Colin Whitehead

Visited the cottage garden of Grafton Cottage on Sunday 04 August 2019. It was open for charity on behalf of the open gardens scheme of the NGS . The garden is very popular and is open to planned group visits during June to August. We spoke to the owner during our visit who said he was expecting two group visits next week , one of which was a coach party of 52!

The garden is a riot of colour with beds of huge bright flowers. It has a small stream running down the left of the garden and is well worth a visit!

Visited the Horsehay Village Hall on Saturday 25 August 2018 for the annual Flower , Fruit , Vegetable and Craft fair. It must be about twenty five years since we last visited the hall for a birthday party. It has been upgraded since then with a new entrance area being built on the right hand side.

It seems warmer with a modern kitchen / catering facility built behind the old main hall. A small car park for about four cars is available at that side of the building with safe parking available at the side of the road. For the flower show more parking was available by the industrial units further back down Bridge Road opposite Horsehay Pool.

At the left hand side is a bowling green.

Visited on a hot Sunday afternoon 05 August 2018. It was a pleasant easy walk up to Laura's Tower with a large flat viewing area by the Tower. There are pleasant views back across the town and down to the River Severn.

Went past the Next store on Thursday 05 November 2020 , the first day of England's lockdown number 2. Although the Next store is closed to visiting customers it has a desk in the doorway so customers ordering online can collect their goods. ( See photo)

Took our thin 6ft 6in son there to buy some jeans - a really good choice of quality jeans. The customer assistant was very supportive and the choice of sizes and fittings for our son was very good. We bought a pair after 15 minutes and will certainly use this store again.

Visited Jubilee House for a series of meetings in Autumn 2017. A small car park to the rear of the building with about 15 parking spaces can often be filled if there are meetings on in Jubilee House. A door at the front and another to rear from the car park are entered via a buzzer requesting access. Further car parking on the other side of Court Street.

A friendly reception team and free WiFi.