Although you will need transport here are a few FREE days out in Shropshire
No 1 RAF Cosford
There is so much to see at this FREE museum there are over 70 different aircraft on display all with information and stories behind them. As well as all of the amazing displays there are many different interactive things to join in with and learn from. Even if you aren’t an aeroplane fanatic it really is a great day out. It can take hours to make your way through everything there is and not only is it fun but it is also educational! It is easy to get to in a car or by train with the train station very close to the airbase. You can find out more on the RAF Cosford web site https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/
No 2 Carding Mill Valley
There is a car parking fee but there is no restriction on time you can be there. Great place for a picnic and the kids can play in the water. Plenty of space to roam and take a walk up the mountain. There is also a coffee shop where you can get refreshments. If you are a feeling very fit you can walk further up to where there is an amazing waterfall.
No 3 The Ironbridge
You can walk across the bridge or visit the different shops or have a walk around the antique centre. If you walk down to the bottom of the high street you will find Dale End Park which is a fantastic place to take a picnic or a football to have a kick around. You can get right up close to the river and there is even a play park for the kids.
No 4 Telford Town Park
Telford Town Park is set in the heart of Telford adjacent to Southwater and Telford Shopping Centre. There is so much to do and see there! Long walks with beautiful scenery and hours of fun with the children on its wide range of play equipment. There is a multi-use games arena, toddlers sand and play area, trim trail, large slide and spider’s web climbing frame, and a new water play feature. For those of you looking for a more peaceful time why not get away from it all with walks through beautiful countryside with wildflowers and established woodland areas, bridal pathways, and educational zones with historical features.
No 5 The Wrekin
The regions very own iconic big hill offers great picnic sites a walking challenge and some amazing views from the top. Capping the summit is a 20-acre Iron Age hillfort, once home to the Cornovii tribe. On a clear day from the 407m summit you can see 17 counties, and other hillforts, on the Malvern Hills (40 miles away) and in west Wales, would have been visible, too, in their heyday.
The Wrekin is also steeped in myth there is a story that one day a giant called Gwendol with a grudge against Shrewsbury decided to flood and kill everyone who lived there. He gathered a giant spade full of soil and started to make his way there. As he reached Wellington he met a cobbler who was returning from Shrewsbury with a sack of shoes. The giant asked the cobbler for directions telling him he was going to dump the spade of dirt in the River Severn and flood the town. The cobbler told the giant it was a very long way to Shrewsbury and pointed to his sack of shoes saying that was how many shoes he had worn out trying to get to Shrewsbury. The giant decided there and then to give up on his journey and he dumped his spade of dirt which then became the Wrekin. He then scraped off his boots which become the much smaller Ercall Hill next to it.