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A family home for 500 years
Broseley, Shropshire, TF12 5RX
Asset | Opening time |
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House | 13:00 - 17:00 |
Car Park | 08:00 - Dusk |
Garden | 12:30 - 17:30 |
Countryside | Dawn - Dusk |
Please note that last admission into the property is at 4.30pm.
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £9.00 | |
Child | £4.50 | |
Family | £22.50 | |
One adult family | £13.50 |
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £3.00 |
Takeaway refreshments, including hot and cold drinks, snacks and cakes are available from the Shepherd's Shed in the car park.
Available for visitors to the Hall & Garden
Dogs are welcome in our woodland and countryside. Please keep under control and on a lead when cattle and sheep are grazing. Assistance dogs only in house and gardens.
Gentle slopes in the garden. Accessible toilet available. Steep slopes and uneven ground on woodland walk.
Accessible parking spaces available
1 mile north-west of Broseley (B4375), 4 miles north-east of Much Wenlock, 1 mile south-west of Ironbridge (B4373)
Parking: Free for NT members, £2 credit/debit card payment for non-members, 100 yards. Space for one coach
Sat Nav: We would recommend following the SatNav to either Much Wenlock or Broseley and follow the brown signs for the property to avoid narrow roads.
Telford Central 7½ miles. Taxis available from the station.
Arriva services Telford to Much Wenlock on route 18. For up to date time table visit www.arrivabus.co.uk/midlands/services/18---telford-to-much-wenlock/
Benthall Hall is a one pawprint rated place. Discover countryside walks surrounding Bentham Hall in Shropshire for you and your dog. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your visit.
Follow the orienteering trail around the woods and park to find all the control points.
A 16th-century mullioned manor house. Home to the Benthall family for 500 years.
A Restoration church built in 1667, after the English Civil War, during which time the original medieval church burned down.
A 19th-century garden planted by Botanist George Maw, featuring an extensive collection of crocuses.
Waymarked walks through the park and woodland, with views and footpaths to the Ironbridge Gorge.
Takeaway refreshments available from the Shepherd's Shed (an independent caterer) in the car park.
Find out what events we have planned at Benthall and St Bartholomew's Church this year.
Roll out your picnic blanket on the lawn and enjoy an evening of summer entertainment, suitable for the whole family.
Gather friends and family for a summer of play at Benthall Hall. Challenge your friends to a game in the garden or enjoy the choice of sports and play equipment available to borrow.
Taking inspiration from Benthall and the surrounding gardens, join us for nature and craft workshops. Make your own willow sculpture to take home or paint a beautiful watercolour.
Get ready for Christmas early, come along to our October craft fair and select beautiful handmade gifts.
Benthall may be small, but it’s packed full of things to do. Explore the house and then stroll around the gardens and stop off for a snack of tea and cake.
Take a stroll around the parkland and meadows, to discover a variety of grassland flowers, including wild orchids in June and July.
Takeaway food and drink is available from the Shepherd's Shed café kiosk in the car park at Benthall Hall.
Gather friends and family for a summer of play at Benthall Hall. Challenge your friends to a game in the garden or enjoy the choice of sports and play equipment available to borrow.
Join James this summer as he escapes from his awful aunts and sets off inside a ginormous peach on his wonderful adventures.
Learn how to create either a garden flower, a dragonfly or a cone basket that you can take home.
Come along to our craft fair with hand crafted items inspired by the Benthall Estate. Buy gifts for a loved one or treat yourself.
Situated on a plateau above the gorge of the River Severn, this fine stone house has mullioned and transomed windows, a stunning interior with carved oak staircase and decorated plaster ceilings and oak panelling.
The current house was built in 1535 but there have been Benthalls living on this site since the medieval period. During this time the house has been part of many interesting events from the Civil War to the Industrial Revolution.
In the garden there are fabulous crocus displays to be seen in the spring and autumn, there's also an intimate and carefully restored plantsman's garden, an old kitchen garden and interesting Restoration church.
Discover the history the Benthall family played in the Civil War, as being Royalists, the family supported King Charles I and this meant confronting the Parliamentarians.
Search for live volunteering opportunities, or register your interest with Benthall Hall.
Enjoy access to more than 500 places with National Trust membership. Join today and help protect nature, beauty and history – for everyone, for ever.