red Riding Hood Trail Sun 30 Jun, 2pm-4pm Sat 6 Jul & Sun 7 Jul, 10am-4pm Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm 10am-4pm Step back in time to the Second World Sat 21 Sep & Sun 22 Sep, 11am-3pm Join us in the walled garden and The walk will be through orchards Step back in time and enjoy live forties Grab your red cloak and step back in over undulating terrain, covering War and taste authentic Home Front time to follow the footsteps of the pleasure grounds as we celebrate our recipes cooked on a traditional Soyer music in the Saloon. While you’re here, Berrington Garden Project. Show your approximately three miles and will be discover more about Henry Page Croft’s big bad wolf. See if you can take up mildly strenuous. Participants will be Stove outside the castle. the challenge and defeat this scary support and help us raise funds for role as Undersecretary of State for War our vital conservation work with live able to discover how they can join in and Edward Croft Murray’s vital beast as he hides in the gardens. with the Reimagining Orchards Swallows and Amazons Trail £2.50 per trail, includes a prize music, games and much more. Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm contribution to the Second World War as Adult £2, child £1 project. Visit website for details. one of the Monuments Men. All £5 Imagine you’re sailing away from Berri Fest dastardly pirates, learn some much- Boating on the Lake The Weir Garden Sun 28 Jul, 11am-4pm Fruit Rhymes Trail needed outdoor survival skills and To raise funds for our Berrington Mon 5 Aug – Fri 30 Aug reconnect with nature and the (Mon –Fri only), 12noon-4pm Fri 19 Jul, 11am-4.30pm ‘50 things to do Garden Project, we have decided to get Fun for all ages, how many of the outdoors on our summer holiday trail. everyone out into the gardens for a day The best way to see the 14-acre lake is All £2.50 before you re by boat. Hire a boat for a trip around nursery rhymes do you know? Which Wed 31 Jul – Wed 28 Aug of music. Enjoy performances from a fruits can you identify and how many series of different bands and musicians. parts of the lake and Immersion Theatre present (Weds only), 11am-4pm see some of the hidden of the fruits featured have you tried? Come along every Wednesday for Adult £5, child £2.50 Complete the trail and win a prize. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ spaces in the Mon 5 Aug, 2pm-4pm self-led activities to complete your ‘50 ‘Capability’ Brown £2.50 per trail things’ list. Build a den, toast a Key to symbols Pack up your picnic and something designed water habitat. to sit on and relax on the front lawn marshmallow and even fly a kite. Boat hire is for half an Minecraft Building Day Booking advisable. Tue 13 Aug & Sat 31 Aug, 11am-4pm as Immersion Theatre bring you hour per session. their wonderful performance of River Folklore Trail Call individual property Adult £6, child £3 How many trees can you plant and Fri 19 Jul – Sun 1 Sep (excl. Weds), how many can you harvest? Build an ‘Alice in Wonderland’. All £1 10.30am-4pm Booking essential. Berrington 10K awesome orchard from Minecraft Discover the ancient legends of Water Call individual property blocks and see where our new Sun 22 Sep, 10am-4pm Bushcraft Survival Weekend Dragons, Nymphs and other magical Get your running shoes on and take part orchards will grow. Discover how we creatures who have lived here alongside Booking essential. Call Central will be helping nature and growing Sat 31 Aug & Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm in our first ever 10K around ‘Capability’ Reconnect with nature and the the river for hundreds of years. Box Office on 03442 491895 Brown’s final landscape masterpiece. delicious fruit for the future. All £2.50 (5% booking fee applies) All £2 outdoors with our bushcraft survival You’ll also be directly contributing to weekend. Learn all about bushcraft and our ambitious conservation project to 1920s at The Weir Garden Booking essential online only Croft Castle and Parkland outdoor survival skills, including den revive Brown’s iconic walled garden and building, foraging and wild animal tracks. Fri 19 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10.30am-4pm at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ pleasure grounds. Practice those throwing skills as we dudmaston Croft during the Second World War All: There will be a run entry fee and Reviving Croft’s Fishpool Valley take you back to traditional fair games minimum sponsorship for the Sat 8 Jun & Sun 9 Jun, 10am-4pm of tin can alley and our coconut shy. Event repeated on other dates, Discover more about Croft during the Sat 7 Sep & Sun 8 Sep, 10am-4pm Berrington Garden Project. Try our new walks through the valley, Who can score the most points? check website for details Price TBC war, including how the castle was used as a school for evacuated children and the see the dam repairs in action and meet School holiday event family’s link to Churchill, with authentic the team. Find out more about the wartime recipes, archive material, project and see the industrial history of memorabilia, uniforms and weaponry. the valley brought to life with horse his is ust a selection of our e ents o find e en ore great things to do isit logging,us online pole lathing,at nationaltrust org u idlands chestnut splitting and other traditional woodland crafts. © National Trust/ Jack From the Director
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elcome to the summer edition of Near You. People’s Landscapes in the Peak District with Jarvis Cocker My enthusiasm for What is Home Wnature began with a cloud of butterflies across a meadow. We are trying to make sure that the land that we care for offers that experience to everyone opens at Croome – whether that is through dedicating land for nature, or nature friendly farming. This can new contemporary art the childhood memories to life. make a positive change really installation entitled ‘What is Rachel Sharpe, Croome’s Creative quickly and I hope that you will see Home’ has opened at Croome Partnerships Manager explains, Croome will also be presenting works by international some of the impacts of that this A in Worcestershire. ‘What is Home is the culmination of contemporary artist, Grayson Perry, well known for chronicling year at our places. Artist Kashif Nadim Chaudry has two years of very careful work and modern life through ceramics, tapestries and other art forms. We also have a number of new worked sensitively with ex-pupils of St close collaboration with ex-pupils and exhibitions exploring different Josephs’ Special School for Boys which children in care at each stage of the The exhibition will include three tapestries and two etchings stories about our places. At Croome was housed at Croome 1948 to 1978 project, learning from their unique life centred around the theme of landscapes and identity. in Worcestershire, the What is and children currently living in the care experiences. Kashif Nadim Chaudry Home exhibition explores the system in Worcestershire, to bring this has collected and curated these The exhibition is open now and runs until Sunday 29th September. stories of its history as a catholic poignant project to life. extraordinary testimonies through boys school in the words of former Ordinary items with an expertly crafted workshops and For more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/Grayson-Perry pupils and contemporary children in extraordinary story have been selected conversations, which have resulted in care. Meanwhile Attingham Park in to signify What is Home to those who a thought-provoking artwork.’ Shropshire and Upton House in donated them. Possessions which Specialist advisors inside and Warwickshire will show works in include the teddy bear that helps take outside of the Trust have been partnership with the National the memories away, pennies that can consulted to support the You can see What is Home at Portrait Gallery. finally pay for a lost mother’s trip to participation work and to help them Croome until July 2020. Visit If you manage to visit us, I hope visit her sons, the rosary that began a sensitively understand how the story that you will also see some of the lifelong devotion and a pink bootie might affect those children and adults new investments that we have made that represents safety and warmth, undergoing similar experiences within www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-is-home for more details. in visitor facilities to ensure that we along with personal testimonies, bring the care system today. are meeting the needs of everyone.
