Shaun the Sheep at Anglesey Abbey

Today we visited Anglesey Abbey to walk the Shaun the Sheep Trail.

This is how it is described...

"Get ready for a baa-rilliant day out as Shaun the Sheep comes to Anglesey Abbey this spring.

From 1 March to 27 April 2025*, twelve ewe-niquely designed Shaun the Sheep sculptures will be displayed at the National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill in Cambridgeshire.

In collaboration with Wild in Art and Aardman, the Find the Flock trail promises fun for the whole family. Each super-sized Shaun the Sheep sculpture, standing tall at 160cm, will be positioned at iconic locations around the gardens at Anglesey Abbey.

The flock has been painted by twelve different national and international artists with bright colours and funky, bold patterns. Visitors are invited to pick up a trail map and embaa-rk on a journey through art and adventure around the grounds, learning more about the artists as they go."

This was the invite from Joyce.

"I will be there at 10.30am sipping a coffee if you want to join me. We will gather in the entrance area at 11am to start the trail. There are a couple of coffee stops (with sausage rolls etc) on the way round and if the weather is okay, we can picnic for lunch too outside. I will bring my lunch with me. The grounds are beautiful, the winter walk is very fragrant and the spring flowers should be abundant. I am planning on visiting the house too. It will be a ‘mooching’ type of day with about 3 miles of walking. It really is a lovely place to visit. Parking is free and plentiful. Gift and garden shop on site too." 

We gathered at the café for 11am... 

...and set out on the trail, doing the first 7 in order and then the remaining 5 in reverse as we walked anti-clockwise around the grounds.

I donated £1 for the map.

Here are a few of my photos of the Shauns.

#1 Shaun the Sheep, outside the entrance.

#2 Shaunberry.

#3 What Ewe-eat?

#4 Shaunucopia

#5 River Baaank.

#6 Garden Plaaants.

#7 Sunshine.

#12 Birds of a Feather

#11 Shaun the Shape.

#10 Lemon Drop

#9 Barbed-baa

#8 Jungle Baa-nanza.

And here are a few of my photos of the winter walk and spring flowers.

You can see more of my photos including captions and punning jokes for each statue here on Flickr.

Thanks Joyce for organising us to go and to all the artists for the lovely creations.