Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts (please check each shop for individual opening times) - Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Elizabeth K.

Great place to spend a day. So many wonderful, artisan shops to look around and places to get food and drinks. Wonderful atmosphere and story behind the place too. Also worth taking a walk down to the river, nice place to sit and very beautiful.

Hefin R.

An amazing selection of arts and crafts from a good collection of makers, all in this lovely setting.
Highly recommended.

Marianne

Ferrers centre has something for everyone, I went up for my lunch with my family, which was very nice, the sourdough toasties are particularly tasty, great coffee too.
There is a candle making shop, farm shop with lovely sausages, warm pasties, and a variety of other goodies.
There are artists' studios, pottery shops and studios, a couple of really nice gift shops, selling some original ideas for gifts, especially with Christmas coming up.
There is a very interesting gift shop that sells clockwork toys etc.
Picture framing place and woodwork shop.
The garden centre opposite is great too.
You can walk off your food around the grounds of Staunton Harold estate, and on a Sunday visit the church with its fantastic decorated ceiling, very unique.

Carol B.

We enjoyed a coffee and cake in The Stables Tearoom, for the first time in a year or two, and were pleased to see that the tables were a bit more generously spaced out to allow easy access to the other part of the tearoom.

As always it's a great place to spend a few hours, with a number of shops to browse round including a gift/art shop with work by numerous artists and craftspeople, a deli, and a gallery (but sadly that is closed on a Sunday). We love the setting of the Hall, and a walk round the lake and garden centre to finish.

Trehan

A surprise date by my wife today. I had no idea what we were doing and got quite concerned driving down the slim country lane. We arrived at the ‘Ferrers centre of Arts’ and I absolutely LOVED it!!!
Parking is Free. 🅿️
I can’t express to you how therapeutic this actually is. The staff were both amazing; warm, welcoming, accommodating and made us feel comfortable. You get to pick an item of your choice and paint it. The activity is what you make it but 💯% satisfying and 100% recommended. There are a few places you can do this, but situated within the ‘Staunton Harrold’ grounds makes it more appealing. I’d definitely recommend this to families, couples, parents with children even a date day 😉. Pricing is very reasonable. You pay for your pot, which includes everything; the service, time, paint and also the glazing! 😍
Thank you to @PaintAPotCraftStudio 🎨👨🏽‍🎨🖼️

jo B.

We love coming here. Our 3yr old loves to feed the ducks and visit the various shops. The centre has been lit beautifully for Christmas, we enjoyed afternoon tea with Santa at The Stables today. I would thoroughly recommend, the food was delicious, plenty of food with variety. All the children got to talk to Santa and the naughty elf. Parking is free on week days, but the Ferrer's car park is £2 on weekends for unlimited time.

Kyle W.

Lovely little place (been coming for years!) Sits in a park called Staunton Harold, the centre is full of artisan shops, pricy but for the quality, worth every penny! (The Cornish sausage roll literally melts in the mouth, all 6 inches of it!) The deli always had loads of one of things, always worth a taste, good selection! Cafe there & in the garden centre too (it's also great, does lunch meals too)! Also an aquatic centre for pond/tank plants & fish (only a basic selection) v. Helpful in there, but them up & you never know what you might get! Beware of the parking! On a w/e there's a £2 charge, cash, card or phone NO ♿ reduction (free if you use the garden centre ONLY, they mean it!) Park in the inner courtyard you could get locked in if you're not out by 4! The outer car park is on the road in, is for general, the middle bit, garden centre the r.h.s. of the visitors c/p has a gate they may close at 6!
IT'S A ONE WAY CAR SYSTEM! Head west to get out. R or L gets you to the Ashby-Swadlincote road (best use a sat nav if you don't know the area!) Also NT church & miles of woodland & grasslands walking, some marked, some not! Some areas are private!
Driver slowly & carefully going in! Don't say i didn't warn you!

Martin C.

The Arts and Craft centre is within the Staunton Harold Church grounds(National Trust). The Satnav may try to send you to the "out" or one way entrance but best to ignore and use the real entrance just past the reservoir parking area. The centre contains various shops within a courtyard located at the back of the garden centre . The cafe is welcoming and the cake great including gluten free. Coffee is ok a bit too strong for me though. A pottery ( Green Man) and jewellery shop is well stocked and contains some nice pieces. There is an Artisan bakery ,with some nice bread products. There is also a blacksmiths and a Mechanical toy shop with laser cut wood products turned into puzzles and cars, trains to build and run. Overall a good centre worth a visit , toilets clean and coffee shop good.