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Croft Castle and Parkland The Weir Garden

A Taste of Autumn Curious Garden Trail Sat 12 Oct & Sun 13 Oct, 11am-3pm Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10.30am-4pm Herefordshire Christmas with the Georgians Make and sample some delicious apple juice There are rather bizarre looking vegetables Sat 16 Nov – Sun 22 Dec (Sat’s & Sun’s only), from our heritage apple varieties such as popping up in the garden this Halloween half Berrington Hall Fri 27 Dec – Wed 1 Jan, 10am-4pm Ellison’s orange, Gascoyne’s scarlet and term. Follow the footsteps of the gardeners See the mansion lit for evening, with handmade, Cockles pippin. here at The Weir and stumble across peculiar Apple Harvest Weekend traditional decorations. Head ‘below stairs’ to pumpkins and strange squash. Sat 5 Oct & Sun 6 Oct, 10am-4pm see how the servants would have been Ancient Tree Walks £2.50, includes a prize Come to Berrington and celebrate the annual preparing and celebrating the festive season. Sat 19 Oct & Sun 20 Oct, 2pm-4pm harvest with our ‘Apple Month’. This weekend, There will also be carriage rides on weekends Join us for a guided autumnal walk through Winter Wonderland Trail we’ll be celebrating with apple pressing until 22 December, an outdoor children’s trail, Croft’s ancient parkland. Pop your walking boots Sat 16 Nov – Sat 7 Dec demonstrations in the gardens, horse and a festive shop range and a seasonal menu. on and join our countryside ranger as he takes (Sat’s & Sun’s only), 10.30am-4pm carriage rides, a children’s trail and even some you on a journey through Croft’s ancient trees. Beat the winter blues by learning how apple themed goods in the shop and -room. Brockhampton £5 wildlife in the garden prepares for the cold winter months with this fun family trail. Apple Month Harvest Pumpkin Carving Complete your sheet and receive a special Sat 5 Oct – Fri 25 Oct, 10am-4pm Sun 1 Sep - Mon 30 Sep, 11am-4.30pm Sat 26 Oct & Sun 27 Oct, 10am-4pm prize at the end from Visitor Reception. Join us to celebrate the harvest season with a Our are ready to pick come Join Croft’s School of Sorcery and carve your £2.50 per trail, includes a prize month of traditional apple themed activities. , why not bring the family and very own spooky pumpkin to take home with Enjoy warming treats in the tea-room, a help be part of Brockhampton’s you. While you’re here, run wild in the natural Visits children’s trail, crafts, apple pressing and horse maintenance as well as having some play area, crunch through autumn leaves in the Sun 8 Dec, 11am-4pm and carriage rides on selected weekends. delicious fruit to take home with you. parkland and dress up in the castle. Join us for a ‘Present Hunt’ trail followed by £3.50 per kilo (ready picked), £3 per pumpkin a visit to the big man himself in his magical Rumpelstiltskin Trail £3 per kilo (pick your own) sleigh. Help Father Christmas by fi nding the Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10am-4pm Croft’s School of Sorcery Trail hidden presents and deliver him your The Grimm brothers notoriously wrote some Apple Pressing and Cider Making Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10am-4pm Christmas wish list in person. Purchase a grisly fairytales. As part of our crime and Sat 12 Oct, 11am-5pm Become part of Croft’s School of Sorcery by golden ticket when you arrive. punishment week we are inviting you to take Make cider to take home and contribute to following the spooky trail around the £5, includes a present on the ‘Rumpelstiltskin trail’ to see what you the replanting we will be carrying out over gardens, completing the activities, casting can uncover in the gardens. the winter. The apples will be ready-picked, spells and stirring the potions as you go. Key to symbols £2.50 per trail, includes a prize waiting for you to mill and press – so come When you’re fi nished, head to Visitor along and get involved. Reception for a prize. Booking advisable. Crime and Punishment £15 for 12 litres of cider Child £2.50, includes a prize Call individual property of the 18th Century (to include container, valves, stopper and Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10am-4pm fermentation instructions) Croft’s 1940s Christmas Booking essential. Take on the role of Georgian detective and Sat 16 Nov – Sun 22 Dec, Call individual property see if you can solve the murder mystery this Rotten Apple Trail (Sat’s & Sun’s only) 10am-4pm half term. Do you have what it takes to hunt Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 11am-4.30pm Step back in time to the 1940s at Croft and Book online. around the grounds and reveal the truth? Follow the clues on this fun family trail and discover how the family would have been discover the really rotten apples lurking at