The new Wood Yard café at Sir David Attenborough by Beatrix Potter Charlecote Park in Warwickshire is a great example. © National Trust/ Young Peter
See World-class portraits by Delmar Banner, 1938
of nature’s champions Julian Anderson, 1995
Attingham Park, in Shropshire, and Jane Gallagher, Lead Curator for the © National Portrait Gallery Upton House and Gardens, in Midlands, said: ‘Working with the Warwickshire, will soon be hosting National Portrait Gallery is a really © National Portrait Gallery artworks from the National Portrait exciting partnership for us as it gives Gallery. The exhibitions will include local people the chance to view portraits depicting champions of world-class portraits closer to home.’ Whereas at Upton, the exhibition will nature and the natural world. At Attingham, staff, volunteers and complement the exhibition of 1930s London. What is Home at Croome, Worcestershire On show will be works from the local school children have contributed Shell advertising posters including the 19th century to the present, including to the exhibition by sharing their See Britain First campaign, which London. outstanding paintings, sculptures, personal reflections on nature and the showed an idealised view of the English However you spend your summer, photographs and recent commissions. work of the portrait sitters. The countryside. There will also be a focus Faces of Change: Nature’s I wish you all the best for the season. The selection of portraits includes exhibition is part of a year-long visitor on landscapes for Upton’s ‘picture in Champions’ will be on display in the environmental activists, poets, artists, programme ‘Grow Your Green Roots’, focus’ display in the house, bringing Picture Gallery at Attingham Park politicians, campaigners, gardeners, a year long celebration highlighting the together paintings from the collection from 22 June to 8 September, then broadcasters and scientists. work to conserve and protect nature to see how artists’ vision of at Upton House and Gardens from on Attingham’s 4,000 acre estate. the natural world changed over time. 21 September to 9 December.
Andy Beer www.nationaltrust.org.uk/natureschampions © National Trust Love the countryside? A day in the life of… © National Trust Images/Arnhel de Serra Nick Lloyd, Tenant farmer, Love nature? Brilley, Herefordshire. Then join us this summer at BBC Countryfile Live The farm at Fernhall is nestled in the owls, skylarks and snipe all make their and moving sheep. Whatever the day Herefordshire countryside and has home here. brings, I always try to take time out to This year’s Countryfile Live takes place been home to my wife and I for the Summertime is my favourite time look over the land to see the hay fields at Blenheim Palace from 1-4 August past two years. It has 300 acres of of year, lambing is over and the in full flower with orchids, oxeye and Castle Howard from 15-18 August mainly permanent pasture and shearing is done. The cattle are all out daisies, trefoils, vetches and yellow and we’d love to see you there! wildflower meadows. We also grow grazing the meadows but we still have rattle which are alive with bee’s and around 40 acres of arable crops for a couple of cows to calve. The butterflies – a sure sign of summer. feed and bedding and run a holiday morning routine starts by checking all Special National Trust passes for members start at £44* for two adults at cottage on the farm. Conservation the stock. At this time of year we are Blenheim Palace and £35.20* for two adults at Castle Howard and include a is very important to us, we are busy making hay and round bale silage car parking pass, making this great value for money. Use code NT19 to book. custodians of this land and we must to feed our animals for the coming To find out at bit more look after, and protect it and the winter – preparation is key. No two about the farm and what For more information about this year’s offer visit wildlife for future generations. Our days are the same, so afternoons can we do here, visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/countryfile-live farm is very traditional and has be spent sat on the tractor turning hay changed little in over 150 years. Hares, or on the quad with my dogs, Belle www.fernhallfarm.co.uk www.countryfilelive.com *including 10% booking fee. To book tickets visit roe deer, red kites, barn and tawny and Molly, gathering lambs for market www.nationaltrust.org.uk 2 Summer 2019 Events for summer 2019 Herefordshire | Shropshire | Staffordshire Warwickshire | West Midlands | Worcestershire © National Trust Images/Arnhel de Serra
Brockhampton Herefordshire Summertime Gardens - Evening Opening Father’s Day BBQ, Berrington Hall Sat 3 Aug - Sat 31 Aug (Sats only), 5.30pm-8.30pm Beer and Ceilidh Band Every Saturday evening in August, Sun 16 Jun, 12noon-3pm Kite Festival Berrington’s gardens will be open for Feast on delicious burgers and Sat 13 Jul & Sun 14 Jul, 10am-4pm visitors to explore. We will be holding sausages with vegetarian and vegan Kite flying has been popular for many special events on some of these options, join in with the dancing and Second World War Home Forties Music Weekend centuries and this year we’ll host evenings, including ‘Gardener’s give Dad a treat on his special day. Front Cooking Sat 21 Sep & Sun 22 Sep, 11am-3pm another year of the Hereford and Question Time’ on Saturday 10 August. Sat 6 Jul & Sun 7 Jul, 10am-4pm Step back in time and enjoy live forties Leominster Kite Festival. Bring your Orchard Walk Step back in time to the Second World music in the Saloon. While you’re here, own kite, fly with experts and see Party in the Pleasure Grounds Sun 30 Jun, 2pm-4pm War and taste authentic Home Front discover more about Henry Page Croft’s Berrington’s sky lit up with colour. Sat 3 Aug, Sat 24 Aug & Sun 25 Aug, The walk will be through orchards recipes cooked on a traditional Soyer role as Undersecretary of State for War 10am-4pm over undulating terrain, covering Stove outside the castle. and Edward Croft Murray’s vital Red Riding Hood Trail Join us in the walled garden and approximately three miles and will be contribution to the Second World War as Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm pleasure grounds as we celebrate our mildly strenuous. Participants will be Swallows and Amazons Trail one of the Monuments Men. Grab your red cloak and step back in Berrington Garden Project. Show your able to discover how they can join in Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm time to follow the footsteps of the support and help us raise funds for with the Reimagining Orchards Imagine you’re sailing away from The Weir Garden big bad wolf. See if you can take up our vital conservation work with live project. Visit website for details. dastardly pirates, learn some much- the challenge and defeat this scary music, games and much more. All £5 needed outdoor survival skills and River Folklore Trail beast as he hides in the gardens. Adult £2, child £1 reconnect with nature and the Fri 19 Jul – Sun 1 Sep (excl. Weds), £2.50 per trail, includes a prize Fruit Rhymes Trail outdoors on our summer holiday trail. 10.30am-4pm Boating on the Lake Fri 19 Jul, 11am-4.30pm All £2.50 Discover the ancient legends of Water Berri Fest Mon 5 Aug – Fri 30 Aug Fun for all ages, how many of the Dragons, Nymphs and other magical Sun 28 Jul, 11am-4pm (Mon –Fri only), 12noon-4pm nursery rhymes do you know? Which Immersion Theatre present creatures who have lived here alongside To raise funds for our Berrington The best way to see the 14-acre lake is fruits can you identify and how many ‘Alice in Wonderland’ the river for hundreds of years. Garden Project, we have decided to get by boat. Hire a boat for a trip around of the fruits featured have you tried? Mon 5 Aug, 2pm-4pm All £2.50 everyone out into the gardens for a day parts of the lake and Complete the trail and win a prize. Pack up your picnic and something of music. Enjoy performances from a see some of the hidden £2.50 per trail to sit on and relax on the front lawn 1920s at The Weir Garden series of different bands and musicians. spaces in the as Immersion Theatre bring you Fri 19 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10.30am-4pm Adult £5, child £2.50 ‘Capability’ Brown Minecraft Building Day their wonderful performance of Practice those throwing skills as we designed water habitat. Tue 13 Aug & Sat 31 Aug, 11am-4pm ‘Alice in Wonderland’. take you back to traditional fairground Key to symbols Boat hire is for half an How many trees can you plant and All £1 games