What makes Weston Park even more special is that groups can spend time with knowledgeable team of staff. Head Gardener Martin Gee offers tours of the gardens and pleasure grounds and can talk from first hand professional and family experience about the generations of designers and plants people who have followed Capability Brown.
Curator & Head of Learning Gareth Williams has a wealth of knowledge from both the commercial and heritage worlds. he offers an itinerary building service for groups and is pleased to theme a groups' visit or to arrange visits to private houses with a specific historical link or focus on a particular aspect of fine and decorative art.
On-site activities
Weston Park hosts brilliant activity days
- With 1,000 acres of versatile parkland and 4x4 quarry, event management expertise and endless options, Weston can organise memorable tailor-made outdoor events.
- Archery, clay pigeon shooting, falconry displays, 4x4 off roading, quad and trail bikes, duck herding, ferret racing, treasure hunts
- Granary Art Gallery - is home to year-round changing exhibitions, items on loan from private collections and displays from our own collection
Local attractions
- Weston Park is ideally located as a base for exploring not only the grandest of British heritage (Chatsworth 1.5 hours; Powis Castle 1 hour; Chester 1 hour; Shrewsbury 35 minutes; Warwick 1.5 hours; Manchester 1.5 hours; Birmingham 40 minutes) but also offers an ideal opportunity for exploring the Welsh Marches and their remarkable private houses.
- Key museums, such as the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ironbridge Gorge's museums and the Wedgwood Museum are also within less than an hour's drive