celebrating Christmas, with traditional Booking essential. Call Central Wreath Making with Brockhampton. A spooky, squelchy trail for decorations, music, trails, frosty walks and Box Offi ce on 03442 491895 the Senior Gardener October half term. festive treats in the tea-room. (5% booking fee applies) Sat 23 Nov & Sun 24 Nov, Sat 14 Dec £2.50 per trail, includes a prize & Sun 15 Dec, 11am-3pm Father Christmas’s Workshop Event repeated on other dates, Decorate your house with something special Sat 30 Nov – Sun 22 Dec, check website for details and adorn your door with your own (Sat’s & Suns only) 10am-4pm Berrington wreath. Join our Senior Gardener Visit Father Christmas in his magical School holiday event and gain his expert advice to create this toy-making workshop in the stables. special seasonal gift for your home. Enjoy some festive crafts while you wait. £10 per wreath Child £6

This is just a selection of our events. To fi nd even more great things to do visit us online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/midlands

www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 1 Autumn 2019 © National Trust Images/Emma Bedford Shropshire Carding Mill Valley and the Sunnycroft Apple Pressing Weekend Murder at Sunnycroft Sat 26 Oct & Sun 27 Oct, 10am-4pm Wed 30 Oct & Thu 31 Oct, 7.30pm-9pm Woollen Woods Come along and press your own apples to A property built for entertaining, this Fri 25 Oct – Sun 24 Nov, 9am-5pm make the best juice on the planet. Halloween Sunnycroft hosts a Victorian Woollen Woods returns to Attingham for its Bring a bucket of apples and clean, empty evening of fun and mystery. Are you brave second year as knitted fl ora and fauna take plastic bottles for the juice. enough to accept the invitation? over a section of the woodlands. Add a critter £5 donation per press All £15 to the display by getting your yarn creations to us by 20 October. See web for T&Cs. Stars in Your Skies A Victorian Christmas - From Galactic to Intergalactic Sat 30 Nov – Mon 23 Dec (excl Weds & Thurs), Pumpkin Carving Sat 26 Oct, 8pm-10pm 10.30am-3pm Tue 29 Oct – Thu 31 Oct, 10.30am-3pm Join the SIYS team for another fascinating Come and see the house dressed for an (every 15 mins, lasting 30mins) evening talk. They will be looking at how to see opulent Victorian Christmas complete with What will you carve into your pumpkin? the fainter and more distant objects in the sky, local carol singers, handcrafted decorations With locally grown pumpkins and an LED tea whether in our Milky Way or further away. and a 16ft Christmas tree in the Staircase Hall. light included, you can Ticket includes soup and a roll. have a go creating your £10 Christmas Wreath Workshop own masterpiece to Mon 2 Dec, Fri 6 Dec & Sat 7 Dec, 11am-3pm welcome your friends or Make a Bird Feeder Join our talented gardener for a Christmas scare away the night. Thu 31 Oct, 11am–2pm wreath making All £5.50 Join our ranger team to build your own workshop, using 100% wooden bird feeder. natural greenery from Star Watch Evenings with £5 the garden at Staff ordshire Shropshire Astronomical Society (SAS) Sunnycroft. You will Fri 1 Nov, 7pm-9.30pm & Sat 2 Nov, A Day in the Life of a Ranger learn how to craft your Grange Garden 6.30pm-7.30pm & 8pm-9pm Thu 7 Nov, 10.30am-12.30pm very own unique The SAS bring the skies to life whatever the From sheep to heather to signs to light traditional wreath. Bonfi re, Lantern Walk and Fireworks weather. Friday is a series of short talks with bulbs, a Ranger’s job is extremely varied. All £45 Fri 25 Oct, Sat 26 Oct a glass of wine. Saturday brings a family Join Area Ranger Patrick as he explains how (incl. drink and a slice of cake) & Sun 27 Oct, 6pm-8pm friendly introduction to the sky. If the a National Trust ranger on the Long Mynd The annual bonfi re and lantern walk is back. weather is nice, telescopes will come out. spends their day. Christmas Evening Opening Pick up your glow stick then explore the Fri, Adult only £9. Sat, All £4 Ticket includes soup and a roll. Mon 2 Dec, 5pm-7pm garden by lantern light, marvel at the £10 Pick up gifts for garden enthusiasts, keen magnifi cent trees illuminated for this special Make a Wooden Robin Workshop foodies and history buff s as well as plenty of event, then make your way to the tennis Sat 16 Nov, Sat 23 Nov & Sat 7 Dec, 10am–3pm Stars in Your Skies - The Rise of The Sisters unusual stocking fi llers for picky friends. lawn for the lighting of the bonfi re and (every 15 mins, lasting 30mins) Sat 23 Nov, 8pm-10pm fi rework display. Create a Christmas Robin using Attingham Join the SIYS team for another fascinating Hot food, bar and shop on the tennis lawn. wood pre-cut by our Garden Team into kit evening talk. Pete Williamson FRAS, a Adult £11, child £6, under 2s free form. For adults and