Lavington's Hole — Attraction in Bridgnorth

In 1646 during the English civil war Bridgnorth was under seige from Parliamentary forces and the Royalists retreated to Bridgnorth castle after setting fire to the stables on Lister St, the fire soon spread and by the following day most of the town was destroyed by the great fire. After three weeks of continuous attacks on the castle Colonel Lavington gathered a team of Parliamentary forces to dig a 70 foot tunnel under castle hill knowing the Royalists stored their gunpowder in St Mary's church, his aim was to blow up the church. The Parliamentary forces dug 69 feet of tunnel but was not complete as the Royalists surrendered, other tunnels were dug out after this but were used...

Lavington's Hole became a bit of a joke throughout our holiday in Bridgnorth, somewhere we wanted to see, passed every day but only went there on our last day. Considering the anticipation, I did not expect much, but actually I really enjoyed the visit. A short visit yes, but still interesting and nice to eventually see. The garden area around it was nice too. The story behind the hole is pretty fascinating. It was a shame you couldn't see more of the hole but obviously safety! What you could see of the hole was interesting. More information/pictures about it nearer to the actual hole would have been nice but there was plenty of information at the start so not...

We went here as part of a day trip to Bridgnorth and it was nice, there was a bit of information about it, an interesting piece of history. However, unfortunately the place was littered and there are dead pigeons around, which wasn't pleasant. We also saw a slightly dodgie character who seemed to be up to something he shouldn't be, I'm not judging, just saying it kept us from exploring this place more thoroughly. This place could perhaps benefit from having a bit of a clean up of the grounds to make it more pleasant for those there for the history, and...