Onny Meadows
30 acre meadows beside the River Onny at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre.
Visit Us
From our home in the heart of the Shropshire Hills, we love to encourage the exploration and discovery of our surrounding landscape that is steeped in history, nature, and local culture.
With a café offering locally inspired food and 30 acres of riverside meadows, we invite you to explore within stunning surroundings.
Our exhibition, tracing the Shropshire Hills Through Time from the Condover mammoth onwards, inspires a journey of the area. Our jam-packed event programme consists of large-scale community events as well as courses, workshops and family activities alongside our commitment to our diverse education programme with thousands of school children visiting every year. Take home a memory of your day or a unique gift from the wide variety available in our gift shop.
Our Meadows
30 acre meadows beside the River Onny at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre.
Exhibition
Follow Tusker’s footsteps from the shop into the exhibition, be greeted by the impressive mammoth’s rumble and explore to your heart’s content.
CaFé
In our café, we are very proud of celebrating the best of Shropshire Hills food. We make dishes from scratch on the premises using locally sourced produce.
Shop
Shop with us here at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. Discover a unique range of gifts and cards, books, local artisan crafts and local food products.
Group Visits
If you’re planning group visits to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre , whether it be a coach journey or a day out for your club and anything in between, let us help you.
Walking & cycling
Shropshire is a county criss-crossed by footpaths. The Shropshire Hills provide some amazing places to walk, still relatively unknown, and yet beautiful, varied and majestic.
Explore Further
Exhibition
Follow Tusker’s footsteps from the shop into the exhibition, be greeted by the impressive mammoth’s rumble and explore to your heart’s content.
Café
In our café, we are very proud of celebrating the best of Shropshire Hills food. We make dishes from scratch on the premises using locally sourced produce.
Shop
Shop with us here at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. Discover a unique range of gifts and cards, books, local artisan crafts and local food products.
Group Visits
If you’re planning group visits to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre , whether it be a coach journey or a day out for your club and anything in between, let us help you.
Walking & Cycling
Shropshire is a county criss-crossed by footpaths. The Shropshire Hills provide some amazing places to walk, still relatively unknown, and yet beautiful, varied and majestic.
Geocaching
The Onny Meadows includes an orienteering course which has been used for many events. The British Orienteering website contains an introduction to the sport and an events list.
Fishing
We are pleased to offer both coarse and fly fishing on our stretch of the River Onny from Kingfisher Corner down to where the river flows under the A49.
Onny Meadow Camping
Our temporary campsite is open from July 15th until September 17th 2023, and provides a tranquil setting in our hay meadows, with the river Onny right alongside the site.
Accessibility
Grow Cook learn is committed to ensuring that we provide access to our Centre and grounds to people across the ability spectrum. Our work to improve accessibility is ongoing as we try to encourage visits from people with a range of disabilities.
hire our facilities
We have a selection of rooms for hire for group meetings, parties, conferences or get togethers. In our unique setting with ample space, you can escape to the countryside to get more out of your meetings, hold your club gathering here and enjoy the cafe and meadows.