Fancy Visiting a Mansion? (The Complete Working Shugborough Historic Estate (Staffordshire))

Member Name: katygriff

Product:	The Complete Working Shugborough Historic Estate (Staffordshire)
Date:	25/11/08 (61 review reads)
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I can't believe I haven't already reviewed this place. Shugborough Hall is an amazing place to visit at any time of the year and it is always fun. I have been going for years ever since I was little and it is a favourite place to visit for all of my family. I will attempt to get over in this review how fantastic it actually is and then hopefully you will go and visit.

It is located in Stafford and just outside of the centre and there are plenty of signposts so you should be able to find it very easily indeed. It is in the middle of Cannock Chase so even before you drive onto the estate you have great Greenland everywhere and forests to walk through if you fancy it. We always take our dog down there as it has so many different walks and it is also great for cycling through.

So to get to the estate you have to drive down a very long drive indeed. Do not do what we did one year and let my fiancé drop us off at the end of the drive as that was one walk I won't forget in a hurry. It was horrible!!

So what is there to do at the Shugborough Estate? Well on any day when it is open you can go up and take a look around the Hall and the gardens which are huge and beautiful. There is a farm and then there are a few little shops and a cafe. It is basically somewhere you go to walk around and learn about the history of the mansion. I love the Shugborough estate as it is a working estate and you get to go around the mansion and even go to the servant's quarters.

It is very interesting and a lot of the time all of the staff will be in costume which is a lot of fun for everybody.

There is a cost to Shugborough which is £12 for adults and you may have to pay for parking. This does depend on what is on and what you want to do as if you just want to go and take a look it will be free to visit.

What you really go to Shugborough for though is the events and I go to the Christmas markets every year and also the Halloween event which is great. Throughout the year though they do things such as craft fairs which are great to go to. The Christmas fair though is particularly nice as there is a donkey there and hot chestnuts and then lots of little craft stalls. The atmosphere is nice too.

I do often go to craft fairs though which are usually in big marquees and have lots to see, do and buy for adults and children. I remember making kites there when I was little and it was a brilliant day back then and it still is now.

It is so much fun to walk around and I have to say it is definitely worth a visit so if I were you I would try it. It is always a good day and it doesn't matter much about the weather as everything is always good. I have to say I have never had a problem with staff either as they are always very nice.

A great location and a nice historic place to visit.

Thanks for reading.

xxx

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