A visitor centre could be created at a Black Country beauty spot under new plans which would cement its place as one of the area’s most popular tourist attractions.
Surging numbers of visitors to Northycote Farm and Country Park in Wolverhampton has led to the application to transform a stable and storage area into the new centre. Bosses plan to fill it with photos of the Tudor farmhouse and its surroundings over the years. Notice boards featuring events planned at the historic site would also be installed.
It would also display details on the animals cared for at the Bushbury site.
Manager Ian Nicholls said today: “We are looking to open this visitor centre because of the increase in number of people who come along to the farm.
“We want to improve the whole visitor experience so there will be general information on display about the farm and hopefully a bit of history about the site.
“There are more people coming along to see the farm and they want to know more information about it, so this would be good to tell them a little bit more about the past as well as letting them know about the activities and events going on throughout the year,” he added.
“It is the kind of thing that can be expanded over time too if people want to add their own photographs or information into the centre,” he explained.
The attraction, in Underhill Lane, centres around a restored historic farmhouse set within 90 acres of park, woodland and pasture.
It was originally built in the reign of Elizabeth I and was inhabited by the Underhill family for 200 years.
A range of rare-breed farm animals are kept at the site, including Hereford cows and Shropshire sheep.
A host of activities take place throughout the year including spring and Christmas fairs and a folk festival.
The planning application for the visitor centre will be decided by the city council in the coming months.
For further information about activities organised at the popular farm, which is open from 8am until 5pm daily and also has a tearoom, telephone 01902 397906.
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I thought this was a Wolverhampton attraction. Does the E&S no longer recognise the City which provides it a home?
Time to ditch the reporters who seem to target their reports towards the subordinate radio stations that the E & S seems intent on devoting its resources to…. at the expense of its core business.
Meanwhile… a hundred yards away (or so) another attraction is advertised as a “Staffordshire” attraction…. yet it is inaccessible from anywhere but Wton.