Enjoy the Great Outdoors and rediscover

family fun at Shugborough

Looking to appeal to a whole new generation of families who love the 'Great Outdoors',
Staffordshire's Shugborough Estate is offering even more family-friendly treats for
2!"#
$he %-a&re Estate, whi&h is managed by Staffordshire 'ounty 'oun&il, is now inviting
families to go (wild( with the kids and get ba&k to nature by redis&overing the )oys of
natural play - with a little help from the pi*ies+
,un, fresh air and freedom are being promised at the Estate's '-ilderness' area - an all-
new natural play spa&e &reated using woodland materials - aimed at giving parents a
&han&e to redis&over outdoors fun from den-building to wood-whittling#
$wo areas of the island .rboretum within the grounds of the magnifi&ent Georgian
mansion house have been set aside for the '-ilderness', whi&h features &lambering
logs, stones for &airn building, den-building materials### and even a blindfold trail#
(-e &an't guarantee you won't get muddy, en&ounter wildlife or even get a splinter# /ut
we absolutely guarantee you will have fun+0 said 1ark -innington, 'abinet 1ember for
E&onomy and 2nfrastru&ture with Staffordshire 'ounty 'oun&il#
.lready re&ognised as one of /ritain's best 'upstairs downstairs' e*perien&es as the
nation's most &omplete working histori& estate, Shugborough, has always been a top
visitor attra&tion for those who simply love the Great Outdoors#
-ith a heavy fo&us on natural play, the '-ilderness' area, not only has a magi&al island
ba&kdrop, but also a sprinkling of mythi&al mystery too#
$he name Shugborough is derived from the phrase (meeting pla&e of the pi*ies( and
many of the monuments within the grounds have mysti&al &onne&tions, so the new
'-ilderness' fittingly boasts its very own pi*ie dell for &hildren to dis&over#
. key element of the -ilderness design is to en&ourage old-fashioned outdoor fun from
ki&king-up leaves and building a den, while parents and &hildren &an also de&orate tree
stumps and &reate their own natural hanging s&ulptures#
Elsewhere within the grounds visitors &an help out at the farm &heese-making, bread-
making and even bottle-feeding newborn animals while in the restored -alled Garden
youngsters &an dress up naked s&are&rows and lend a helping hand with &hild-si3e
watering &ans+
Shugborough has long offered a &han&e to turn the &lo&k ba&k to a bygone era thanks
to the &ostumed &hara&ters bringing history to life in the Servants 4uarters and
Georgian ,arm, but for 2!" the 1ad 5atter and 'heshire 'at will )oin them+
,amilies &an follow the ''uriouser and 'uriouser' trail through the Staffordshire 'ounty
1useum, housed in the Servants' 4uarters, where visitors will be able to dress up as a
&hara&ter from the book and dis&over the strange world of .li&e in -onderland#
$he 1ansion 5ouse, Servants' 4uarters, ,arm and -alled Garden open again for the
season on ,riday 2!st 1ar&h 2!"#
,or details of opening times and more information, visit www#shugborough#org#uk
-Ends-
For further information, and photo-opportunities, please contact
'orinne 'addy
$el6 !77% 77!877
E-mail6 &orinne#&addy9staffordshire#gov#uk