of tin can alley and our coconut hour per session. how many can you harvest? Build an shy. Who can score the most points? Booking advisable. Adult £6, child £3 awesome orchard from Minecraft Bushcraft Survival Weekend Call individual property blocks and see where our new Sat 31 Aug & Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm ‘50 things to do Berrington 10K orchards will grow. Discover how we Reconnect with nature and the before you’re 11 ¾’ Booking essential. Sun 22 Sep, 10am-4pm will be helping nature and growing outdoors with our bushcraft survival Wed 31 Jul – Wed 28 Aug Call individual property Get your running shoes on and take part delicious fruit for the future. weekend. Learn all about bushcraft and (Weds only), 11am-4pm in our first ever 10K around ‘Capability’ All £2 outdoor survival skills, including den Come along every Wednesday for Booking essential. Call Central Brown’s final landscape masterpiece. building, foraging and wild animal tracks. self-led activities to complete your ‘50 Box Office on 03442 491895 You’ll also be directly contributing to Croft Castle and Parkland things’ list. Build a den, toast a (5% booking fee applies) our ambitious conservation project to Reviving Croft’s Fishpool Valley marshmallow and even fly a kite. revive Brown’s iconic walled garden and Croft during the Second World War Sat 7 Sep & Sun 8 Sep, 10am-4pm Booking essential online only pleasure grounds. Sat 8 Jun & Sun 9 Jun, 10am-4pm Try our new walks through the valley, at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ All £15 + suggested sponsorship Discover more about Croft during the see the dam repairs in action and meet
his is ust a selection of our events. o find even more great things to do visit us online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/midlands www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 1 Summer 2019 © National Trust Images/Rob Stothard Carding Mill Valley and the Spoon Carving Workshop with Shropshire Long Mynd Amerton Arts Studio Attingham Park Tue 10 Sep & Wed 11 Sep, 10am-4pm Bird Watching Walk We’ll provide all the tools and Thu 13 Jun, 6.30pm-8.30pm techniques you need. The finished Faces of Change: Nature’s Champions Bird enthusiast and expert Dave work can be taken home at the end. Sat 22 Jun – Sun 8 Sep, 11am-4.30pm Pearce will be your guide for a walk to The course is suitable for total This partnership exhibition with the find and identify a range of species beginners and more experienced National Portrait Gallery features that call the Long Mynd home. individuals wishing to refine their craft. portaits of environmental activists, All £7.50 All £70 poets, artists, politicians, campaigners, gardeners, broadcasters Solstice Sleepout and scientists from the 19th century Thu 20 Jun – Fri 21 Jun, 8pm-8am to the present day, depcited in Join our Ranger and Engagement staff outstanding paintings, sculptures, for an unforgettable night of wild Sunnycroft photographs and recent commissions. camping on the Long Mynd. Our team will be supplying a warming fire. You Guided Walk - Gardening in a will need a small tent, sleeping bag, Sunnycroft ‘50 things’ Trail National Trust Walled Garden torch, food and drink. Fri 7 Jun – Tue 3 Sep Tue 25 Jun, 2pm-3pm All £20 (Fri’s – Tues only), 10.30am-4pm Grow Your Green Roots and Explore summer in Sunnycroft’s garden re-discover the Walled Garden on a Stars in Your Skies and see how many ‘50 things’ you can walk around its walls. Learn how it was - Moon Landing at 50 tick off your list. Pick up a trail map and gardened historically and how it’s Sat 20 Jul – Fri 26 Jul, 10am-5pm have an adventure with nature. Staffordshire Moseley Old Hall gardened today. Free guided walk, On 16 July 1969 three astronauts, Neil any donations will go towards the Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Artisan Expo The Three Inch Fools: Biddulph Grange Garden Glasshouses Restoration Project. Collins were launched on an historic trip Fri 14 Jun – Tue 18 Jun, 10.30am-4pm A Musical Take on Shakespeare Assistance dogs only. to the moon. Stars In Your Skies are This weekend Sunnycroft is Tue 18 Jun, 7pm-9.30pm providing an exhibition to celebrate the showcasing the amazing talents of Mr Magnolia - Outdoor Theatre Watch The Three Inch Fools perform Sense and Sensibility 50th anniversary of the moon landing. local artisans. With demonstrations of Sat 10 Aug, 2pm-3.30pm their highly imaginative and vibrant with the Pantaloons traditional handcrafting skills & Sun 1 Sep, 11am-4pm musical take on Shakespeare’s Much Thu 4 Jul, 7pm-10pm Lecture Lunch including rag rugging, embroidery, Folksy Theatre return to Biddulph Ado About Nothing, equipped with Join us for an evening of outdoor Thu 12 Sep, 10am-12noon quilling and many more. Childrens Grange Garden with a perfect family all manner of musical instruments, in theatre as The Pantaloons share their Join Patrick, our Area Ranger for an activities at the weekend. See website afternoon performance of family the farmyard. unique and hilarious take on Sense illustrated talk about the important for more details. favourite Mr Magnolia. Bring a chair or Adult £16, child £8, group £40 and Sensibility. This funny, fast-paced conservation work the Volunteer Rangers a rug to sit on and join in the singing. and faithful new adaptation features carry out through sun, wind and snow to Apple Pressing Month Adult £12, child £10, concessions £10 Midsummer Wool Fair live music, audience interaction, manage the beautiful yet looming Sat 7 Sep – Sun 29 Sep Booking essential via Sat 22 Jun & Sun 23 Jun, 11am-4pm romance and heartbreak. wilderness of the Long Mynd for all to (Sats & Suns only), 11am-3pm www.folksytheatre.co.uk It’s Midsummer! Adult £15, child £10 enjoy. Tickets include soup and roll. Throughout September find out Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses Come to Moseley Old Hall All £10 about traditional apple pressing. to celebrate with a festival of Deer Park Safari Using apples from our orchard, see all things wool – old and new. Tue 23 Jul – Tue 27 Aug Meet The Grazers - Walk and Talk how apple juice is made. Small charge Rag Rug Workshop There will be historic displays, (Tues only), 10.30am-4.15pm Thu 19 Sep, 10am-12noon per bottle. See website for more Tue 11 Jun, Tue 3 Sep & Tue 17 Sep, 11am-1pm family activities and stalls, (on the half hour, Area Ranger Patrick will lead this walk, details. Fuelled with tea and cake, you’ll try plus you can have a go at sharing stories of the sheep who graze different techniques, learn a little of spinning and weaving. lasts 45 mins) Wenlock Edge Find out about our the Mynd. Meeting in the Batch Valley, the history of this skill, take home deer and take a Patrick will get you up close to our your new rag-rug tool and your first seat on our tractor flock of Hebridean sheep to tell their Mindfulness Walk rag rug which you can finish at home. Summer Activities and trailer safari tale of conservation grazing. Sun 16 Jun, 10am-12noon All materials provided and Mon 29 Jul – Tue 20 Aug (Mon & Tue ride to see if you We will discuss the health and refreshments included. Dudmaston only), 11am-3pm can spot them. wellbeing impacts before doing some All £25 Join us each week for family fun in the Children under 16 must be mindfulness exercises in the garden and woodland. With a different accompanied by an adult. Outdoor Theatre woodland making use of the natural Marvellous Moths and Breakfast Baps theme each week including Lamma, All £4 – ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ environment and the benefits it Sat 20 Jul, 9am-11am Map Quest, What’s Wild Where?, Civil Wed 19 Jun, 7.30pm-10pm brings. This will be outdoors, Members of Kinver Moth Group and War Camp and something to make Gangsta Granny with Bring a chair and a picnic and spend a including a short walk across uneven the local branch of Butterfly and take home. Heartbreak Productions glorious summer evening watching terrain, please wear appropriate Conservation will run a moth light the Child £1.50 Sat 3 Aug, 7pm-9pm Shakespeare’s most famous comedy. outdoor clothing and footwear. Meet previous night, and will show you their Join Ben and his caring Performed in the open air, by an all male at Presthope car park - TF13 6DQ catches before they are released Pole Lathe Bowl Making with (but unpredictable!) Granny in an cast with Elizabethan costumes, music All £3 unharmed. Hearty breakfast bap and Amerton Arts Studio outdoor theatre production of this and dance. Gates open at 6.30pm. drinks included. Mon 2 Sep, Tue 3 Sep & Wed 4 Sep, popular David Walliams’ story. Suitable Adult £15, child £10 Wenlock’s Wildflowers All £6 10am-4.30pm for 7 – 77 years old, enjoy an evening of Thu 27 Jun, 6.30pm-8.30pm Have a go at turning your own fun and interaction delivered in the Bowl Turning Workshop with Join the rangers and explore Forest School at Kinver Edge wooden bowl from start to finish inimitable Heartbreak style. Amerton Arts Studio the variety of wild flowers Tue 23 Jul – Fri 30 Aug, 11am-1pm using a pole lathe. Suitable for both Adult £15, child £10 Tue 2 Jul & Wed 3 Jul, 10am-5pm at Ballstone Quarry and Forest School takes place in the beginners and more experienced Step by step instruction will be the woods surrounding it. beautiful woodlands of Kinver Edge, individuals who want to refine their Whispering Woods provided and the finished bowl can be Meet at Much Wenlock delivered by Open Trail. Activities are craft. All materials, tools and Fri 30 Aug, taken home. The course is suitable for car park – TF13 different every week but always equipment are provided. 