families alike. renowned observer, will be guiding us Dormouse Walk £9 per item around the night sky, what to see, where it Sun 6 Oct, 10am-12noon Spooky Halloween is, and how best to see it. This is home to the largest Sat 26 Oct - Thu 31 Oct, 10am-4pm Christmas at Attingham: Ticket includes soup and a roll. population of Hazel The spooky tunnel will once again appear like Inspired by Nature (Mansion) £10 dormice in Shropshire. Walk magic in the Egy ptian Court at Biddulph Sat 30 Nov – Mon 23 Dec, daily timed entry with us through the Grange Garden, dare yourself to venture 10am–12noon, 12noon–2pm, 2pm-3.30pm Dudmaston beautiful ancient woodland through and not be scared. Inspired by nature and the creatures around they call home, learn about their ecology and Come dressed up as your favourite spooky us, discover the festively decorated Mansion Harvest Season what we are doing to help them. Sensible character as you complete the Halloween trail. this Christmas. To keep every visit special, all Mon 14 Oct - Sun 3 Nov (Sun-Thu) 11am-3pm outdoor footwear and clothing required. Trail £2.50 visitors must book a timed ticket (Mansion Join in with harvest celebrations in the orchard. £4 only, free-fl ow access to grounds). Help us pick and press the apples from our Dinovember and sample some freshly pressed juice. Halloween at Wenlock Edge Sat 2 Nov – Sun 17 Nov, 10am–4pm Father Christmas at Attingham Park Sat 26 Oct, 3pm-5pm November is the month to celebrate all things Sat 30 Nov – Mon 23 Dec, Trust 10 Help to scare away ghouls and join in with dinosaur and geological at Biddulph Grange Weekends 9.30am-3.45pm, Weekday times TBC Sun 27 Oct, 9am–11am some creepy crafts. The best fancy dress will Garden from meet the Palaeontologist to (15 min time slots throughout the day. Join us in Comer Woods on the fourth win a prize and all the little dinosaur shows, join our dino knit and natter See web for details) Sunday of every month for a free, 10k trail monsters will leave with a ghostly or come along and meet the . Pre-book your visit to see run. Enjoy a challenging run with stunning treat. Please wear sensible See website for prices and dates for each Father Christmas and his views of the surrounding woodland. shoes, bring a torch and event and activity helpers. Step through the wrap up warm. magical wardrobe into a new Christmas Craft Fair Child £3 Christmas Wreath Making Workshop experience for 2019 and Sat 23 Nov & Sun 24 Nov, 11am–4pm Tue 3 Dec – Thu 5 Dec, 11am–12.30pm receive a fl uff y toy memento The Orchard and courtyards will play host to All Hallow’s Eve Walk Join the gardening team in their work area to of your visit. over 70 local artists, food producers and Sat 26 Oct, 7pm-9pm make a fabulous Christmas wreath with £10 per child talented craftspeople who’ll be selling a Join us to wander through the wild Wenlock foliage gathered for you from the garden, selection of present-perfect goodies. Tuck in woods at night watching out for bats, then relax with lunch served to you in the Jog off your Jumper to festive treats and join in with the carol witches and ghouls. Please wear sensible tea-room. All materials and lunch included in Sat 4 Jan, 10.30am–12noon singers to kick start the season. outdoor footwear, warm clothes and the ticket price. You and your family are invited to Attingham bring a torch. This event may not be £35 for a fun-run to burn off the Christmas Wreath Making Workshops suitable for children under indulgences and for a last chance to wear Sun 8 Dec, 10am-12noon 10 years old. Edge and the Rock Houses your Christmas jumper as the festive season Spend a morning or afternoon with the team £5 draws to a close. The run will be from Big Little Things Florist shop and make Apple Weekend approximately 1 mile. a Christmas wreath fi t for your festive front Sat 19 Oct & Sun 20 Oct, 11am-3pm Adult £6, child £5 door. We’ll provide all the materials and You can try freshly squeezed apple juice in our advice you need. heritage orchard, learn about traditional crafts £39.50 and enjoy seasonal treats in the tea-room. We encourage visitors to bring your own bottles, and your own apples if you want to. © National Trust Images/David Goacher © National Trust Images/Eleanor Dobson Halloween Willow Lantern Making Mon 28 Oct – Wed 30 Oct, 11am-4.15pm (45 min intervals) Celebrate this year by learning to make a Halloween willow lantern and decorate it with leaves and paper. Take it home with you, and then join us for a magical procession through the woods hunting for pumpkins on Halloween night. Child £3

Halloween Lantern Walk Thu 31 Oct, 5pm-7pm A Halloween evening with a diff erence. You can bring the lanterns you made with us, and follow us on a magical procession through the woods. Look out for spooky pumpkins on the way, and see after dark.

