On a crisp autumnal day, I decided to visit Attingham Park. Nestled away in the Shropshire countryside near Atcham, Shrewsbury, Attingham Hall and its estate were originally built for the first Lord Berwick, but are now managed by the National Trust. I’d always wanted to visit Attingham Park, yet somehow had never made the trip, despite it being just an hour’s drive away from my home in Mid Wales.
There is so much to see and do at Attingham Park that we spent 4 or 5 hours there. We walked around the grounds, through the fallen leaves, in the beautiful Walled Gardens and through the halls and rooms of the 18th-century house.
We had lunch in the Mansion Tea Room, but there’s also the Carriage House Cafe, Lady Berwick’s and The Greedy Pig for tasty treats. However, you can take your own picnic, if you wish, and sit in the wonderful grounds to eat it.
What can’t be missed when visiting Attingham Park is the Deer Park. There is a path to follow, but somehow we ended up incorporating another walk and doubling the length of our walk (which caused me some pain, but was totally worth it as there were more deer in that area of the park). There are also plenty of other creatures to spot around Attingham Park, including an abundance of squirrels, cattle and a variety of birds. We also noticed many dog walkers taking advantage of the deer park (dogs on leads, of course).
Once we’d finished our epic walk, we headed back to the Carriage House Cafe for some well-deserved refreshments and a rest. Of course, whilst in the Stables Courtyard, I’d recommend a visit to Attingham Park’s two shops – the secondhand bookshop in the Grooms’ Rooms and the gift shop in the Shop in the Stables (including produce from the Walled Garden and locally-grown plants).
I’ll definitely be visiting Attingham Park again and, if you’re ever in the area, I’d recommend you do too! (We paid £11.50 each to gain access to the whole property, but it is only £6.75 to access the park, walled garden and play field without entering the house, or free for National Trust members).
Nearby places to visit:
– Wroxeter Roman City
– Haughmond Abbey
– Moreton Corbet Castle
– Powis Castle & Gardens
20 Comments
Kelly
What gorgeous scenery – it looks like a good time of the year to visit!
Quite an impressive antler rack on that stag! So different from the deer (white-tail) in my area.
Jo
It looks lovely. We did something very similar on Saturday when we went to visit Eleanor at uni, I’ve just written a blog post about it.
Lady Fi
Wow wow wow! Fabulous shots of the deer! And what a lovely place.
jessicabookworm
What beautiful photos of the deer! A couple of years ago, I really enjoyed a visit to this house and grounds. I really must revisit soon!
frayed at the edge
I shall have to add this to my list of places to visit – especially as we are NT members.
Leta
It looks like such a beautiful and lovely park. Really does sounds like you had a great time there. Photos look amazing!
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Neely
Seriously pretty photos! Love this time of year.
Yvonne@FictionBooks
Hi Nikki,
Another great NT place to add to our list for a future visit. If we are visiting with relatives in Swindon, we could manage this as a day trip quite easily.
We have Dyrham Park, an NT property near Bath, where there is also a large deer herd and seems to have very similar properties and landscape to Attingham Park …
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dyrham-park
Great photos, especially the walled gardens, which are always our favourite spots 🙂
Yvonne
Rachel
What a cool park! I love seeing wildlife!
Shannon
Oh boy that is an epic walk! Look at that deer!! And those sunflowers have me reminiscing on summer already…. sigh.
Cait Weingartner
Stunning photos of beautiful scenery and wildlife. I enjoyed them very much!
Bobbi | Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
That place looks amazing! I would love to go there. Fab photography!
Erin
Fallow are such beautiful creatures! This looks like a beautiful destination. (PS: Your photos are fantastic!)
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Emma (Life of Gibbers)
Oh wow this looks amazing! I would love to visit a deer park, I love animals!
Charles Aleksander
Beautiful park and gorgeous scenery! The fallow deer looks elegant and majestic!
Shannon Peterson
What a beautiful setting! Those deers are gorgeous!
Barbara
Hello Nikki, Attingham Park looks absolutely beautiful, and you appear to have got very close to the deer, how wonderful. The second-hand bookshop sounds very tempting! I’m going to add this to my ‘must visit’ places which, rather like my ‘must read’ pile keeps growing. The difference is I’m going to put Attingham Park right at the top of the list.
Corinne
Wow what a beautiful place! I love that building.
Corinne x
Anca
I’ve been to Attingham Park, it’s stunning. I like the deer park, they seem so relaxed around people and people respect them, give them the space they need. I would love to visit it again.
danielle
gorgeous photos, it looks amazing there!
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