2.30pm-4pm & 7pm-9pm total beginners and more experienced 6DH involve an open fire and natural play. Adult £70 Get closer to Attingham’s trees with a individuals wishing to refine their Suitable for ages 5-14 - a variety of age promenade theatre production craft. All materials, tools and appropriate activities. Michaelmas Harvest Fair including aerial performances high up equipment are provided. Child £5 Sat 28 Sep & Sun 29 Sep, 11am-4pm in the tree tops. Capturing the magic All £70 It’s the time of year to see if our and enchantment of the woods with a wassailing worked! Find out the glimpse into another world through Outdoor Theatre All £3 stories behind our heritage variety of masterful storytelling. – ‘Gangsta Granny’ apples, pears, quinces, medlars and Adult £15, child £10 Tue 30 Jul, 4pm-6pm Little Trackers more. There will be stalls, activities David Walliams’ much-loved modern Thu 8 Aug, 11am-1pm and fun things to learn, marking the Summer Nights Film Festival 2019 classic comes to the outdoor stage at Our ranger team will lead you on a seasonal changes. - films to be announced Dudmaston. Performed in the open air route around the woods from © National Trust Images/Ian Shaw/ Arnhel de Serra Fri 6 Sep – Sun 8 Sep, 8pm-11pm by Heartbreak Productions. The gates to Presthope car park to find the living Set up your picnic next to the historic the performance area open at 3.30pm. things on Wenlock Edge. Involves a Mansion and enjoy a late summer Adult £12, child £10, family 1-mile walk, wellies recommended. evening watching an all time classic or £40(2A+2C) or £42 (2A+3C) Meet at Presthope car park - TF13 6DQ modern feature film Child £3 on the big screen. Outdoor Theatre Adult £15.50, child – ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Wild Food Foraging Morning £10.50, group £12.50 Sun 1 Sep, 2pm-4pm Sun 15 Sep, 10am-1pm Booking essential Join us for a summer afternoon on the Learn how to identify different edible through the Summer top terrace of the garden. Watch this and poisonous species. This will be a Nights Film magical production perfect for the short walk, foraging as we go, before Festival website whole family. Performed in the open heading back to the manor house to www.summernightsfilm.co.uk/ air by Immersion Theatre. The gates to taste a variety of wild treats. Meet at the performance area open at 1pm. Wilderhope Manor car park - Adult £10.50, child £9, family TF13 6EG £32.50(2A+2C) or £34(2A+3C) All £15
This is just a selection of the hundreds of National Trust events and activities taking place in the West Midlands. www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 2 Summer 2019 © National Trust Images/Tom Webster-Deakin Shugborough Estate Warwickshire Coughton Court
Beginner’s Photography Father’s Day Baddesley Clinton Workshop: In Focus Sun 16 Jun, 2pm-3pm Sat 1 Jun, Sat 31 Aug Celebrate by getting all the family & Sat 12 Oct, Outdoor Cinema together to sponsor a duck on 11am-12.30pm Fri 26 Jul & Sat 27 Jul, 7pm-11pm Coughton’s traditional duck race Spend the morning An exciting opportunity to watch one down the River Arrow, plus traditional familiarising yourself of your favourite films against the games for families to enjoy. The race with the basics of backdrop of the moated manor house. will start at 2pm so please arrive early photography. These special ‘in focus’ Don’t forget to bring a picnic. Please to buy your duck, on sale from 11am. workshops will give you the note that the time is subject to £2.50 opportunity to look at some aspects of change due to light levels and will be the estate in more detail: 1 Jun - Foliage confirmed when tickets are booked. Outdoor Theatre: in the Formal Gardens; 31 Aug - Food Early bird rate before 1 Jun: Adult Pride and Prejudice and flowers in the Walled Garden; 12 £12.50, child £8.50 (under 12s); Rate Fri 5 Jul, 7.30pm-10pm, Oct - Autumn leaves in the Arboretum from 1 Jun: Adult £15.50, child gates open at 6.30pm Upton House and Gardens All £5 £10.50 (under 12s), under 5s go free. Take a step back in time with Packwood House Booking essential via Chapterhouse Theatre Company to Stone Carving 1, 2 & 3 Day Courses http://summernightsfilm.co.uk meet Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen’s Outdoor Theatre: A Midsummer Edge Hill, Shenington Fri 7 Jun, Sat 8 Jun – Mon 10 Jun, notorious heroine. Night’s Dream and on to Upton long walk 9.30am-4.30pm Charlecote Park Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family Sat 8 Jun, 7pm-10pm, gates open at 6pm Mon 10 Jun, 10am-3pm Take inspiration from Shugborough’s £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), The Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform Starting out from the church in Tysoe unique architecture for a one, two or Bat Walk family £52.50 (2A 3C) this Shakespearean classic in the join an experienced guide for a three-day course where you will learn Fri 7 Jun & Sat 6 Jul, 9.30pm-11pm beautiful gardens of Packwood. Don’t strenuous 8.5 mile walk stopping for a the traditional skill of carving stone. Join us as we try to spot some of our Coughton Village Summer Fete forget your picnic! steaming bowl of soup at Upton Suitable for complete beginners with resident bats. Stroll around the grounds Sat 13 Jul, 12noon-4pm Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family House and Gardens. In association individual tuition. with a member of Warwickshire Bat Traditional stalls, games and £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), with the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens. 7 Jun one-day : £70; 8-9 Jun two-days: Group to find out a little more about competitions on the lawn to raise family £52.50 (2A 3C) £6.50 £120; 8-10 Jun three-days: £180 them and, hopefully, see a few. money for local causes. Free (prices incl. all materials and light Detecting equipment will be provided. admission to the gardens. Head Gardener’s Evening Tours Summertime Jazz Night refreshments on each day). £7.50 Wed 12 Jun & Wed 10 Jul, 7pm-9pm Sat 6 Jul, 6.30pm-9.30pm Booking Essential, call Amerton Arts Outdoor Theatre: Join Head Gardener, Mick Evans, as he The fabulous Great Central Big Band Studio on 07761 999522 Weave a Willow Heron A Midsummer Night’s Dream reveals the history and planting are back this summer to thrill and Sat 8 Jun, 10am-2pm Fri 19 Jul, 7.30pm-10pm, secrets of Packwood gardens. entertain you with some classic jazz Pole Lathe Bowl Turning Willow weaving is an ancient traditional gates open at 6.30pm Glass of wine included. era numbers. Bring a picnic and a Fri 28 Jun, 9.30am-4.30pm craft. Join our workshop to weave your Join the Lord Chamberlain’s Men as £17.50 blanket, treat yourself to a drink from The one-day course will provide very own heron out of willow. All materials they perform this Shakespeare classic our pop-up Pimms bar, and get ready step-by-step instruction. The finished will be supplied and you’ll be able to take amongst the trees on the lawns at Outdoor Theatre: to sing along! bowl can be taken home. The course is your unique creation home with you. Coughton Court. Wuthering Heights Adult £15, child £7.50 suitable for both total beginners and £45 Don’t forget your picnic! Sat 15 Jun, 7pm-10pm, gates open at 6pm more experienced individuals wishing Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family Join Heartbreak as they perform Emily Afternoon Tea Talk to refine their craft. All materials tools An Introduction to Beekeeping £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), Jane Brontë’s classic novel in the - The Bearsteds and the Riviera Set and equipment will be provided. Thu 13 Jun & Thu 20 Jun, 9.30am-4.30pm family £52.50 (2A 3C) beautiful gardens of Packwood. Thu 11 Jul, 2.30pm-4pm All £70, Booking Essential, Find out all about beekeeping and Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate Discover the highlights of the 1930s call Amerton Arts Studio Charlecote’s own honey bees. You’ll The Duck Race story of the intense and almost French Riviera with house guide on 07761 999522 have the opportunity to don bee suits Tue 23 Jul – Tues demonic love between Catherine Victor. Hear the story of Lord and and head to our apiary to see the bees 27 Aug (Tues only), Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling Lady Bearsted’s villa ‘La Serena’ and Introduction to Watercolour in action. 