Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
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Brilliant family day out ..very informative and loved the role play going on.
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Visited Acton Scott Heritage Farm on Sunday with a group of friends. The setting is so beautiful, nestled in the Shropshire Hills. The Farm has been preserved with such care by a dedicated team of volunteers and staff, and continues to be managed using traditional methods. A real time capsule.
Each weekend the team present relevant aspects of the Edwardian farmer's year. Edward the Shire Horse is usually there, demonstrating why horses are so amazing.
You can try your hand at crafts like spinning or threshing, or help decirare the site for seasonal festivals. They also run workshops.
We loved seeing the rare breed pigs, sheep and cows. Look out for the Duchess, a very regal Old Spot pig.
The cafe was excellent and all the team are passionate and welcoming. It's a great day out for all ages.
Each weekend the team present relevant aspects of the Edwardian farmer's year. Edward the Shire Horse is usually there, demonstrating why horses are so amazing.
You can try your hand at crafts like spinning or threshing, or help decirare the site for seasonal festivals. They also run workshops.
We loved seeing the rare breed pigs, sheep and cows. Look out for the Duchess, a very regal Old Spot pig.
The cafe was excellent and all the team are passionate and welcoming. It's a great day out for all ages.
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Nice visit with the family while staying nearby. Friendly staff. Lovely to see the old farm, machinery etc. a few activities on for the younger kids. Probably stayed just over an hour. Maybe a little pricey for what you got.
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A lovely heritage farm with pleasant and friendly staff. The staff provided excellent knowledge surrounding the site and its heritage. There are activities throughout the site and staff on hand for support.
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Great day out
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Really interesting way of showing how farming used to be. Loved the shire horse demonstration. Very friendly staff. Very clean toilets and good cafe. Great place to visit !
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We had a wonderful day at Acton Scott farm!My 2 granddaughters loved seeing Edward the shire horse and as we all gathered around to see him being tacked up, he ‘passed’ an enormous amount of wind which ALL the children and adults enjoyed enormously! We managed to get Dulcie the HUGE pig to come out of her sty by throwing her a large apple. She was amazing and very funny. Wonderful also to be able to tell the grandchildren that all the farming equipment that we saw would have been used by their great, great poppa a few miles down the road in Tenbury Wells. Nice lunch- cafe a bit overwhelmed. Great day.
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A very well organised event with lovely people running the stalls with great cakes - I super turnout and efficient Marshalls on a sunny afternoon -
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Very knowledgeable staff, lots to see and do. Cafe is very good.
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Had a lovely couple of hours at the farm
Very informative lovely to see how things used to be run. Great to see the shire horses. What really makes this place is the people who work there . Ann in the garden was passionate about what she does and we came away with lots of tips.
Also, the old washing days with the wringer and tub. Thanks for a lovely time
Very informative lovely to see how things used to be run. Great to see the shire horses. What really makes this place is the people who work there . Ann in the garden was passionate about what she does and we came away with lots of tips.
Also, the old washing days with the wringer and tub. Thanks for a lovely time
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So happy Acton Scott is open again - loved seeing all the animals, especially the piglets and the shire horses.
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Lovely heritage farm. The Shire Horses are so handsome and we got to watch Edward have new shoes fitted as well as a harness demonstration. Wonderful day out young or old.
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A great day out, lots of things to see and do. The children particularly enjoyed watching the shire horses being shoed.
Sweet little gypsie caravan that the children also loved playing in. Nice cafè to. Will definitely go again
Sweet little gypsie caravan that the children also loved playing in. Nice cafè to. Will definitely go again
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Really good working farm with lots of animals to see and some really interesting demonstrations of farming in Victorian times.
Still some teething things to iron out, e.g. the tours had finished before we arrived and the horse gin finished as we got there. There ate lots of interesting things to see and the children really enjoyed it!
Still some teething things to iron out, e.g. the tours had finished before we arrived and the horse gin finished as we got there. There ate lots of interesting things to see and the children really enjoyed it!
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Absolutely brilliant day out, very relaxed and the volunteers were so friendly and full of information. We had such a lovely time just wondering about, taking in all the sights and sounds. There was so much information to read and I have to say, the animals were in wonderful condition and looked after so well!
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A great day out, if you're looking for loads of things to see you'll be dissapointed...but if you talk to the folks there, listen as they tell you about the place, it's a treasure trove of knowledge. We'd been there an hour & only reached the cafe, which was handy as it was lunch time. Food was great, freshly made & the sponge cake was the best I'd had in a long while.
