The Sitting Duck

The Sitting Duck is just outside the village of Greete, five miles from the famed Shropshire market town and September food and drink festival of Ludlow. A market is still held in the main square several times a week; plenty of shops and boutiques are around for other bits and pieces, and this foodie town has cafés and restaurants aplenty to suit all tastes (the Sitting Duck team particularly recommends the Millennium Green café by the Teme with its spectacular views of Wycliff and its castle). The Ludlow Food Centre is stuffed with fresh local produce to bag supplies for your evenings back at the boat. Around town, take time for Ludlow Castle, on a promontory overlooking the river; Ludlow Museum, at the Buttercross, and the Ludlow Brewing Company, for ale and food. Outside town, Ludlow Racecourse is 15 minutes' drive from your narrowboat base, and the fab Acton Scott Historic Working Farm half an hour away at Church Stretton.