2pm-3pm adopted by Catherine’s father. the pleasures and pursuits of their Sat 13 Jul, Wed 17 Jul, Sat 10 Aug £50 incl. lunch and refreshments Celebrate the Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family exclusive Riviera lifestyle. & Fri 16 Aug, 10am-12noon summer by getting £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), £10 Learn the art of watercolour painting Ceramic Hare Workshop the family together family £52.50 (2A 3C) with professional artist Sat 15 Jun, 10am-12.30pm to sponsor a duck on Coughton’s Summer Story Time Sue Chatterton, taking Join local ceramics artist Ros Ingram traditional duck race down the River Outdoor Theatre: Frankenstein Sat 20 Jul, Tue 6 Aug & Tue 27 Aug, inspiration from the to create your own unique clay Arrow, plus traditional games for Fri 26 Jul, 7pm-10pm, gates open at 6pm 11.45am-12.30pm, 1pm-1.45pm dahlia display in the sculpture of a hare. Designed for all families. The race will start at 2pm so Join Illyria this summer for their brand & 2.15pm-3pm Walled Garden on 13 & levels of artistic ability, you will be please arrive early to buy your duck, new musical performance of this Join critically acclaimed author and 17 July, or our historic guided, step by step, through the on sale from 11am. gripping tale in the beautiful gardens storyteller Cat Weatherill at the livestock breeds on 10 process of sculpting using stoneware £2.50 of Packwood. Brilliant young student woodland den to hear fascinating & 16 August. All materials clay with slip decoration. Viktor Frankenstein discovers how to stories. Cat will tell stories inspired by are supplied. £45 incl. refreshments and Outdoor Cinema endow dead organic matter with life Kitty Lloyd Jones, the garden designer All £25 all materials Fri 9 Aug & Sat 10 Aug, 7pm-11pm itself. Don’t forget your picnic! who redesigned the gardens for Lord An exciting opportunity to watch one Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family & Lady Bearsted in the 1930s. Pathways to Paradise Weave a Willow Pig of your favourite films against the £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), Sat 20 Jul – Sun 8 Sep, 11am-3pm Fri 28 Jun, 10am-4pm backdrop of the house. Don’t forget family £52.50 (2A 3C) Wildlife Wednesdays With journey stick in hand, little Willow weaving is an ancient traditional to bring a picnic! Please note that the Wed 24 Jul – Wed 28 Aug (Weds only), explorers can discover all the craft. Join our workshop and weave time is subject to change due to light Outdoor Theatre: 11am-3pm pathways, waterways and train tracks yourself a willow pig during this 6-hour levels and will be confirmed when Gangsta Granny Join us every Wednesday throughout that allow people to pass through this workshop. All materials will be tickets are booked. Early bird rate Wed 14 Aug, 3pm-6pm, gates open at 2pm the holidays to learn everything you paradise, adding mementos to your supplied and you’ll be able to take your before 1 Jun: Adult £12.50, child David Walliams’ novel beautifully ever wanted to know about badgers, journey stick to take home with you. unique creation home with you. £8.50 (under 12s); Rate from 1 Jun: adapted for live outdoor performance, bees, hedgehogs and more. From arts All £2 £70 Adult £15.50, child £10.50 Gangsta Granny is the tale of a bored and crafts to quizzes and talks, there’s (under 12s), under 5s go free. boy who discovers his kindly grandma something for all ages. See the Children’s Wand Much Ado About Nothing Booking essential via was a former jewel thief. Together website for more details. Making Workshop - Outdoor Theatre www.summernightsfilm .co.uk they hatch a plan to steal the Crown Tue 23 Jul & Wed 24 Jul, 10am-3.30pm Sat 10 Aug, 7pm-9.30pm Jewels... what can go wrong!? Family-Friendly Give It A Go (each session lasts 1 hour) The Three Inch Fools return to Charlecote Adult £16.80, child £10.50, family Art Workshop Join local crafters from Amerton Arts to present William Shakespeare’s Much £42 (2A 2C), family £48.30 (1A 3C), Thu 1 Aug, 10am-1pm to learn how to use a shave horse and Ado About Nothing. Performing a highly family £52.50 (2A 3C) Join talented local artist Lis Mann for
a spoke shave to make your very own imaginative and vibrant musical take on © National Trust Images/Eleanor Dobson a special workshop. Introduce the magic wand. This activity is suitable Shakespeare’s plays. Bring along a picnic family to peg loom weaving - a simple for children 5+. and blanket and settle in for an evening way to create some impressive pieces Child £5 of entertainment. of art. Choose from a selection of Adult £16, child £8, group £40 materials and weave your own mat. Open-Air Theatre: (2 adults and 2 children), Materials and refreshments included. ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ under 10s go free Adult £15, child £10 Sat 27 Jul, 7pm-8.30pm This year’s production is brought to Macbeth - Outdoor Theatre Outdoor Theatre you by Shakespeare’s Wanderers, an Sun 11 Aug, 7pm-9.30pm - Wind in the Willows outdoor theatre company that is The Three Inch Fools return to Fri 16 Aug, 6.30pm-9pm passionate about creating bold, Charlecote to present William Join Mole, Ratty and Badger, messing inventive and - above all - fun Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Performing a about on boats and rescuing the productions of Shakespeare that highly imaginative and vibrant musical reckless Mr Toad from his brushes with everyone can enjoy. take on Shakespeare’s plays. Bring along the law in this heart-warming, whimsical Adult £14, child £9, family £42 a picnic and blanket and settle in for an tale of friendship, mishap and madcap evening of entertainment adventures in Quantum Theatre’s Adult £16, child £8, group £40 adaptation of this timeless classic. (2 adults and 2 children), Adult £15, child £7.50 under 10s go free
This is just a selection of the hundreds of National Trust events and activities taking place in the West Midlands. www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 3 Summer 2019 West Midlands 2-Day Stone-carving Workshop Bridge and Wilson: Croome’s Music Makers Outdoor Theatre with Amerton Arts Studio Landscape Thu 18 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10.30am-4.30pm - Alice in Wonderland Explore The Firs and help us put our Birmingham Back to Backs Sat 3 Aug, 10am-4.30pm Sat 1 Jun – Mon 30 Sep, 11am-4pm Sat 10 Aug, 7pm-9.30pm Create a stone sculpture to take A new painting by Antony Bridge, musical instruments back together to Join us for a night of family home. Materials and tuition to create Croome’s artist-in-residence, makes its fill the air with music. Buy an entertainment provided by Immersion Discover Your Family History a finished limestone sculpture are debut using the same view as Richard instrument kit to make your own Theatre. See Alice in Wonderland like Thu 6 Jun, 6.45pm-8.45pm (Irish); included in the course, refreshments Wilson’s famous landscape painting. instrument to take home. you never have before in the setting of Sat 28 Sep, 10.30am-12.30pm & also included. Everyone works at their Paintings by Wilson and new images by £2.50 per kit Hanbury Hall. 1.30pm-3.30pm (British) own pace with individual tuition, Bridge, promise that this exhibition will Adult £16, child £10, family £44 (1A Discover how to delve back further into beginners are very welcome. be both colourful and enticing. The Fleece Inn 3C / 2A 2C / 2A 3C) your family history with the help and Adult £120 guidance of our genealogy specialist. Panorama Tower Open Day Annual Asparagus Auction Outdoor Theatre - Private Lives £15 Open-Air Theatre - Folksy Thu 20 Jun, Tue 16 Jul, Fri 9 Aug & Sun 8 Sun 2 Jun, 6.30pm-8pm Sat 31 Aug, 7pm-10pm Theatre presents Shakespeare’s Sep, 11am-3pm