This is just a selection of the hundreds of National Trust events and activities taking place in the .

www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 2 Autumn 2019 © National Trust Images/Chris Millar Old Hall Warwickshire Pumpkin Week Sat 26 Oct – Thu 31 Oct, 10.30am–3.30pm Pumpkin fun for everyone. Find out where Jack O’Lanterns came from, and carve your Baddesley Ghost Tours very own simply wicked pumpkin to take Fri 25 Oct & Sat 26 Oct, home. Keep up the spooky spirit by dressing 6.30pm, 7.15pm, 8pm & 8.45pm in your Halloween best. Join us after hours for a £3.50 per pumpkin candlelit ghost tour of the moated manor house. Learn Winter Warmer Workshops all about Baddesley’s creepy Mon 4 Nov – Fri 29 Nov (Mon & Fri only), tales and ghostly goings on. 10am–1pm; see website for further details Tea and cake in the Spend quality time together before restaurant is included. Christmas creating things for the house, £22 table or as gifts for family and friends. Enjoy a morning workshop making Marchpane centre-pieces or evergreen decorations, Family Fun Days - Halloween followed by relaxing soup, hot chocolate and Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 11am-3.30pm gingerbread in the tea-room. Join us for a spooky outdoor trail with Adult £45 take-home activities. £2.50 Christmas Quest Upton House and Gardens Sat 14 Dec - Mon 16 Dec & Christmas House Tours Fri 20 Dec - Mon 23 Dec, 11am-12.30pm Fri 6 Dec, Fri 13 Dec & Fri 20 Dec, 5.45pm-10pm Family Fun Days - Halloween ‘Give it a go’ Art Workshop - Ceramics Discover the true spirit of Christmas making Enjoy the house dressed for a traditional Sat 26 Oct & Sun 27 Oct, Thu 3 Oct, 10am-1pm an evergreen posy, walk down to King’s Walk Christmas followed by a three-course festive Thu 31 Oct - Sun 3 Nov, 11am-3.30pm Join local pottery expert Penny Varley who Woods to toast marshmallows over the supper in the Barn Restaurant. A glass of Join us for fi endish fun and frights on our will teach you how to build your own clay campfi re, sing traditional carols at the Nativity wine is included. spooky outdoor trail with take-home creation and use slip colours to decorate before warming up with hot chocolate and £37.50 activities and crafts. it. Beginners very welcome, no experience shortbread in the Garden Parlour. £2.50 necessary. Adult £6.50, child £3.25 Park £58 incl. all materials, fi ring, and Fawkes Feast refreshments Chronicles of Christmas Halloween Pumpkin Trail Sat 2 Nov, 6pm-11pm Sat 7 Dec & Sun 8 Dec, Sat 14 Dec & Sun 15 Dec Wed 23 Oct – Thu 31 Oct, 9am-3pm Exclusive black tie event with a champagne Forest School and Sat 21 Dec & Sun 22 Dec 11am–4pm Join us to explore the Charlecote parkland reception followed by a private tour of the Sun 6 Oct – Sun 10 Nov, 9.30am-11am Step back in time to experience the story of this Halloween. Pick up your pumpkin prize house. The evening includes a seven-course Our trainee Forest School guide will be Christmas in a diff erent age – will you at the end and be sure to share your meal served in the Throckmorton family leading 90 minute nature sessions over six recognise the foods, customs, sounds and creations with us online. dining room with an after dinner speaker. weeks in the Woodland Den. During these smells of a 17th-century Christmas? £3 £180 sessions, children will discover diff erent Can you imagine Christmas being banned elements of nature and wildlife. The – what would you miss the most? Ceramic Polar Bear Workshop Christmas Wassail programme is aimed at 7-8 year olds. Sat 23 Nov, 10am-12.30pm Sat 7 Dec & Sun 8 Dec, £40 for six week course Shugborough Estate Join local ceramics artist Ros Ingram to 4.30pm-6pm & 7.30pm-9pm create your own unique clay sculpture of a Christmas stories and carols from Afternoon Tea Talk Garden Discovery Tour polar bear. Designed for all levels of artistic Crescent Theatre, mulled wine, – Life Below Stairs at Upton Wed 16 Oct & Sat 19 Oct, 11am–12.30pm ability, you will be guided, step by step, roaring fi re and mince pies are included. Thu 10 Oct, 2.30pm-4pm Discover the signifi cance of Shugborough’s through the process of sculpting using