LINKS
Places to Eat
The Baron of Beef Bucknell The nearest local pub and restaurant
Milebrook House Hotel Knighton Delicious locally sourced food in an award winning restaurant
The Crown Inn, Newcastle A family friendly local with extensive lunch and evening menus and a takeaway service.
01588 640271
Things to do
Chapel Lawn Village Hall Find out what happens in this vibrant and friendly community; Flicks in the Sticks, yoga, astronomical meetings.
Hergest Croft Gardens A garden for all seasons. Four distinct gardens extend over 70 acres. Open daily from April to November. Kington, Herefordshire 01544 230160
Mickey Miller's Family Play Barn Fun for the whole family
Offa's Dyke Association Knighton Walk Offa's Dyke or part of it
Phil price Rally School Knighton Enjoy the fun of rallying - a great birthday or anniversary present
Severn Valley Railway 16 miles of glorious countryside viewed from a steam powered train. A great day out for the whole family
Wheely Wonderful Cycling Wigmore Cycle hire for a day or by the hour. Wheely Wonderful Cycling offers good quality trail bikes or mountain bikes for all the family, also tandems and trailer bikes and provide well researched route guides and maps. Plenty of safe parking at Petchfield Farm, Elton.
Powys Ramblers Powis branch of the Rambler Association with lots of information about available walks, organised events and useful links.
shopping
Aardvark Books Brampton Bryan A comprehensive and wonderful book shop
Harry Tuffin Supermarkets Knighton
art and craft
Shropshire Weavers Fiona Nisbet is a textile designer, spinner, knitter, weaver and dyer. Fiona teaches and gives workshops and demonstrations:
Moral Fibre Small workshop providing washed and carded wool for spinners and feltmakers - Ludlow is a beautiful medieval town with a long history of wool milling. It recently became the first UK ‘Cittaslow’ or ‘Slow’ town - an international movement based on the principles of diversity, sustainability and local community - and as such fits well with the Moral Fibre ethos.
School House Crafts Fine art gallery and specialist picture framers in Leintwardine
accommodation
Well House Bed and Breakfast Chapel Lawn Patrick and Di are often prepared to provide an evening meal for my visitors if booked in advance. Their beautiful house is only a short walk from the farm at the bottom of the track and Di cooks a mean dinner and serves it up in their lovely welcoming dining room.
South Shropshire Farm Holidays