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Benthall Hall |
In
Benthall, 1 mile north-west of Broseley on B4375, 1 mile south-west
of Ironbridge. Owned by the National
Trust, the Hall a 16th century stone house with a
charming old garden. Once the home
of George Maw, one of England's foremost botanists and plant collectors,who
filled the garden with the rare bulbs and alpines he brought back from
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The Dorothy Clive Gardens |
2
miles south of Woore, 3 miles from Bridgemere
, these gardens are a memorial
to Dorothy Clive .Dorothy's husband, Colonel Clive, began the garden
so that she could enjoy walks around their property. Features include
a quarry with a waterfall, flower borders and a scree and water garden.
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Hawkstone Park and Follies |
12
miles north-east of Shrewsbury off A49 Hawkstone
Park is a fantasy world of follies and walks created in the 18th century,
hidden paths, secret tunnels and concealed grottos.Features include
the White tower, the Red Castle, a death-defying Swiss Bridge, an Indian
rock passage, the magnificent Serpentine Tunnel and Gingerbread Hall.
Lots of steps and precipious edges. more
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Hawkstone Hall and Gardens |
at
Marchamley, I mile north of Hodnet on A442 Hawkstone
Hall is a splendid Grade I listed mansion owned by the Redemptorists
who use the building as a pastoral centre. Terraces, lawns, Courtyard
Garden and a Winter Garden, as well as Victorian Rose gardens in front
of a lily-pool. Woodland walks. . more
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Hodnet Hall Gardens |
Hodnet,
near Market Drayton, on A53, garden well signposted in centre of
Hodnet, Hodnet Hall was built in neo-Elizabethan style in 1870 high
above a marshy bog. In 1922 A.G.W. Heber-Percy started the gardens,
digging lakes and pools from the marshes. Features lakes, 60 acre garden,
park, woodland walk. more
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Preen Manor Gardens |
In
centre of Church Preen village, 7 miles north-east of Church Stretton,
10 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, 6 miles south-west of Much Wenlock
A Cluniac monastery was established
here in 1150, the 6 acre garden
has been created amongst the ruined walls of the monastery and the ruins
of a Norman Shaw manor. Features
a yew tree, said to be the oldest in Europe. more
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Wollerton Old Hall Garden |
14
miles north-east of Shrewsbury off A53 between Hodnet and Market Drayton,
The garden at Wollerton was by Lesley and John Jenkins. This three-acre
plantsman's garden was laid out around the hall (not open to the public). Planting
has been experimental and the gardens combine formal design with intense
cultivation of perennials, roses and clematis. more
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Gardens In Shropshire