The second of the famous Fleece Join us for this outdoor adaptation of Conservation in Action Workshop ‘The Comedy of Errors’ Take a peek inside one of Croome’s auctions, selling the season’s best and Noel Coward’s celebrated comedy, Mon 10 Jun & Mon 15 Jul, 1pm-3.30pm Thu 22 Aug & Fri 23 Aug, 7pm-9.15pm eye-catchers, usually closed to the freshest local asparagus. Make a day of Private Lives. Heartbreak Production Get a behind the scenes look at the Folky Theatre present Shakespeare’s public. With fantastic panoramic views it by visiting Bretforton Open Gardens promises to deliver an evening of conservation work we do on site. classic tale of mistaken identities. of Worcester from the top of the first, then buy your fresh ‘gras! sparkling entertainment, nostalgic Enjoy some hands on tasks and learn Bring along your picnics, blankets and tower you’ll understand why it was music, and delicious one-liners. more about how we look after the folding chairs to enjoy this wonderful chosen as a viewing platform, The HandleBards Outdoor Adult £16, child £10, family £44 (1A Back to Backs. open-air performance. designed by James Wyatt. Shakespeare 3C / 2A 2C / 2A 3C) £10 Adult £12, child £10, concession £10, All donations welcome. Fri 21 Jun, 6.30pm-9pm group £38 Booking Essential via The HandleBards present Murder Mysteries at the Back to Backs www.folksytheatre.co.uk The Film Orchestra @ Croome Court Shakespeare’s plays as you’ve never Fri 14 Jun & Fri 20 Sep, 7pm-9pm Sat 22 Jun, 7.30pm-9.45pm seen them before - fast-paced, Your contacts There’s been a murder at the Back to Worcestershire Performing a full concert of film music irreverent and bicycle-powered. Backs. Can you get to the bottom of favourites including, Star Wars, Pirates Adult £15, child £10 Attingham Park 01743 708162 what happened? Interrogate the of the Caribbean and Harry Potter. Clent Hills suspects, follow the clues and help Conducted by TFO Associate National Morris Festival Baddesley Clinton 01564 783294 the police solve the mystery. Conductor Jack Campey with TFO Sat 22 Jun, 12noon-4pm £22 Ramble with the Ranger Leader Marie Roberts-Watkins. Bring a A colourful day of dance with Back to Backs 0121 6222442 Sun 30 Jun & Wed 14 Aug, 10am-1pm picnic, gates open at 6pm. Adult £16, traditional styles from all over the Benthall Hall 01952 882159 Discover Rag Rugging Join our ranger for a 5-mile ramble child £10 (16 and under), under 5s free. country in the pub courtyard, followed Berrington Hall 01568 615721 Sat 14 Sep, 10.30am-12.30pm finding out about our conservation Booking essential via by a session and singing in the evening. & 1.30pm-3.30pm work. The terrain can be steep and www.priorbooking.com/e/the-film- Biddulph Grange 01782 517999 Learn the art of rag rugging with our craft muddy so come dressed for the weather orchestra-croome-court-worcestershire A Flavour of the Fleece Garden specialists. Learn the skills needed for this and wearing sturdy walking boots. – Taste & Tour Evening Birmingham traditional and once again fashionable £4 Dunstall Castle Open Day 0121 666 7671 Mon 8 Jul, 6pm-8.30pm Back To Backs craft to make your own rag rug. Sun 7 Jul, Sat 17 Aug & Wed 18 Sep, Join Nigel Smith, Landlord of the Brockhampton £27.50 Discover the Hills Ramble 11am-3pm Fleece Inn, for a tour of our fascinating 01885 482077 Wed 10 Jul & Sun 28 Jul, 10am-1pm Climb the steep staircase to the top of building, the artefacts and its long Estate Wightwick Manor and Gardens Discover the beauty of the Clent Hills the tower for views across the estate history, with tea or coffee. A two- Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd with a 5-mile guided ramble. The to the Rotunda and surrounding course meal is served from 6.30pm. 01694 725000 Nicola Jarvis Embroidery Classes terrain can be steep at times; please countryside. As only 5 people can go £20 Sat 8 Jun & Sat 7 Sep, 10am-4pm wear sturdy walking shoes and come up the tower at one time there may be Charlecote Park 01789 470277 Hanbury Hall Sat 8 Jun: ‘Swirling Scales’ – William dressed for the weather. a short wait. Clent Hills 01562 712822 de Morgan-inspired gold work class £2.50 based on a ceramic frieze depicting ’The Ministry of Wild Things’ Father’s Day Falconry Coughton Court 01789 400777 swimming fishes. Summer Play Trails Needs You – Summer Family Trail Sat 15 Jun & Sun 16 Jun, 10am-4pm Croft Castle and Parkland Sat 7 Sep: ‘Fox and Meadow Flowers’ – Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 9am-4pm Sat 20 Jul – Sun 1 Sep, 10am-4pm Pack a picnic, bring the whole family Philip Webb-inspired natural shading Create your own adventures and have Become an agent for the ‘Ministry of and enjoy an afternoon in the 01568 780246 class based on his iconic drawing of 1887. fun exploring the hills. A selection of Wild Things’ and help us to track and beautiful surroundings of the Great Croome 01905 371006 All £100 trails will run throughout the holidays map the wonders of Croome’s Garden and park. Worcestershire Dudmaston 01746 780866 and each one comes with a small prize. landscape. Who knows what you falconry expert, Trevor Hill will be Lino Print Workshop £2 might discover? You will receive a back this Father’s Day with his The Firs: Elgar’s Birthplace Wed 3 Jul & Wed 18 Sep, 10am-4pm reward at the end of the trail. majestic birds of prey. 01905 333330 This one-day course will teach you the Summer Sun Ramble £2 skills of lino printing as you design and Trust10 The Fleece Inn 01386 831173 Sun 25 Aug, 10am-1pm Greyfriars’ House and Garden develop your own patterns and images, Enjoy the summer sunshine with a 5-mile Sun 23 Jun, 9am-11am Greyfriars House and Garden which you can then print. See website guided ramble over the Clent Hills. Try something different and join us in for more information, as each class will The terrain can be steep at times; Bee Aware Day a free monthly 10k running event. 01905 23571 have its own technique and theme. please wear sturdy walking shoes and Sat 25 May, 11am-4.30pm These events are held on the fourth Hanbury Hall and Gardens Adult £70 come dressed for the weather. Join us in the garden to celebrate Sunday of every month and are £2.50 nature and the bees. Meet the perfect for beginners and also suitable 01527 821214 Summer Soiree - An Evening of Hanbury Hall bee keeper and his busy for those who run regularly. Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses Elegance and Entertainment in Hidden Histories Ramble hive, enjoy nature inspired activities 01384 872553 Wightwick’s Gardens Wed 11 Sep & Sun 29 Sep, 10am-1pm for the whole family, and take home Outdoor Cinema – The Favourite Sat 13 Jul & Fri 9 Aug, 6pm-8.30pm Join us for an invigorating 5-mile seeds to plant for the bees in your Sat 29 Jun, 7pm-10pm Moseley Old Hall 01902 782808 A grown-up evening to enjoy the ramble on and around Clent, own garden. An evening of Outdoor Cinema in the Packwood 01564 782024 elegant surroundings of Wightwick uncovering the hidden history of the The Firs – Birthplace of Sir beautiful setting of Hanbury Hall. Manor and Gardens during a summer’s hills. The terrain can be steep at times Enjoy some well earned down time Shugborough Estate Edward Elgar evening. A classic British offer of and sturdy footwear is needed. with your friends and family. Bring the 01889 880160 Pimms and strawberries, croquet and £2.50 picnic blanket, some snacks and bowls on the Terrace, accompanied by Victorian Fun and Games maybe even something with bubbles Sunnycroft 01952 242884 Croome uplifting swing music. Sat 1 Jun – Wed 17 Jul, 10.30am-4.30pm and enjoy our unique experience. Upton House and Gardens Adult £35 Join us in a traditional Victorian holiday Booking essential, 01295 670266 Grayson Perry: Landscape Tapestries with dressing up and good old fashioned see website for details Summer Holiday Activities Sat 1 Jun – Sun 29 Sep, 11am-4pm toys. Play with all of our toys to find your The Weir Garden 01981 590509 An exceptional exhibition of five recent new favourite game, or get creative and Outdoor Theatre - Wuthering Heights Wed 24 Jul – Wed 28 Aug (Weds only), Wenlock Edge 01694 725000 11am-3.30pm works centred around landscapes by make your own kaleidoscope. Fri 12 Jul, 7.30pm-10pm Each Wednesday we will be offering a international contemporary artist Craft £1.50, trail £2 The iconic tale of a timeless love affair Wightwick Manor and Gardens different nature or craft based activity Grayson Perry. Includes the epic ‘Battle between two restless souls as wild and 01902 760106 for families. of Britain Tapestry’ and the intricate