Attingham Park is an Elegant

Attingham Park is an elegant 18th-century Regency house with surounding gardens near Shrewsbury.

One of the great houses of the Midlands, Attingham Park was built in 1785 for the first Lord Berwick by architect George Steuart and has a picture gallery by John Nash.

The magnificent rooms contain collections of ambassadorial silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings.

The park, landscaped by Humphry Repton, has attractive walks along the River Tern and a play area and environmental centre for children. It has acres of productive agricultural land, important for for ancient trees and farmland birds, and contains Home Farm, run by National Trust tenants, one of Britain’s few completely organic open farms.

Grounds open 9am-4pm, seven days a week. Contact: 01743 708162

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