We certainly return.
We certainly return.
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We throughly enjoyed our visit to Acton Scott Farm. Whilst there we were lucky enough to see Edward the shire horse in work during a hay making demonstration. Staff were all very friendly, kind and informative.
Our children were fascinated with the farm machinery and all of the animals.
We will definitely be returning in the future.
Our children were fascinated with the farm machinery and all of the animals.
We will definitely be returning in the future.
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Really high quality, authentic experience at Acton Scott, which we'd heard so much about. All the activities were appropriate and well delivered, with the in-character staff both knowledgeable and friendly. The scenery provides the perfect backdrop for timeless reenactment of historic pastimes, which were also fun to get up close to and try first hand. Cafe is superb and would be great to visit again even without rentering the farm. Don't forget to call in at hatton farm just up the road for fresh organic milk from their vending machine too!
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Sorry for the delay in this comment but haven’t had a chance since we returned home from our weeks break in Shropshire, but still feel so impelled and moved to do so !!! We visited here at the start of May on my 56th birthday and had SUCH a perfect day !!! 😊 EVERY member of staff couldn’t have been any more helpful, informative, and friendly ♥️🫶🏼. I also shed a happy tear of nostalgia as the barns, buildings, and shepherds huts ( used to have a few camps in some of those back in the day ! 😉) reminded me of my youth spent growing up in a rural hamlet in Buckinghamshire and many happy carefree days surrounded by such things. The restaurant in the old school house was incredible !!! The home made Fidget Pie 🥧 was delicious 😋 and we also took extra slices of the Rhubarb cake and the Coffee and Walnut cake back home with us too as also SO delicious 😋 !!!
All in all, a wonderful experience and you certainly deserve to have lots of visitors !!!
We will be back again and bringing some friends with us next time too !!! 😁
All in all, a wonderful experience and you certainly deserve to have lots of visitors !!!
We will be back again and bringing some friends with us next time too !!! 😁
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It was an absolutely amazing day today despite heatwave temperatures. Thank you to everyone who made the day so special for our group visit.
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We spent a lovely few hours here at Acton Scott. We were given a warm welcome and joined the free tour of the farm which was very informative. The Shires were lovely and it was great to see them being put to good use by moving large wheels about. However, we did feel that it was a real shame about the lack of other livestock at the farm, and apart from the stable man, house wife and garden man, there were no other people to talk to the day we went so we didn’t really get a feel for any of the dairy or livestock side of the farm, or the machinery, smithing or woodwork. There was also only one demonstration of harnessing when we went which sadly we didn’t get to see as we left before this. A few more demonstrations would have been nice. I do however appreciate the farm is ran by volunteers so it’s a case of who is there the day you go. Shame Shropshire Council for no longer supporting it. However, the cafe is a must visit when you go, the cakes are gorgeous and well worth the price. Overall, I would return to Acton Scott on another sunny day as for a place to spend a few hours exploring in the sun it is perfect. I would love to see it restored back to how it was when I visited as a child. A bustling working farm full of life stories.
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A great place to visit with family. We heard a very interesting talk on shire horses, saw some spinning visited the herb garden and loved seeing the calves. The cafe lunch was good. Even better when all the old machinery, butter making, barrel making etc it back up and running as it used to be.
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Stunning , beautiful countryside , warm welcome , to this heritage farm. Plenty to do and see, lovely busy cafe. Well worth a visit later to The Hall ( by arrangement)
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A brilliant morning with the heritage farm, very informative with excellent demonstrations by staff. A very nice lunch with excellent cake. Very busy in cafe a little long waiting for 2 of our 8 meals.
Excellent views.
Excellent views.
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Amazing Acton!
Revisited after 30 years, this time with grandchildren, not children. They loved it, had a picnic, listened to shire horse info & asked questions, planted 2 types of beans in an eco friendly compostable container (paper!) ate a fresh radish, played hopscotch, read about farming of yesteryear & generally we all had a fabulous 3 hours.
Revisited after 30 years, this time with grandchildren, not children. They loved it, had a picnic, listened to shire horse info & asked questions, planted 2 types of beans in an eco friendly compostable container (paper!) ate a fresh radish, played hopscotch, read about farming of yesteryear & generally we all had a fabulous 3 hours.
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