Shugborough Estate
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Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. The hall is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about 5.8 miles east of Stafford and 4.7 miles from Rugeley.
attractions: Shugborough Hall, Shugborough Park, restaurants: Mansion Tea Room
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Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. The hall is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about 5.8 miles east of Stafford and 4.7 miles from Rugeley.
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I knew nothing about this place (other than it might have a ghost) but was passing after a trip to Birmingham, and decided to make the most of my National Trust membership. Arriving late in the day, a kind gentleman gave us a ride in his buggy (great start) We trundled straight to the front door of the house.... bypassing the gardens and getting started with the good stuff. The house itself was owned by a family obsessed with travel (and so I instantly found a deeper connection to them). Although I was rushing through each room before they closed, it was amazing to see all the artifacts that had been collected and I even got to spin a globe AND try on a hat! Inside there was a giant map that filled one of the rooms. I was curious - and I often find- that if you lurk around long enough pretending to read the notes, somebody will eventually come over and engage with you. Sure enough, within a few moments one of the trusts' guides came over and gave me more insight about the big map and told me a story about an incredible voyage across the ocean. It was a good story and you may have seen already that I made a little video on it for the channel (Youtube - The Wanderlust Way) After all this, you get to visit the private apartments of Patrick Lichfield. I had no clue who he was, but after roaming about his pad for a while, I learned he was an incredible photographer with close links to the Royal Family. Sadly we weren't allowed to take pictures in there....so no photos of photos if you understand (copyright and all that.....) We didn't get to explore much else (other than the café, which I must say did a delicious chocolate chip cookie) But overall it was worth visiting and I hope to return in the future, when I'm not in so much of a rush! #nationaltrustmember #placestovisit #england #historyfan
The Wanderlust WayThe Wanderlust Way
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See photos… Beautiful Nation Trust Shugborough Estate… Adults £14, children £7 (plus gift aid - see photo) Parking is on a field, it’s free to park - disabled parking available. To get to the mansion takes a 10 minute walk - a ‘bus’ is available to those who would be unable to manage this. By the parking is the walled garden & ‘woodland explore’ a play area. A small court yard is also close with a cafe & toilets, plus a gift shop & plant centre. Once at the mansion you can visit the accommodation of Lord Lichfield, as well the the main body of the house & servants quarters. The staff were attentive & interacted with the children & adults well - although there is a lot within the house the cannot be touched, (it’s clearly labelled), there are also lots of things that can the played with & touched for the children to experience also. There is a larger court yard behind with a beautiful 2nd hand book shop, gift shop, toilets & another cafe. The gardens behind the mansion are stunning - Chinese house is also beautiful. Most of the monuments/gardens & outhouses are close to each other - however there are miles of beautiful countryside to walk of you wanted. The plants, trees & flowers are beautiful & well cared for. We attended on a hot sunny day, not sure how it would present on wetter days - as stated above the walk from the parking to the mansion is about 10 minutes. Events often take place the Shrugborough so check the website before hand. Booking ahead wasn’t necessary for our visit.
Cot ACot A
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One of the best National Trust properties.well worth the entry fee, which was something like £28 for two. Plenty of free parking. Not too many disabled spaces, but if you tell the car park attendant they do their best to accommodate you closer to the entrance. The staff are helpful. As you enter, there is the walled garden full of various plants and flowers. I don’t think that you can enter the house, but it takes a while to walk around the gardens and woods. Also, just through the entrance is a shuttle bus service for elderly and/or disabled. It drops you off near the servants quarters on the mansion. From here you can go into the tearoom, toilets, gift shop,and mansion. If you go into the side door of the mansion, you enter the apartment where lord lichfield lived and worked. No photography allowed in this part of the mansion as it displays a lot of lord lichfields photography, the licence to which is currently with Getty. This was probably my favourite section. When you finish the apartment tour, you end up in the mansion foyer. You can take photographs in the rest of the house I think. There is lots to see: Grand rooms full of art and antique pieces. Many sculptures and carvings. A large library. When you’ve finished and exit the front of the house, even the house is impressive with its columns. If you go to the rear garden, the river runs past. Nice to relax for a while. The tea rooms are great. There is plenty to do that I haven’t mentioned. Well worth the visit.
Dave EdgeDave Edge
10
Loved the estate, very beautiful and large. Well kept. Plenty of animals to see and areas to explore. Most of the staff were friendly and knowledgeable. Seems to be a popular site, very busy when visited. Plenty of areas to sit. Has a shop, ice cream, food and drink. The down points were: no map was available - only a map board at the main entrance, so we found it difficult to plan what we would like to do. It's difficult to see pic on phone while sunny. Unable to have a sip of water on a very hot day while inside the mansion (not even while sat on a bench in the middle of the room, away from anything valuable), yet the volunteer had water and was not quiet about it. When you head into the apartment area, you are given information as a large group then allowed through however, this then makes it excessively busy for a small area when trying to look around. Due to it being cramped, we rushed through and missed out the servants quarters to avoid crowds. Even though it is a lovely property that I enjoyed seeing and exploring, it is one of my least favourite to visit in comparison to other National trusts. Few minor things could make it much better.
Debbie NDebbie N
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Our friends and neighbours are family members of The National Trust; and invited my son and I, and 2 other friends to join them on an impromptu afternoon out. They're we're 9 off us ranging in at from 6 to 72yrs old. What a fabulous time we all had. Lots of place to run and explore, and learn for the kids, and we didn't even get to the play area. "Grandad" got some good exercise too, but if he got too tired there was a buggy he could've jumped onto. Lots to see and do; architecture, history of milling museum, farm animals, wildlife, beautiful gardens, walks, trees to climb.... Café and bathrooms nicely spaced out on the estate so you're not ever really too far away for the last minute mad dash. Pathways are well maintained and good for walking, cycling, scooters and wheelchairs. All staff throughout were friendly and knowledgeable; from check in, gardeners, shop attendants and cafe staff. Unfortunately we missed out on going into the Hall, but we'll all be signing up to The National Trust soon so we can go back, and also visit other places of interest in their portfolio.
Eve ViljoenEve Viljoen
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Lot's of area's in the house includeding the 1st floor and Patrick rooms were closed, due to Covid and lack of volunteers we were told. The rooms that were open had been stripped of a great many of their former contents and in one room there were wooden packing boxes piled and a couple had been opened to show their contents. Areas of the farm were closed and many of the amimals missing, although the English longhorn cattle and chickens in their coops were good to see. The grounds and gardens were open and the car park full, so the overflow car park in the adjacent field was in use. Lot's of people visiting on this warm sunny day but I guess most of those who like me remember the good old days of Shugborough were feeling a little disappointed with this cut back and slightly run down version. It didn't help having to pay the full price price of £12 per adult. NT should have made an appropriate price reduction given at lot was missing. A good couple of hours can still be spent here, just a little disappointing.
Melvin BraggMelvin Bragg
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