Adult £30, child £12 Discover what it was like to work at Upton remarkable gardens, from conception to stoneware clay. £45 House in the 1930s. The talk will be followed conservation, with time for questions and Packwood House by a traditional cream tea. tips at the end. Weave a Willow Deer £10 £3 Sun 24 Nov, 10am-4pm Halloween Weave yourself a willow deer Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 11am-3.30pm Get Back to Nature this Half Term Flower Arranging Workshop during this 6-hour workshop. Join us for a spooky outdoor trail with Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 11am-4pm Thu 24 Oct, 6pm–9pm All materials will be supplied take-home activities. Complete the trail The Woodland Den will be open for children Learn how to form a stunning arrangement and you’ll be able to take successfully and there might just be a well- to take part in autumn related nature under the guidance of a professional fl orist, using your unique creation home deserved prize at the end. activities. We will also be inviting children to seasonal fl owers handpicked from the estate. with you. £2.50 decorate a plant pot and fi ll it with £40 £70 paperwhite fl owers. Supper with the Head Gardener £3 October Half Term Breakfast with Father Christmas Wed 6 Nov, 6pm-8.30pm Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 11am–3pm Sat 30 Nov & Sun 1 Dec, Join the Head Gardener at Packwood Stir-up Sunday Make the most of autumn with seasonal Sat 7 Dec & Sun 8 Dec, Sat 14 Dec & Sun 15 Dec, for a relaxed evening in the café with Sun 24 Nov, 11am-4pm trails and treats. Get stuck into micro- Sat 21 Dec – Tue 24 Dec, 9am-10.30am a two-course meal and a lecture Stir-up Sunday is a centuries-old annual volunteering activities, such as bug hotels Join us for breakfast and the chance to meet on how the beautiful gardens at tradition where cooks spend the last Sunday and boot stomping. Father Christmas. A small gift is included Packwood have evolved into before Advent ‘stirring up’ their Christmas Prices vary depending on activity. with every child ticket. what you can see today. pudding. You can also take away your own Child £12.50, adult £10.50 £37.50 piece. Christmas £3 per stir Sat 30 Nov - Sun 22 Dec, 10am-4pm Weave a Willow Angel Christmas Breakfast Tours Join us for a unique Christmas celebrating Fri 6 Dec, 10am-1pm Tue 3 Dec – Thu 19 Dec (Tue’s & Thu’s only), Christmas Craft Fair Shugborough’s designed landscape with Weave yourself a festive 9.15am–11.45am Sat 30 Nov & Sun 1 Dec, 11am-4pm themed decorations across the estate, from willow angel to add to Explore some unseen parts of the house Join us for our annual Christmas craft fair pineapples to pagodas. your Christmas while we piece together the development of featuring a carefully selected range of stalls, decorations this year. Packwood over 500 years and reveal how perfect for working through those Christmas Carol Evening All materials will be Baron Ash played the part of the Baron, the gift lists. Fri 6 Dec, 7.30pm–8.30pm supplied and you’ll be sheriff and host to royalty. Celebrate the festive season with a traditional able to take your unique £20 Meet Father Christmas carol evening in the magical setting of creation home with you. £40 Sat 7 Dec – Sun 22 Dec (Sat’s & Sun’s only), Shugborough’s historic Park Farm Yard. Christmas Decorations Workshop 11am-4pm Mince pies and warming drinks will be served Willow Wreath Workshop Thu 5 Dec, 10am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4pm See the house in all its 1930s Christmas glory from Park Farm café in the interval. Fri 6 Dec, 2pm-4pm Add a touch of homemade charm to your before joining in with the festive arts and crafts Adult £10, child £8, (under 5’s free) Weave yourself a willow wreath to add to festive season at our Christmas decorating in the old kitchen where you’ll meet Father your Christmas decorations this year. All workshop. All materials will be provided Christmas and receive a special present. Lantern Parade materials will be supplied and you’ll be able alongside tea, coff ee and mince pies. £6 per visit Fri 20 Dec & Sat 21 Dec, 4pm–6pm to take your unique creation home with you. £20 Revel in the magic of Shugborough after dark £40 © National Trust Images/James Dobson and enjoy this dynamic and beautiful evening event. Pop onto one of our workshops in Bookbinding Workshop December to make a unique lantern Thu 12 Dec, 10am-12.30pm of your own. Join local artist Marie-Jeanne and learn how Adults £10, child £8, family £30, under 5’s free to bind your very own 32-page notebook. A Christmas Evening Tours great personalised Christmas present. All Fri 6 Dec, Fri 13 Dec & Fri 20 Dec, Workout Walk materials and tools are included. 