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Gardens, Parks, Garden Centres & Nurseries
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| Brownhill House Garden |
Tel: 01939 261121 |
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 Ruyton XI Towns
08 miles from Oswestry Centre
Ruyton-XI-Towns. Open for NGS and also by appointment from May to August |
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| The Plassey Craft Centre |
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 Dee Valley
12 miles from Oswestry Centre
Award winning touring caravan park and craft centre |
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| Erddig Hall |
Tel: 01938 557 019 |
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Nr Wrexham
15 miles from Oswestry Centre
Unique 'upstairs downstairs' property, most interesting are the kitchens, laundry, bake house, stables, sawmill & smithy used by the servants. The stunning staterooms display most of their original 18th & 19th century furniture. The large walled garden has been restored to its 18th century formal design. |
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| Glansevern Hall Gardens |
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 Welshpool
16 miles from Oswestry Centre
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| Coed-y-Dinas |
Tel: 01938 555545 |
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 Welshpool
18 miles from Oswestry Centre
18 miles from Oswestry centre.
The garden centre with a difference! Something for all the family. This unique site is set in the Severn valley just south of Welshpool and has over 60,000sq feet of under cover shopping complete with an indoor children's play area, 200 seat restaurant, large pet and aquatic department anf food hall. Wow! Amazing! Wonderful! Fantastic-just a few of the comments from our customers. Thousands of products all competively priced. |
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| Dingle Nurseries |
Tel: 01938 555145 |
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Welshpool
18 miles from Oswestry Centre
The Dingle is an inspiring 4 acre RHS partner garden set in the beautiful Mid-Wales hills. Colour-theamed beds along winding paths lead down to a large lake where you can spot herons and swimming grass snakes! Alongside the garden is the nursery with a huge variety of trees, shrubs and perennials. Free tea and coffee. |
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| Powis Castle |
Tel: 01938 557018 |
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 near Welshpool
18 miles from Oswestry Centre
World famous terraced garden & medieval castle containing one of the finest collections of paintings in Wales. It was originally built as a fortress by Welsh princes & was later enriched by generations of Herberts & Clives. A beautiful collection of Indian treasures is displayed in the Clive Museum. |
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| Eckford Sweet Pea Show |
Tel: 01948 840779 |
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 Wem
20 miles from Oswestry Centre
The SWEET PEA SHOW is held in WEM each year in July, to celebrate the close association the town has with sweet peas, which all started over 100 years ago.
The link dates back in fact to 1888 when the world famous hybridist HENRY ECKFORD moved to Wem to continue his work with Sweet Peas and to start what was to become a seeds business famous throughout the world.
A special feature of the show, is the section for Old Fashioned Sweet Peas, most of them raised in Victorian Times by Henry Eckford V.M.H., with seeds available by post or from the society.
Within the show will be an numerous stands offering, Advice, Membership, Raffle, Horticultural accessories, Willow weaving demonstrations, Gifts, Cards, Souvenirs, Perennial plants etc, and of course, seeds for Old fashioned Eckford and Spencer Sweet Peas.
Free car parking. |
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| Attingham Park |
Tel: 01743 708162 |
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 Shrewsbury
25 miles from Oswestry Centre
National Trust: Mansion & Park, built in 1785. The park has walks along the River Tern and through a deer park. |
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| Chester Zoo |
Tel: 01244 380280 |
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Chester
30 miles from Oswestry Centre
Every visit to Chester Zoo is a unique and exciting experience. The UK’s number one Zoo, close to the historic city of Chester, is set in 110 acres of award-winning gardens. In this spectacular setting are over 7000 animals – more than 400 species of rare, exotic and endangered wildlife. We have created world class exhibits, which provide excellent welfare for the animals and an engaging experience for our 1.4 million visitors.
Chester Zoo’s gardens are deservedly famous and provide a glorious backdrop to the animals. With plants from around the world, the gardens reflect the natural habitats of some of our most exotic species.
Our play areas are spread around the Zoo to give the children the chance to burn off some of that energy. Mums and dads can have a well earned rest whilst the children are running, jumping and climbing in the play areas. If you want to join in why don’t you try out our golf course or boating lake?
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| Weston Park |
Tel: 01952 852 100 |
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 Shifnal
40 miles from Oswestry Centre
House and Gardens |
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