Local Interests
Avoncroft Museum - 2 miles
www.avoncroft.org.uk
A fascinating museum of historic buildings rescued and rebuilt on an open air site
Cheltenham & the Cotswolds - 34 miles
www.cotswolds.info
England's most complete Regency town with an impressive range of stylish shops and restaurants. Famous for its festivals of horse racing, music and literature, it is an ideal base for touring into the Cotswolds.
Croome Park - 19 miles
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/croomepark
'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape park. Miles of walks through lakeside gardens. Croome Court is now open for the first time.
Droitwich Canal - 5 miles
www.worcs.com/dct/
This ambitious restoration project has created a unique 21 mile navigable cruising ring.
Hanbury Hall - 7 miles
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hanburyhall
A stunning William & Mary style National Trust house with newly restored gardens set in a 300 acre park.
Hartlebury Castle - 9 miles
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/museum
The Worcestershire County Museum is housed in Hartlebury Castle, home to the Bishops of Worcester since the 16th century. The main galleries’ collections include children's toys, archaeology, and objects from the Bromsgrove Guild.
Harvington Hall – 4 miles
www.harvingtonhall.com
A local moated Elizabethan manor house with the country’s finest series of priest hiding places.
Jinney Ring Craft Centre - 6 miles
www.jinneyringcraft.co.uk
Working crafts studios, gallery and gift shop.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre – 24 miles
www.rsc.org.uk
The RSC is the most famous classical theatre company in the world conveniently located at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Severn Valley Railway – 7 miles
www.svr.co.uk
Large selection of working steam locomotives which run for 16 miles from Kidderminster along the beautiful Severn valley.
Upton Warren Sailing Centre –1.3 miles
www.uptonwarren.com
The Centre has a wide selection of sailing dinghies, windsurfers, canoes and kayaks enabling groups to undertake courses at all levels from beginner taster sessions to high level skills and instructor training.
Upton Warren Nature Reserve -1.3 miles
www.worcesterbirding.co.uk
Attracts wildfowl and reed loving species, most notably Cetti's Warbler and during the winter, Bittern. The Flashes is one the prime locations in the county for observing a wide variety of waders.
Webbs Garden Centre – 1.3 miles
www.webbsdirect.co.uk
Britain's biggest garden centre. Award winning plant areas. Gifts, outdoor clothing, snacks or restaurant meals.
West Midlands Safari Park -11 miles
www.wmsp.co.uk
Rare white tigers, wallabies and ‘teenage’ elephants.
Witley Court - 15 miles
www.english-heritage.org.uk/witleycourt
Spectacular ruins of a once great country house with magnificent landscaped gardens containing huge stone fountains. The largest is described as making the 'noise of an express train' when fired.
Worcester Cathedral –12 miles
www.worcestercathedral.co.uk
One of England's loveliest cathedrals, with royal tombs, medieval cloisters, ancient crypt and chapter house. Magnificent Victorian stained glass.
Worcester Cricket – 12 miles
www.wccc.co.uk
New Road, described as the perfect English cricket ground, is on the banks of the tree-lined River Severn, with the famous cathedral spire creating a stunning backdrop.
Worcester Racecourse -11 miles
www.worcester-racecourse.co.uk/
The home of summer jump racing in the West Midlands
Worcester Warriors - 10 miles
www.warriors.co.uk
Premiership rugby and Sixways events