6pm-9pm & 7pm-10pm Thu 26 Dec – Fri 31 Jan £30 Join us at Packwood for a tour of the house Grab a walk map from reception to fi nd the 12 beautifully dressed for Christmas followed workout stops and get a head start in burning by a delicious two course supper in the off those brussels. Not into star jumps or Garden Kitchen Café. burpees? Don’t worry; there are mental health £37.50 stops for you to try too.

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 Autumn 2019 West Midlands Visit Father Christmas at Wightwick Manor Embroiderers’ Guild Exhibition Greyfriars at the Victorian Christmas Fayre Sat 14 Dec, Sun 15 Dec, Sat 21 Dec Mon 23 Sep – Mon 23 Dec Thu 28 Nov - Sat 30 Nov, 11am-9pm Birmingham Back to Backs & Sun 22 Dec, 10.30am-4pm & Thu 26 Dec - Tue 31 Dec, 11am-4pm & Sun 1 Dec, 11am-4pm Father Christmas is making his annual The Guild, in collaboration with other groups, Visit Greyfriars at the Victorian Christmas appearance in his magical sitting room in the will produce aspects of Croome’s landscape Fayre and experience the lively atmosphere Candlelit Tours of the Back to Backs Manor. Demand is always high so make sure through textile art work. Working in their own on Friar Street. See the house festively Thu 3 Oct, Thu 10 Oct, Fri 18 Oct, Thu 7 Nov, Fri to book your tickets when they go on sale in unique style members will create scenes in decorated and witness our garden illuminated 15 Nov & Thu 21 Nov, Various times, November. Visit includes a gift and craft activity. response to the National Trust’s People’s during our special extended opening hours. see website for details Child £10 Landscape theme for 2019. Court 15 becomes even Hanbury Hall more atmospheric in the Worcestershire RAF Deff ord Airfi eld Guided Walk twilight and this is a not to Sat 12 Oct & Tue 15 Oct, 11am-1pm Apple Week be missed chance to see Hills Join our guide on a walk around the Mon 7 Oct - Fri 11 Oct, 9am-4pm the Back to Backs in a new parkland taking in views across the airfi eld Join us for our Apple Week, there will be all light (or lack of). Please Autumn Rambles and the crash site of a Wellington bomber. the usual favourites including local produce book through our website. Wed 9 Oct, Sun 27 Oct, Wed 13 Nov Walk approx 2 hours; about 3 miles. stalls, activities and crafts for children, expert £6 members and £14 non-members & Sun 14 Nov, 10am-1pm advice and delicious food, all with an apple Enjoy sweeping views and gorgeous colours October Half Term Family Trail inspired twist. Rag Rugg ing Workshops across the with a 5-mile ramble, led Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10am-4pm Various dates and times, by our knowledgeable guides. The terrain can Come and join our October half term family Winter Fayres see website for details be steep at times; please wear sturdy walking trail around the parkland. Sat 9 Nov – Sun 17 Nov, 9.30am-4pm Embrace the traditional art of rag rugg ing shoes and come dressed for the weather. £2 Come and join us in an inspiring setting with an autumnal tweedy twist in October £2.50 The Firs – Birthplace of with shopping, food and drink. and festive spirit in November and Browse beautiful stalls from local artisan December. With the guidance of our craft Autumn Leg-Stretcher Walk The Lichen and Moss Adventure Trail producers, and fi nd one-off gifts and specialists you will learn how to make your Tue 15 Oct, 10am-3pm Sat 7 Sep – Sun 3 Nov, 10.30am-4.30pm indulgent treats. own decoration. £27.50 & £30 Get outdoors and stretch those legs this There is more to our trees than