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Little, though lovely town, on the border of Shropshire and Worcestershire counties. Very beautiful high street with some cafés

Great to stop for a coffee or lunch, plenty of pubs and little cafes on the high street. Pembroke House or the Fountain Inn have some really good lunch menus. If you fancy a hill challenge you can take the road from Tenbury to Clee Hill.

Nice Tenbury Wells Town.

Tenbury Wells is a small town on the Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire border. The river Teme runs through it. there are a large number of listed buildings in Tenbury including several of the iconic 17th century half timber construction.

Strange buildings in the heart of Tenbury Wells! Built in 1862, they were designed by James Cranston of Birmingham, who apparently based the design on his own greenhouse! According to the website, "It was one of the earliest examples of prefabrication, with the sheets being made in Birmingham and assembled on site." The plan was that the waters from the well had "healing properties", so Tenbury might become another of England’s famous spa towns. Sadly, no - but now we have these awesome strange buildings!

A view of the courtyard where you can view the courtyard

Rough track in parts, off road shoes required in wet conditions

Beautiful Garden plenty to see and smell

This 16th century inn was the main coaching house on the route from London to the North. The name commemorates the escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester when he hid in an oak tree.

There is the unusual Round Market, (which is actually oval in shape) built by James Cranston in 1858 near the junction of Market Street and Church Street. Originally called the Butter Market it was built to enable farmers’ wives to sell their butter and poultry inside, with walls to keep out the winds and rain.

A 17th century half timbered box construction residence. In the 18th & 19th century the building was known as the Barn and Barrel (a beer and cider house).

Built in 1681 with bricks from the brickyard in Bromyard Road/Terrills Lane. Note the long bricks. A staircase led to 3 bedrooms in the attic with straw mattresses used by casual Workers. The staircase was sealed off by a daub and wattle wall circa 1780.

Grade II Listed Building Public house. C17, refronted in probably early C19 with further late C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed with brick infill, faced in stucco with plain tiled roof behind parapet and rear brick stack. Three framed bays aligned north/south. Two storeys. Framing: some visible at south end including part of collar and tie-beam truss. West front elevation: there are two two-storey canted bay windows with 4-pane sashes (the left one is smaller and has narrow plain side sashes). The right bay has a first floor 4-pane sash. Two entrances flank left bay window and have flat canopies on shaped brackets; one has a four-panelled door, the other a six-panelled door. Large inserted archway with timber lintel at right end. Interior: much of framing intact.

