Renowned for its stunning beauty, Arley Arboretum sits on the banks of the River Severn at Upper Arley, within the 1,600 acre Arley Estate. One of the oldest in Britain, this beautiful arboretum s open to the public courtesy of the Trustees of the Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust.
Wander among twenty-five rescued buildings from the 1300s to the 1940s, from a working post mill and tin church to Britain’s telephone kiosk collection.
This is a historic museum depicting Redditch's Industrial Heritage, which was opened in 1983 by Queen Elizabeth II.
You approach along a long drive that cuts through parkland dotted with old oaks and herds of sheep, the red sandstone of the house appearing gradually through the trees.
Humphrey Pakington’s house was built in the 1580s and has priest hides from when it was dangerous to be a Catholic priest in England. The Elizabethan building is now owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Tucked below the southern slopes of the Malvern Hills, this small manor feels half-hidden until you’re almost at the gate.
Built in 1884 as Winter Gardens, this arts hub links two theatres and a cinema; Elgar’s concerts and Shaw’s premieres shaped its twentieth-century story.
The museum holds over 10,000 ceramic objects, exploring the history of 250 years of industrial heritage.
Wander through Capability Brown’s first complete landscape and a Palladian country seat under careful repair, with Adam garden buildings and a 1940s-style tearoom.
You reach the gardens by a narrow lane east of Worcester, the red-brick walls of the estate running alongside fields before opening to an entrance framed by tall yews.
The garden at Stone House Cottage is the display garden for the adjoining nursery, which has the reputation of having one of the largest selections of rare plants for sale in the country – all the plants in the garden are painstakingly labelled.
You find it just off Sidbury, tucked behind high timbered walls that seem to fold the past into the city around them.
It sits on a rise just outside Worcester, a small brick cottage with low eaves and a view stretching over orchards towards the Malvern Hills.
The museum collections include over 90 buses, bus company art and photographs, as well as the largest collection of restored battery electric vehicles in the world. There is also the opportunity to see the restoration process in the yard.
Down Friar Street, where the timbered fronts lean slightly towards each other, you find the Tudor House — narrow, dark-beamed, and quietly wedged between later Georgian façades.
You step in from Foregate Street and the sound drops instantly — a mix of soft echoes and the faint hum of lights overhead.