Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1904 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Spectacular Shropshire Diamond Jubilee Pageant is a ‘sell-out’

12/06/2012

More than 35,000 people have requested tickets for an event to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with registrations now closed to the public.…

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Market Drayton Swimming Centre to reopen

01/06/2012

The swimming pool at Market Drayton Swimming Centre will re-open on Wednesday 6 June following essential work to stop it from leaking.…

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Raising awareness of BBQ and camping equipment safety

01/06/2012

Shropshire organisations are working together to raise awareness of precautions that can be taken when using barbecues and heating appliances during camping and caravanning trips.

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Horses at the heart of farm’s Jubilee celebration this weekend

31/05/2012

Acton Scott Historic Working Farm is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee with a mini-festival this weekend from Saturday 2 to Tuesday 5 June.

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Olympic Torch Relay in Much Wenlock

30/05/2012

Around 10,000 people, including the national media descended on Much Wenlock today (Wednesday 30 May 2012) to line the streets and welcome…

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Shropshire communities give the Olympic Torch a special welcome

30/05/2012

Thousands of people welcomed the Olympic Torch Relay in Shropshire on Wednesday 30 May 2012.

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Olympic Torch visits Shropshire again

29/05/2012

The Torch is being carried by inspirational Torchbearers through Oswestry, Pant, Llanymynech, Shrewsbury, Cressage, Much Wenlock, Benthall and Broseley today (Wednesday 30 May 2012).

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Local singer to open Shropshire Proms evening

25/05/2012

Organisers of the Shropshire Proms concert to be held at Oswestry Showground on Friday 1 June 2012 have announced details of two…

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Thousands line the streets to welcome the Torch in Ludlow, Clee Hill and Cleobury Mortimer

24/05/2012

A sea of smiling faces and flags greeted the Olympic Torch Relay as it stopped off in Ludlow, Clee Hill and Cleobury Mortimer on its 8,000-mile journey around Britain today (Thursday 24 May 2012).

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Olympic Torch arrives in Shropshire today

23/05/2012

The Torch will be carried by inspirational Torchbearers through Ludlow, Clee Hill and Cleobury Mortimer today.

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