The Area 

The area around Wild Ways offers a wide range of activities for visitors of all ages and interests. The Severn Valley steam railway runs to Highley Station, about a mile and a half from Wild Ways, with regular trains to Bridgnorth and Bewdley, linking with mainline trains at Kidderminster. About the same distance away is Ray's Farm, where you can meet many domestic animals and see a wide range of wild ones too. For more exotic beasts, there's the West Midlands Safari Park just a few miles away. There's a ferry across the River Severn at Hampton Loade, about two miles away. There's the Severn Valley Country Park just across the river. For history buffs, there are castles, hill forts, abbeys, the ancient roman city of Wroxeter, and, a little further afield, stone circles on the Welsh borders. For the more relaxed visitor, there are numerous country pubs to choose from.

Clicking on some of the pictures below will take you to the home pages of the attractions mentioned ...

The Severn Valley Railway

Ray's Farm provides plenty of opportunities to interact with the animals such as these goat kids.

West Midlands Safari Park has a wide range of more exotic animals, including lions, cheetahs and giraffes.

Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle
South Shropshire
A bronze-age stone circle located in a dramatic moorland setting in South Shropshire near to Bishops Castle. Legend as it that this is the stone from which King Arthur pulled Excalibur.

Oswestry Hillfort (Old Oswestry)
Tel: 01691 671323 for information
On the northern edge of Oswestry with access via Llwyn Rd. This is a fine example of an Iron Age fortress first occupied in around 300B.C.E. It is an impressive structure with huge earthwork ramparts & ditches. Said to be the birthplace of Arthur's Queen Guinevere. Has wonderful views of Shropshire.

Wroxeter Roman City
Tel: 01743 761330 for information
Wroxeter, Roman name "Viroconium", has the excavated remains of the second largest Roman city in Britain. Impressive ruins include 2nd century baths and remains of a huge gateway. According to Graham Phillips in his book 'King Arthur: The True Story', King Arthur moved into the abandoned Viroconium after the Romans left and re-named it Camelot!