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Water Corn Mill

There has been a water-driven mill at Shugborough since the Middle Ages which is still fully working. Children discover how water power is harnessed using cogs, gears and machinery in order to drive the mill and eventually turn the grain into flour.

Links with History Unit 2: Houses and Homes, History Unit 11: Children in Victorian Times, DT Unit 2C: Winding Up. 

Available all year.  Approx time 1 hour

Victorian Schoolroom

The Victorian schoolroom is brought to life by a costumed guide who acts out the discipline and routine of a Victorian school day. 

Links with History Unit 11: Children in Victorian Britain, and incorporates numeracy and science aspects of the curriculum. 

Available all year.   Approx time 1 hour

Blitz for the Day

Ration books and gas masks at the ready as sirens sound and the air raid commences...experience the contrasts, characters and unmistakeable flavour of the 1940s at the Shugborough estate.  

Links with History Unit 9: Children in WW2.  

Available throughout the year.   Approx time 3 hours.

Grace and Favour

Experience the two sides of a Victorian Christmas at Shugborough. The children are entertained in Victorian splendour as a guest in the Mansion House then celebrate the Festive Season as a poor Farm labourer. 

Links with History Unit 2: Houses and Homes.

Available during November and December.  Approx time: 3 hours