Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1878 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Decisions made by Cabinet on Wednesday 21 June 2017

21/06/2017

The following decisions were made by Shropshire Council’s Cabinet at its meeting today (Wednesday 21 June 2017). To see the full agenda and papers, click…

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Draft Indoor Leisure Facilities Strategy to be considered by Cabinet

13/06/2017
people doing workouts indoors

A draft Indoor Leisure Facilities Strategy 2018 to 2023, which outlines how Shropshire Council intends to continue to encourage and support people’s…

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Residents views being sought to shape Church Stretton library service

12/06/2017
Church Stretton Library building

Residents in Church Stretton and the surrounding area are being asked their views to help shape what the library service will look…

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A new name for Ellesmere’s new community centre

12/06/2017

Ellesmere’s new community centre is to be called Our Space, Ellesmere Community Centre and Library. The new name was decided following a…

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New exhibition opens at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery celebrating Antarctica

06/06/2017
An image of an old king penguin in a display case at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

The doors to Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery’s much anticipated new exhibition, Antarctica: Life in a hostile land, are now open. Antarctica:…

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Whatever the weather, it won’t stop play in Shrewsbury this Bank Holiday weekend

26/05/2017
2 people drinking coffee at an outside table

News from our partners Shrewsbury BID (Business Improvement District)  No one can promise it won’t rain in Shrewsbury town centre this Bank…

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Shrewsbury Half Marathon (18 June 2017) – information for spectators and town centre visitors

22/05/2017

Roads in and around Shrewsbury will be temporarily closed on the morning of Sunday 18 June 2017, when hundreds of people are…

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Severn Valley Country Park to host a performance of Far From The Madding Crowd

15/05/2017
female character in a lane, from a Thomas Hardy novel

Shrewsbury-based theatre company Hotbuckle Productions will be returning to Severn Valley Country Park to perform their new adaptation of the Thomas Hardy…

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Museum and charity ensure warm welcome for visitors with hearing loss

12/05/2017
An image of 2 ladies and 1 man at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery promoting deaf awareness

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery and local charity, Signal, are celebrating the UK’s Deaf Awareness Week in May to ensure a warm…

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Whitchurch Skate Park ramped up

11/05/2017

After many years of campaigning, Whitchurch will finally get a skate park in the town. Over the last 10 years Shropshire Council,…

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