WORCESTERSHIRE

 
 
Spetchley Park Gardens                                 Spetchley                           www.spetchleygardens.co.uk
Three miles east of Worcester surrounded by glorious countryside and deer park lies one of Britain’s best kept secrets. Virtually hidden from the road, and largely unaltered in the last century, this lovely 30 acre Victorian paradise, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. R.J.G. Berkeley (whose other home is Berkeley Castle) has been lovingly created by successive generations of the Berkeley family and boasts an enviable collection of plant treasures from every corner of the globe.
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Leave M5 Junction 6 or 7, take the A44, then the A422 towards Evesham/Stratford.

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Domestic Fowl Trust                                   Honeybourne                          www.domesticfowltrust.co.uk
Premier centre for breeding and maintaining traditional and rare breeds of all kinds of poultry: hens, ducks, geese, etc. Walk round 15 acres of grassy paddocks and see these beautiful birds in natural surroundings. Visit our new poultry museum.  Look at rare breed sheep, pigs, goats, cattle, etc. Fully equipped retail shop selling everything you need to keep chickens in your back garden, from poultry houses and feeders, up to and including the hens themselves.
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In the villge of Honeybourne,near Evesham, on the road from Bidford to Chipping Campden

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Bevere Vivis GalleryWorcesterArts and Crafts
A regional centre for arts and crafts, showing high quality exhibitions and sale of works by nationally known artists, glassmakers, woodturners and ceramicists.

Leigh Court BarnNr WorcesterOther Building
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain. Built for Pershore Abbey in 1344, it is 46 metres (150 feet) long, with 18 cruck blades each made from a single oak tree.

Snowshill ManorBroadwayHouse and Garden
Traditional golden-yellow Cotswold manor house set in delightful village high above the Vale of Evesham. Spectacular collection of craftsmanship and design from across the globe.

Stone House Cottage GardensStone, Nr KidderminsterGarden
A beautiful and romantic walled garden with brick follies. It contains a huge selection of unusual plants. Adjoining nursery.

Witley CourtGreat WitleyGarden
The vast and rambling remains of the palatial 19th century mansion are surrounded by magnificent landscaped gardens, which still contain huge stone fountains. The largest, representing Perseus and Andromeda - now restored - was described as making the 'noise of an express train' when fired. Before 1846, when William Humble Ward (later first Earl of Dudley) inherited Witley Court, the land surrounding the house was laid out in the 18th-century English landscape style. As part of Ward's transformation of the estate, he called in the leading landscape designer of the time, William Andrews Nesfield, whose skills in designing intricate and elegant parterres were complemented by his great ability as an artist and engineer. Nesfield started work in 1854, creating the South Parterre with its great Perseus and Andromeda fountain. His scheme involved elegantly designed planting and parterres of clipped evergreens and shrubs. The central avenue of planting from the house led to the fountains, terminating at the South Parterre. The East Parterre garden, with its Flora fountain, was designed in the Parterre de Broderie style - that is resembling embroidery, with box-edged shapes filled with coloured gravel and flowers.


 
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Arrow Valley Countryside CentreRedditch
Avoncroft MuseumBromsgrove
AZTEC WatersportsPershore
Barnfield Cider and Wine MillBroadway
Beckford SilkBeckford
Bennetts Farm ParkLower Wick
Bewdley MuseumBewdley
Bewdley Tourist Information CentreBewdley
Bickerline River CruisesWorcester
Bodenham Arboretum and Earth CentreWolverley
Broadway Magic Experience and Teddy Bear MuseumBroadway
Broadway Tourist Information CentreBroadway
Broadway TowerBroadway
Brockhampton EstateWorcester
Bromsgrove MuseumBromsgrove
Bromsgrove Tourist Information CentreBromsgrove
Bronte PorcelainMalvern
Burford House GardensTenbury Wells
CommanderyWorcester
Conderton PotteryConderton
Cotswold Country CyclesChipping Campden
Croft Farm Leisure and Water ParkTewkesbury
Croome ParkSevern Stoke
Droitwich Spa Brine Baths ComplexDroitwich
Eastcote GalleryKidderminster
Eastgrove Cottage Garden NurseryLittle Witley
Elgar Birthplace MuseumWorcester
Evesham Tourist Information CentreEvesham
Fleece InnEvesham
Forge Mill Needle MuseumRedditch
Great Malvern Priory ChurchMalvern
Hagley HallHagley
Hanbury HallDroitwich
Harvington HallNr Kidderminster
Hawford DovecoteHawford
Heritage CentreUpton-upon-Severn
Holt CastleHolt
Jinney Ring Craft Centre, TheNr Bromsgrove
Kidderminster Tourist Information CentreKidderminster
Kyre Park GardenTenbury Wells
Little Malvern CourtMalvern
Malvern MuseumMalvern
Malvern Tourist Information CentreMalvern
Mamble Craft CentreBewdley
Museum of Worcester Porcelain, TheWorcester
Pershore AbbeyPershore
Pershore Tourist Information CentrePershore
Putting Green, TheLake Vrynwy, Oswestry
Redditch Tourist Information CentreRedditch
Royal Worcester Visitor CentreWorcester
Severn Leisure CruisesUpton-upon-Severn
Severn Valley RailwayBewdley
Shipley's Riverside Bowl & AmusementsStourport on Severn
Snowshill LavenderSnowshill
Tiltridge VineyardUpton-upon-Severn
Umberslade FarmTanworth-in-Arden
Upton Heritage CentreUpton-upon-Severn
Upton MarinaUpton-upon-Severn
Upton Upon Severn Tourist Information CentreUpton-upon-Severn
Vale Wildlife Visitor CentreEvesham
Webbs of Wychbold, Garden CentreWychbold
West Midland Safari & Leisure ParkNr Kidderminster
White Cottage Garden and Cranesbill NurseryRedditch
Whitlenge GardensHartlebury
Wichenford DovecoteWichenford
Worcester CathedralWorcester
Worcester City Art Gallery & MuseumWorcester
Worcester Garden CentreWorcester
Worcester RacecourseWorcester
Worcester Tourist Information CentreWorcester
Worcester Woods Country ParkWorcester
Worcestershire County Museum and Hartlebury Castle State RoomsHartlebury
Wyre Forest Visitor CentreKidderminster

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