Acton Scott Hall

10/12/2024

Upcycled Storm Darragh casualty- the Lawson’s Cyprus (top of). It’s been a tough weekend for many. We hope our ‘not too serious about Christmas’ vibe makes you smile. Thank you Rachael and Kylie for help. 🎄

19/11/2024

Very excited to find this in our old header tank room today. I’ve been inspired by Saturday’s lecture with Been exploring every corner of the house! I am grateful for any thoughts #

16/11/2024

A fascinating and engaging lecture with Wallpaper History Society at the Art Workers Guild in London. This was my first event with this fabulous society. Met many brilliant but very welcoming people. Thank you! #

05/11/2024

A fantastic opportunity to look after the rare breed stock and work with the Heritage Farm’s fabulous new Director

An exciting opportunity to join our team - if you are passionate about farming and rural heritage this might be the job for you!!

Please share with your friends, family and colleagues and help us find the right candidate

19/10/2024

Still chance to book and join the cider making - bar available and the SUN ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️🍏🍎 is going to come out 😀😀

17/10/2024

Always lovely to support and engage with our local retailers. Well done Vine &Co. John, Kim, James, Alison and the rest of the team hosted a wonderful wine and cheese evening. halloumi style cheese was especially delicious and made down the road in Much Wenlock! Get yours at Vine&Co. Great to see a big crowd there. We are so lucky in Church Stretton and proud to offer our guests local produce at Acton Scott Hall.

03/10/2024

🍺🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🐴🍺After the great success of last weekend’s harvest festival at there’s now chance to come along to the cider making! Tickets are limited so book yours today. Heavy horse at work. 🐴 🍺 🍏 🍎 🍏🍎🍏 🍎 🍏🍎🍏🍺

01/10/2024

A lovely couple stayed in one of the cosy Shepherds huts for a special anniversary. One of them later made this beautiful cross stitch of Acton Scott Hall after a house tour! We have been given permission to share it. #

30/09/2024

Thank you to all who made this so memorable. Another step towards the fuller opening of the farm next year

22/09/2024

We are very thrilled to share this on behalf of Acton Scott Heritage Farm. 🌾

18/09/2024

Looking forward to another Harvest Festival at the farm 🙂

yOUR VISIT WHAT TO EXPECT The Trustees of Acton Scott Heritage Farm are delighted to announce two further special event days this autumn following our very successful programme of ‘coming back to life’ summer tours: Harvest Festival on Sunday 29 September (tickets now available); and Cider-makin...

10/09/2024

Our September House and Gardens Tour with end-of-summer colour in the garden is on 26th September at 2.30pm

Booking link in bio ‘what’s on’

02/09/2024

Sharing this to support a fabulous weekend of talks at two other local Historic Houses - Pitchford Hall and Stokesay Court. Please note this is not an Acton Scott Hall event .

Marches of Time14 - 15 Sept 2024↓ Marches of Time is Delighted to announce“A Brief History of Wine, with Hugh Johnson”Join us at Stokesay Court on the evening of Saturday the 14th of September for aTalk & Wine Tasting by the International Best-selling Wine Writer, Hugh Johnson,followed by a Ch...

14/08/2024

One from the archives! Francis with visitors on the top lawn. # #

09/08/2024

These guided farm tours are filling fast, so don’t miss out ! Reviews from everybody who have been have been outstanding and the farm is blessed with some incredibly knowledgeable and talented volunteers to interact with you on the day. Not to mention, yummy cakes. 😋

Our Farm tours have been so well received that we have added two extra times when you can visit.

08/08/2024

This event has sold out! Thank you to those who are coming.

Check the Acton Scott Hall website for future house tours and Stokesay Court for details of the inspiring speakers booked for the second Marches of Time weekend at Stokesay Court in September.

07/08/2024

Great News that Acton Scott Heritage Farm is in such capable hands. We look forward to welcoming you, Rachel.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rachel Lambert-Jones as Director of Acton Scott Heritage Farm.

Rachel will be joining us from the Cavalier Centre which she has led since January 2020. She was responsible for fundraising, managing staff, developing programmes and all aspects of the Centre’s operation. Rachel joined the Cavalier Centre following eighteen years in arts and heritage, most recently based at Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust jointly running the regional museum development programme which supported 143 museums and galleries to improve collection care, diversify their audiences and strengthen organisational health.

She has been a museum Trustee, Curatorial Adviser and University of Birmingham Student Mentor. Rachel grew up on a small holding and is a keen horse rider.