Cool Place of the Day: Walcot Hall, Shropshire
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Your support makes all the difference.Walcot Hall is a fabulous and little known country estate, perfectly placed for exploring the beautiful Shropshire Hills, and a great place to stay in its own right, with a Georgian house at its heart, and, in addition to a number of comfy self-catering apartments, a variety of quirky camping and glamping opportunities dotted around its sumptuous grounds.
It’s the sort of place to head for if you not only want to get right away from it all but you're also keen to stay somewhere really different, and very private. They have a wide range of options – three yurts, a gypsy caravan, a shepherd's hut in Walcot Hall's very own Arboretum, two 'showman's' caravans, a fire truck, and, perhaps our favourite, the wonderful 'Dipping Shed' – a two-bedroom open-plan apartment converted from a hunting lodge, which is a good ten-minute walk from the main house.
Some of these have their own facilities, the yurts share a converted henhouse loo, others use a 'long-drop' earth toilet in the woods; there is a gas-powered shower in a caravan, and you can also use the toilet block of the Walcot Hall campsite on the same site.
There's a pub in the village – the Powis Arms – and you're just a short (ten-minute) drive from Bishops' Castle, where there are shops, good pubs and a couple of great places to eat, including the restaurant at the excellent Castle Hotel. In the other direction, The Kangaroo in Aston-on-Clun is a proper locals joint serving good food – one of our favourite pubs hereabouts.
Martin Dunford is the Publisher of Cool Places, a new website from the creators of Rough Guides and Cool Camping, suggesting the best places to stay, eat, drink and shop in Britain (coolplaces.co.uk)
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