| most offer countryside views; 1 is set in a turret. hot breakfast is complimentary. the understated rooms come with free wi-fi and flat-screen tvs, plus tea and coffeemaking facilities. all have en suite bathrooms. there's a relaxed restaurant/bar with 3 dining rooms, 1 with a fireplace. set in a rural area along the a41 road, this down-to-earth inn in a castle-style building with turrets and an annex is 5 miles from the hodnet hall and gardens, and 7 miles from melverley meadows nature reserve. check-in time: 12:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:00 am
Manchester Airport 1 hr 10
The Dorothy Clive Garden (20 min) Hodnet Hall Gardens (9 min) Cholmondeley Castle Gardens (24 min)
Elegant, 19th-century castle gardens with lakeside walks, a play area, plus llamas and pygmy goats. Shropshire Falconry Ltd (19 min) Moreton Corbet Castle (16 min)
The ruins of a medieval stone castle, gatehouse & Elizabethan-era manor can be visited for free. Woodseaves Miniature Railway (11 min) The Devil's Ring and Finger (18 min) Battlefield Falconry Centre (23 min)
Safari park and zoo St Alkmunds Church (14 min) Whitchurch Heritage Centre (14 min) Hawkstone Park Follies (12 min)
100 acres of parkland with rugged sandstone hills, gullies & caves, with a tearoom & services. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker (27 min)
A nuclear bunker and defence complex offering tours and 20th-century military history exhibitions. Brown Moss (16 min)
Nature reserve, wildlife, and nature Wollerton Old Hall Garden (7 min) | 