you might think. autumn with a 10-mile walk through the Clent The lichen and moss that make the trees home It’s Christmaaas! A Night of Ghostly Victorian Tales Hills and surrounding countryside. You will are all so diff erent and interesting so follow our Sat 30 Nov – Tue 31 Dec, 11am-3.30pm Thu 24 Oct & Fri 25 Oct, 6.30pm-8pm need sturdy shoes and appropriate clothing for trail to take a closer look at our terrifi c trees. The tinsel is glowing, the laughter is fl owing; the Sit cosily around the fire and let us scare the weather, plus drinks and a packed lunch. £2 per trail, £1 per craft corks are popping, the hits are dropping. you with our traditional ghostly tales £5 This Christmas, we are turning back the clock from the past. Elgar Talks for a nostalgic trip to the late twentieth century. Adult £8 The Science of Fire and Light Workshop Sat 28 Sep, 12noon Sat 26 Oct, Wed 30 Oct & Fri 1 Nov, 1pm-3pm Insightful talks by a plethora of Elgar experts to Christmas in the Courtyard Visit Clent this October half term for an exciting begin or enhance your Elgar journey. Your contacts Sun 8 Dec, 4.30pm-6.30pm family friendly fi re and light workshop. We will be Adult £6 / free - donations welcomed, exploring the art of making fi re using electrical, depending on the date & Thu 12 Dec, 6pm-8pm Attingham Park 01743 708162 Come and experience Court 15 in all its solar, chemical and friction fi re starting festive glory with traditional Christmas techniques giving you the opportunity to start Musical Recitals at The Firs Baddesley Clinton 01564 783294 activities. As you enjoy warm drinks and a your own fi re. We will also warm up with a hot Sat 5 Oct, 1pm mince pie you can sing along with chocolate and toast marshmallows over the fi re. Live music returns to Elgar’s Birthplace with 01952 882159 Victorian carols and absorb the £8 per child, children must be 8+ a whole host of musical concerts by Berrington Hall 01568 615721 atmospheric setting. talented performers. Adult £7.50, child £4, family £21 Lighting Up Clent Adult £8 / free - donations welcomed, Biddulph Grange Garden 01782 517999 (2 adults and 3 children) Sat 2 Nov, 4pm depending on the date We will be lighting up Clent in celebration Birmingham Back To Backs 0121 666 7671 Wightwick Manor and Gardens of Diwali and welcome you all to join the Apple Juicing Day celebrations. Sun 20 Oct, 10.30am-4pm Brockhampton 01885 482077 Specialist Talk: Ruskin - Life and Legacy Pick your own apples from our bountiful Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd Woodland Christmas apple trees or use ready picked ones to make Sat 19 Oct, 10am-12noon 01694 725000 New for 2019. Join Helen, House and Sun 8 Dec & Sun 15 Dec, 10am-2.30pm some delicious apple juice with the help of Collections Manager, for a relaxed talk (half hourly intervals) our volunteers and staff . Feel free to bring 01789 470277 looking at the life and legacy of John Ruskin, Have a very Christmassy adventure at your own apples from home. Please bring Clent Hills 01562 712822 his connections and those he inspired. Clent Hills. Explore the hills with a Christmas trail containers for your juice. Following the talk there will be a walking before making your way to the woodland grotto Free, donations welcomed Coughton Court 01789 400777 tour of the collection. to meet our Father Christmas, dressed in Croft Castle and Parkland 01568 780246 All £20 woodland green. Croome 01905 371006 £7.50 per child, includes a gift Don’t Go into the Cellar, Victorian Apple & Ale Weekend Dudmaston 01746 780866 Theatre presents ‘The Witching Hour’ Winter Rambles Fri 11 Oct, 8pm - Sun 13 Oct, 8pm The Firs: Elgar’s Birthplace 01905 333330 Tue 22 Oct, 7.30pm-9.45pm Wed 11 Dec, Fri 27 Dec, Sun 29 Dec, Annual celebration of apples, cider and cider Montague Rhodes James returns to the Wed 8 Jan & Sun 26 Jan, 10am-1pm making. Entertainment includes Morris The Fleece Inn 01386 831173 Great Parlour with another selection of Wrap up warm and enjoy the stark beauty of dancing, mumming, cider making unsettling tales of antiquarian terror. Brave Clent as winter takes hold of demonstrations, , apple displays and Greyfriars’ House and Garden the horrors that await you and witness the the hills. The terrain can be tastings, and live music. A brilliant way to 01905 23571 spectral malevolent seeking revenge. steep at times; please wear spend an October afternoon for all the family. Hanbury Hall 01527 821214 Brought to you by the British Empire’s sturdy walking shoes Camping available. Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses leading practitioners of macabre Victoriana. and come dressed Adult £20 for the weather. New Year’s Eve Fancy Dress Party & Ceilidh 01384 872553 £2.50 Tue 31 Dec, 7.30pm-2am Moseley Old Hall 01902 782808 Family Halloween Half Term Fun Celebrate the old year and ring in the new with Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov, 10am-4pm Croome a traditional ceilidh (country dance) fancy dress Packwood House 01564 782024 Follow the pumpkin trail around the garden party with Fleece favourites the Blue Socks Shugborough Estate 01889 880160 to solve our fi endishly frightening puzzle and ‘What is Home’ Exhibition Ceilidh Band. Children and families are very Sunnycroft 01952 242884 spot the giant bugs around the Manor. There Mon 23 Sep – Mon 23 Dec & Thu 26 Dec welcome - no dancing experience required. will also be spooky craft sessions on Wed 30 – Tue 31 Dec, 11am-4pm Adult £14, family £32, including late supper Upton House and Gardens 01295 670266 Oct - Fri 1 Nov, 11am-3pm. Artist Kashif Nadim Chaudry’s new The Weir Garden 01981 590509 £1 per trail, £1.50 per crafter installation is inspired by Croome’s history as The Fleece Annual Wassail (There may be a wait at busy times) a residential Boys School. Working with Sat 11 Jan, 6pm-11pm Wenlock Edge 01694 725000 ex-pupils and children in-care to examine the From dusk the apple orchard becomes alive Wightwick Manor and Gardens Christmas Lino Print Workshops question ‘what is home’, this stunning, with cider, singing and Morris men. Join us Sat 16 Nov & Sun 17 Nov, 10am-4pm thought provoking installation showcases for this pagan tradition of toasting the trees 01902 760106 Enjoy the process of this simple form of real-life stories through personal objects. to encourage a good harvest, a brilliant way printmaking and produce cards and gift to dispel those winter blues. tags. Learn how to cut lino, ink up your lino ‘Garniture’ exhibition by Amy Jayne Hughes plate and print using a small etching press. Mon 23 Sep – Sat 30 Nov, 11am-4pm Greyfriars’ House and Garden A one day workshop, suitable for all abilities. ‘Garniture’ is a new exhibiton based on Notes Adult £70 Croome’s porcelain collection created by Quince Day emerging artist Amy Jayne Hughes. Sat 12 Oct, 11am-4.30pm Normal property admission applies Don’t Go into the Cellar, Victorian Celebrate the harvest season with an event to all events unless otherwise stated. Theatre presents ‘Another Christmas Carol’ Bridge and Wilson: Landscape for the whole family. Pick up some quince Children must be accompanied by an adult. Family fruit grown here in our garden, as well as a Wed 11 Dec, 7.30pm-9.45pm Mon 23 Sep – Mon 23 Dec ticket includes two adults and two children. Enjoy an audience with in the & Thu 26 Dec – Tue 31 Dec, 11am-4pm variety of local produce and seasonal food. Great Parlour as he regales you with this A new painting by Antony Bridge, Croome’s Guided walks: Prior booking for guided walks hitherto-unknown festive tale. Expect chills, artist-in-residence, commissioned by Croome is essential as places are limited. Contact laughter and sentiment as Mr Dickens presents, makes its debut using the same view as numbers are given above. Sorry, no dogs for one night only, Another Christmas Carol. Richard Wilson’s famous landscape painting. allowed unless otherwise stated. Adult £20 Paintings by Wilson and new images by Bridge, promise that this exhibition will be All event details correct at time of going to press. both colourful and enticing.

This is just a selection of our events. To fi nd even more great things to do visit us online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/midlands www.nationaltrust.org.uk What’s On 4 Autumn 2019