Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1878 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

BBC local radio books in library partnership

14/10/2016
Books in a Shropshire library

BBC local radio stations are encouraging their listeners to get reading as part of a major new partnership with the country’s public…

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Shropshire libraries showcase the best of poetry during National Poetry Month 2016

03/10/2016

Shropshire’s libraries are joining the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical this month, with a variety of top regional poets…

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Shropshire History Day to showcase county’s history and heritage

30/09/2016

Shropshire History Day – a showcase for the history and heritage of the county – takes place at Shirehall in Shrewsbury on Saturday…

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Bridgnorth swimming pool temporarily closed to install new changing rooms

29/09/2016

Bridgnorth Leisure Centre will be temporarily closed as of immediate effect to install the new changing rooms, as part of the £400,000 redevelopment of the centre

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Giant stained glass images projected onto Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

28/09/2016

Giant images of stained glass works by Shrewsbury-born artist Margaret Rope will be projected onto the front of the town’s Museum &…

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Council invites proposals for keeping swimming pool in Shrewsbury town centre

21/09/2016
A picture of a swimmer to depict an example of leisure facilities

Interested organisations will find out next week how to prepare and submit their proposals for keeping a swimming pool in Shrewsbury town…

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Runners step up to the mark in Shrewsbury runs

21/09/2016
Athletes starting a yearly race over bridges in Shrewsbury, organised by shropshrie Council and others.

On Sunday 18 September 2016 Shropshire Council’s leisure services team organised the Severn Bridges 10k Road Race and a 1k Fun Run.…

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Funding will continue for leisure operator in the short term

14/09/2016

Proposals to reduce funding to a local leisure operator have been delayed for a year. The proposed 25% management fee reduction to…

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See the Flying Scotsman and Tornado locomotives race through Severn Valley Country Park

14/09/2016

Between Thursday 22 September 2016 and Monday 26 September 2016 the steam locomotives Flying Scotsman and Tornado are visiting the Severn Valley…

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Exhibition tells the stories behind Shropshire’s fascinating place names

09/09/2016

A fascinating free exhibition bringing to life the stories behind Shropshire’s varied place names is now on show at Shropshire Archives on…

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