The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN consists of a chancel 46 ft. 3 in. by 21 ft. 9 in., north vestry and organ chamber, nave 59 ft. 3 in. by 24 ft. 4 in., north aisle 59 ft. 10 in. by 20 ft. 1 in., south aisle 59 ft. 10 in. by 20 ft. 2 in., south porch, and west tower 10 ft. 2 in. by 10 ft. 1 in. These dimensions are all internal. The building has had a very chequered history owing to its proximity to the Teme, which, overflowing its banks at various periods, has caused great damage to the fabric. The tower dates from about the middle of the 12th century, and probably then adjoined a church consisting of a rectangular nave and small chancel similar to many of those in the neighbouring parishes. In the 14th century the present chancel was built and north and south aisles were probably added to the nave, bringing the main parts of the church to the same plan as at present. A disastrous flood in 1770 left the building practically a ruin and necessitated the entire rebuilding of the east and south walls of the south aisle and very considerable repair to the walls of the north aisle. The church, after being restored in 1864, was again flooded to a considerable height in 1886. The vestry, organ chamber and south porch are modern. The church is built of red sandstone, ashlar being used in the chancel, coursed rubble in the aisles, and courses of irregular sizes with some large stones in the tower. The chancel roof is of stone slates, and the roofs of the nave and aisles are slated. In the east wall of the chancel, which appears to have been either rebuilt or refaced, is a modern window of five cinquefoiled lights. In the south wall are three windows, each of two trefoiled lights with tracery of 14th-century character. The easternmost is entirely modern, but the external jambs of the other two windows are probably of original 14th century date. Between the two eastern windows is a modern doorway. On the north side of the chancel are a doorway to the vestry and an arch opening to the organ chamber. To the east of the doorway, just within the altar rails, is a canopied Easter sepulchre of about 1330. The front of the lower portion has five trefoil-headed panels, and the recess above has a subfoliated cinquefoiled head inclosed by a gabled and crocketed canopy with a pierced trefoil between the crown of the arch and the apex of the canopy. The whole is flanked by pilasters with gableted and finialled pinnacles. The finial of the western pinnacle has a notched projection which possibly supported one end of the rod for the Lenten veil. The recess now contains the diminutive effigy of a cross-legged knight in mail armour and long surcoat, wearing a sword and holding a heart in his hands; his head rests upon a pillow and his feet on a dog with large ears. This effigy, which dates from the 13th century, was found in 1814 embedded in a rubbish heap. The face is cut away and the left arm and the heart are slightly hacked, but otherwise the figure is in good condition. High in the wall above this recess is a small original squareheaded opening fitted with a door. Near the east end of the south wall is a 14th-century trefoiled piscina niche with a moulded ogee head and jambs. Only half of the original bowl, which is of octagonal form, remains; the outer half has been renewed. The pointed chancel arch is modern. The nave arcades are of four bays with pointed arches supported by piers of quatrefoil plan with moulded capitals and bases. Both arcades are modern, as is the tower arch, which is partly hidden by a west gallery. At the east end of the north aisle is a modern traceried opening to the organ chamber; when the wall at this point was opened out in 1891 traces of a large east window were found. In the north wall are three windows, each of three lights with tracery of 14th-century character; the tracery is modern, but the internal jambs and rear arches are original. The four-light west window is modern. The south aisle has a three-light window in the east wall, three similar windows in the south wall, and one of four lights in the west wall, all modern and of 14th-century character. The south doorway is also modern. The Norman tower is of three stages, divided externally by one horizontal string-course, and is surmounted by an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles, probably of the 17th century. The modern west doorway has detached jamb shafts and a semicircular arch of three orders; in the west wall of the second stage is a single light, much repaired and overgrown with ivy, and on the south is a clock face. In each face of the bell-chamber is a 12th-century window of two round-headed lights with cheveron-moulded heads under a plain semicircular arch; these windows are much weather-worn, but that on the north side is the most perfect. The west face of the tower is overgrown with ivy, and the lowest stage on the south is partly covered with plaster. There are modern buttresses at the western angles, and there are also two wide buttresses on the east, inclosed within the nave. The chancel, nave, and aisles have modern opentimber trussed roofs. The stone pulpit, the font, and a gallery extending across the church at the west end, are modern. Near the pulpit is a small oak chest, probably of the 16th century, measuring 3 ft. by 1 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 8½ in. high, with three locks, and at the west end of the north aisle is a large oak chest of the 18th century. Below the easternmost window in the south wall of the south aisle, half embedded in the wall, is an effigy of a cross-legged knight of about 1300, possibly of John or Robert Sturmy of Sutton Sturmy. He is in chain armour and wears a long surcoat and sword, one hand being laid across the hilt and the other on the scabbard; the left arm carries a shield charged with the arms of Sturmy. The exposed half of the face is much worn, and the feet and the lower part of the legs are broken off. Close beside this effigy are several fragments of mediaeval carved stonework, including some 12th-century capitals, and among them is one piece with a lion's paws, probably that on which the: feet of the adjacent effigy rested. Another piece of stone with interlacing strapwork ornament is probably part of the shaft of a pre-Conquest cross. There are other fragments in the churchyard to the west of the south aisle, among them some late 12th century capitals. At the east end of the south aisle is a fine alabaster tomb with recumbent effigies, commemorating Thomas Acton of Sutton, who died in 1546, and Mary, his wife, who died in 1564. The inscription, which is inscribed upon an alabaster tablet upon the east wall of the aisle, states that Thomas Acton's wife was daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey and that they had two sons Lancellot and Gabriell, both of whom died in infancy, and one daughter Joyce, who was wife of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote, and erected this tomb in 1581. Above are the arms of Acton, Gules a fesse and an engrailed border both ermine, with the crest of a bent arm in armour holding in the hand a sword with a boar's head thereon. The knight, wearing the plate armour of the period, with a small ruff, lies upon a mattress, his feet resting on a boar; the lady also wears a small ruff. These figures and the tomb on which they lie are beautifully executed. The sides of the tomb have panels divided by fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals and consoles supporting an enriched frieze with a dentil cornice. On the west and north sides are two shields of Acton; between the shields on the north are the kneeling figures of the two sons, and between those on the south is the figure of Mary with her arms of Lacon, Quarterly fessewise indented azure and ermine with a hawk argent in the quarter, and Acton impaling Lacon. Near this tomb a mark on a brass plate on the aisle wall indicates the height to which the flood water rose in the church on 14 May 1886. On the north wall of the chancel is a monument with a Latin inscription commemorating Patience wife of Edmond Lane, and only daughter of Philip Hunt of Marston, Herefordshire, who died in 1692. The tower contains a ring of six bells, recast and rehung in 1898

Take a photo of the map at the start to help you get around, some paths are closed due to nesting and lambing currently so shorter than normal.

Beautifully kept National Trust gardens with plenty to see and enjoy. There are even hammocks onthe garden to have a break and plenty of benches.

Lovely walk around the lake or the woodland, paths split off so you can do both. Some are closed currently due to lambing.

The Georgian grandeur of Berrington Hall has been under the management of the National Trust since 1957 and its grounds are free to enter. Its gardens were the last landscape design of the celebrated 'Capability' Brown. Its island adorned lake, Berrington Pool is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.