An Audience with Corinne Frost untamed as the bleak Yorkshire See our website for more details. etchings of ‘Map of an Englishman’ Fri 7 Jun, 11.30am-12.15pm moors. Pack a chair or blanket, a All £1.50 and ‘Map of Days’. & 12.30pm-1.15pm picnic and dress for the weather as Notes Come and listen to Corinne playing solo this stormy narrative unfolds. Normal property admission applies Open-Air Theatre - Folksy Embroiderers’ Guild Exhibition cello including Elgar and other English Adult £16, child £10, family £44 to all events unless otherwise stated. Theatre presents ‘Mister Magnolia’ Sat 1 Jun – Mon 30 Sep, 11am-4pm music. Corinne will interact with the (1A 3C / 2A 2C / 2A 3C) Thu 25 Jul, 5.30pm-7pm The guild will produce aspects of audience with lively ancedotes. Children must be accompanied by Mr Magnolia has many things; an old Croome’s landscape through textile Outdoor Cinema an adult. Family ticket includes two trumpet that goes rooty-toot, a big art work. Working in their own unique Cello and Piano Recital Sat 3 Aug, 7.30pm-10pm adults and two children. purple dinosaur who’s a magnificent style members will create scenes in Fri 12 Jul, 1pm-2pm Join us for an evening of Outdoor Guided walks: Prior booking for brute and two sisters who play the response to the National Trust’s A lunchtime recital with Corinne Frost Cinema in the beautiful setting of guided walks is essential as places flute. But he still only has one boot! People’s Landscape theme for 2019. (Cello) and Janine Parsons (Piano) who Hanbury Hall. Bring the picnic are limited. Contact numbers Bring along your picnics, blankets and will perform for your pleasure. blanket, some snacks and maybe even are given above. Sorry, no dogs folding chairs. £8 something with bubbles and enjoy our allowed unless otherwise stated. Adult £12, child £10, concession £10, unique experience. group £38 Booking Essential via Booking essential, All event details correct at time of www.folksytheatre.co.uk see website for details going to press.
his is ust a selection of our events. o find even more great things to do visit us online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/midlands www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 4 Summer 2019 Previously unseen works © Wightwick - ‘Rossetti - Pre by Rossetti on display the Pre-Raphaelites’
A collection of early drawings by A total of 52 early Rossetti Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel drawings were acquired by the Rossetti are on display for the first National Trust which originally time in a new exhibition at belonged to Alexander Munro, When summer arrives it’s time to play. Lots of our places have natural Wightwick Manor and Gardens in the sculptor and close friend of play areas – perfect for family adventures and great for ticking off some Wolverhampton. Rossetti. They were given to the of the ‘50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾.’ ‘Rossetti - Pre the Pre- nation in lieu of inheritance tax Raphaelites’ features 30 drawings, upon the death of Munro’s To find out more visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/play-time most of which have never been on granddaughter, Mrs Katherine public display before, drawn by a MacDonald, and allocated to young Rossetti between the ages Wightwick Manor by the Arts of 16 and 20 (1844-1848) while Council in early 2018. © National Trust Images/ James Dobson/ Trevor 2 4 1 Dudmaston, 3 studying art. 5 The Mander family, who Shropshire ‘Here is Rossetti the teenager – owned and built Wightwick an artist on the cusp of what Manor, were keen collectors of Bring your bikes to Comer Woods at would become an astonishing Pre-Raphaelite art from the 1930s Dudmaston and cycle the Explorer career,’ says Helen Bratt-Wyton, onwards, and many later Rossetti Trail. The Scout Camp is a great House and Collections Manager, pictures and objects that he halfway point to pause, climb the who has curated this exhibition. owned now form part of the tree with many trunks or play ‘It’s great to get this glimpse of a permanent, ever-growing stepping stones on the tree stump famous artist before they became collection at Wightwick. Ray path. A little further along the trail, famous – to understand their Hart/ Jana there’s a great spot for den building. development and influences. It Collect natural materials and encourages us to think about what Eastwood challenge your friends and family to has influenced us in life, and what ‘Rossetti – Pre the Pre- build the best woodland shelter. young people today might draw Raphaelites’ will be on display on to inspire their own creativity.’ in the Daisy Room at Wightwick Manor until 24 December 2019, for more information visit Clent Hills, Worcestershire 2 4 1 3 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/rossetti-at-wightwick5 The Clent Hills are a great place to
come for an outdoor adventure. © National Trust Images/ Eleanor Dobson Between the natural play area and the play trail, there are plenty of places New café opens for playing, climbing and balancing. Get off the path to explore the up previously woods, great for a game of hide and seek, or try out the Family Fun Trails, unexplored spaces available throughout the summer holidays. It costs £2 a trail which at Charlecote includes a prize! Nestled in the once beating heart of the working buildings at Charlecote 2 Park in Warwickshire is the wood 1 Shugborough4 Estate, yard – an area that visitors have only 3 Staffordshire 5 been able to glimpse through brown latticed gates. Now, for the first Inspired by the story of George time, this space has been opened up Anson’s journey around the world, to the public and it now houses the Explorers’ Wood is a nautical themed new Wood Yard Café. children’s play area at Shugborough ‘We know people have for explorers of all ages. It’s laid out sometimes had to suffer long queues with more challenging structures to in the existing Orangery restaurant,’ discover the deeper you explore and explains Kellie Scott, General natural materials have been used Manger, ‘so we’re really pleased to wherever possible to blend in with Developing partnerships be opening an additional café for the beautiful surroundings. that all important cuppa, especially in an area that’s new to visitors.’ at Berrington Hall Park The surrounding buildings within the wood yard will be opened 2 Brockhampton, 4 Originally designed by ‘Capability’ beginning of this year, two sixth form up over the next few years, after a 1 Herefordshire3 5 Brown just over two hundred years students started volunteering with specialist team of conservators has ago, Berrington Hall’s garden and the garden team and since February assessed the work needed to care Calling all young explorers! Make pleasure grounds in Herefordshire this has expanded to a larger group. for them. nature your playground as you form part of Brown’s final landscape The pupils have been working on a Kellie continues, ‘This is just the discover, play and create this masterpiece. variety of projects including creating start of our investment in the summer in the great wide wilderness An ambitious conservation stepping logs for the natural play facilities here at Charlecote. Over of Brockhampton. Pick up a kids only project is underway to restore area and opening up vistas in the the summer visitors will see us map and get trekking to the natural Brown’s final design but we also parkland while gaining work working on improvements to the car play area in Paradise Wood, crossing want to ensure the space remains experience and working towards park and a new visitor reception streams and climbing trees along the relevant and accessible for all; a 21st qualifications in gardening and land area, which will help to make your way. There’s so much fun to be had, century vision for an 18th century maintenance. visit run more smoothly (and involve it’s no surprise they call it the ‘great’ garden. We’re working in close Working with the school has less queueing).’ outdoors. collaboration with our community directly supported the Berrington ‘We couldn’t do this work partners, including Westfield School, Garden Project, and future plans without the support we get from our to make sure the vision for the include supporting the pupils in members and visitors – every cup of 2 4 garden is co-created and beneficial growing plants for the Walled Garden, tea you buy helps protect Charlecote 1 3 5 Packwood House, for the local community. learning about plant health and helping for the future.’ Warwickshire Westfield School in Herefordshire establishing their own polytunnel. is a school for pupils with severe or Go on a woodland adventure along complex learning difficulties between Find out more about the new Packwood’s Welly Walk. Children the ages of two and 19. At the Wood Yard Café and our next (and their grown-ups) can run free, To see how this partnership steps for improving spot wildlife, crash along winding is being developed visit Charlecote Park at paths and splash in muddy puddles – it’s not called the Welly Walk for www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ nothing! Using our map, families can www.nationaltrust.org.uk/westfield-school-at-berrington charlecote-wood-yard have a go at activities like den building and tree trunk hopping, making memories together in the great outdoors. ...and don’t forget to share your play adventures with us @NTMidlands @NTmidlands #NTMidlands
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Archaeological finds on Neither made of display at Attingham People have lived and worked on the Attingham Estate in Shropshire since butter nor a fly! the Bronze Age and highlights of the The ‘small pearl’ responded by flying archaeological finds from over the years The small pearl-bordered fritillary, in good numbers in 2018 and we’re are on display in the Mansion. besides being saddled with the hoping that the reintroduction of Artefacts range from a Neolithic longest name of any British grazing by small numbers of cattle, stone hand axe to a 20th-century fuel butterfly, is an exquisitely beautiful planned for later this year, will make tank cap and an American Air Force insect of damp grassland habitats conditions suit them better still. military vehicle. You’ll also see ‘finds’ where its caterpillars eat the leaves We’re working to improve habitats found below the floorboards, or within of marsh violets. for scarce butterflies at other sites in the structure of the Mansion, such as Like three–quarters of British the region, including Comer Woods at a historic shoe which may have been butterfly species, its populations Dudmaston in Shropshire, where the concealed to bring luck to the house. have declined over the past 50 white admiral is at the northern limit years and it is now rare in the West Visit the exhibition daily until Sunday 3 of its range, and Croft Castle and Midlands. The Sherbrook Valley on November, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Parkland in Herefordshire, where the Staffordshire’s Cannock Chase is attingham-archaeology dark green fritillary – a larger relative
one of its last refuges in the region. © National Trust of the small pearl-bordered - is The northern end of the valley lies amongst the species which have within the Trust’s Shugborough benefitted from the wood-pasture Estate and over the past couple of restoration project. years we’ve been working hard with a range of partner organisations to improve conditions for the By Simon Barker, Wildlife butterfly, by controlling scrub & Countryside Advisor which was reducing the area of grassland and blocking ‘grips’ ‘grips’ the site, Make more of your (shallow ditches) to rewet the site, thus encouraging more marsh marsh violets to grow. membership in Crafts on the outside at The Weir Garden Hereford College of Arts students will © National Trust/ Lindsey Bucknor Birmingham be bringing culture and creativity to The Weir Garden in Herefordshire this Our work in Birmingham includes a back to life as a place from which to May with an art display inspired by the range of places, outdoor spaces and explore the city by foot, bike and Herefordshire countryside. new partnerships – all of which boat (opens 2020). After spending time at The Weir, the speak of the ordinary and And now, thanks to a new students have been using various media extraordinary lives of the people of partnership between the National to create individual pieces which will be Birmingham and the Black Country Trust and Birmingham Museums threaded throughout the garden from and places that are part of the city’s Trust, as a National Trust member Saturday 25 May until Sunday 28 July. identity. As well as the Back to Backs you can enjoy a 50% reduction in in the city centre, and the Clent Hills the cost of admission to Aston Hall, Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/craft-at- on the edge of the city, we’re Birmingham’s spectacular Grade I the-weir for more information. exploring new ways to work with listed Jacobean mansion. partners to protect and bring alive One of the last great Jacobean Stories from the women Raising the Roof at Moseley Old Hall the heritage and green spaces that houses to be built, Aston Hall is a of Baddesley Clinton are important to local communities magnificent 17th century red-brick Moseley Old Hall in Staffordshire is Visitor Experience Manager, Zoe in urban areas. At Moseley Road mansion situated in a picturesque This year at Baddesley Clinton in famous for having sheltered a King on Willems hopes that visitors will show Baths we are leading a coalition of public park on the north side of Warwickshire we’re continuing to explore the run – Charles II hid here in 1651 their love for Moseley and support heritage and community partners to Birmingham. Built between 1618 and the story of four women who, despite the after losing the Battle of Worcester their fundraising efforts. She said: work with Birmingham City Council 1635 for Sir Thomas Holte and home centuries between them, are united by against Parliamentarian forces. ‘We’ve got a display to reveal to find a new future for the to James Watt Junior from 1817-1848, their activism, faith and fight for a voice Now this modest Tudor farmhouse construction methods, plus you can get internationally significant Grade II* Aston Hall is steeped in history. in a world dominated by men. needs help to keep providing shelter to hands-on with a 3D timber frame puzzle baths in Balsall Heath. The Discover the story of a heroine who visitors after snowmelt revealed vital - tiling a model of the roof with your Roundhouse is a pioneering National hid priests beneath the floorboards, repairs are needed to keep the weather donations. There’s also the chance to Lottery-funded joint venture with To plan your day out a devout Catholic who fought for her outside. As with many old buildings, join a sponsored walk to retrace the the Canal and River Trust to bring an at Aston Hall visit rights in the courts, a socialite who the full extent of the work will only be footsteps of King Charles II and many important Birmingham landmark became a best-selling author and a prolific revealed once work has started – the other events throughout the year. Can artist whose paintings still adorn the walls scaffolding alone cost over £20,000. you help ‘raise the roof’ for Moseley?’ www.nationaltrust.org.uk/Aston-Hall of this moated manor house.
We are inviting visitors and volunteers alike to ‘show your love’ Find out more about these fascinating and for this special place, by visiting, donating to the ‘Raising the Roof’ inspiring women www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ voice-activism-faith appeal, and/or joining in with events to fundraise for us. visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/moseleyoldhall for all of the details. Volunteers help care for the bees
© National Trust/Alexandra Your membership Honey bees are incredible insects. Not their food stores to boost their diets.’ only do they produce the sweet stuff July and August sees a buzz of activity matters for our breakfast cereals, they also do a around the lavender on the garden very important job of telling us about rockery at Dudmaston. Honey bees Did you know, the Blakeman the health of our environment. also love herbs, particularly marjoram, places you love receive Alison Wakeman, volunteer and wild flowers - plants which Alison beekeeper at Dudmaston in encourages budding beekeepers to try £2.56 each time you Shropshire, takes care of the four hives growing at home. visit? For membership in the orchard and during summer it’s a beekeeper’s busiest time of year. queries please call She said: ‘Once the spring flowers Are you inspired by Alison’s 0344 800 1895 are over, I come to check the hives story? There’s so many varied regularly. It’s common for bees to volunteering roles on offer. suffer from starvation in late June For some ideas that might because the summer flowers are interest you visit yet to bloom so I add syrup to www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mids-volunteering
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