Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1842 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

News from our partners: Love Oswestry programme for 2023

02/02/2023
Love Oswestry: lanterns parade

News from our partners Love Oswestry Love Oswestry is back. Oswestry’s newest arts festival makes a welcome return this month. From Valentine’s…

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Market Drayton Library goes wild for activities with pre-schoolers

02/02/2023
Muddy Boots activities

Pre-school children in Market Drayton will be going wild for activities laid on by the town’s library. The Shropshire Council-run library has…

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News from our partners: Oswestry gym to benefit from £110,000 refurbishment

01/02/2023
Oswestry Leisure Centre's upgraded gym

News from our partners Shropshire Community Leisure Trust Limited Oswestry Leisure Centre’s gym is getting an upgrade, with the introduction of well…

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Art installation at Shropshire’s newest business park is taking shape

01/02/2023
The installation for Bishop's Castle Business Park

A new art installation destined to have pride-of-place at Bishop’s Castle Business Park is starting to take shape. Last year Planet Art,…

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Shrewsbury Market Hall named the nation’s favourite

26/01/2023
Men and a women standing in a line holding a glass award

Shrewsbury Market Hall has scooped the title of Britain’s Favourite Market in a national public vote. Supporters of the market voted in…

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Writers Lab club has perfect method for book publication

26/01/2023
People holding up books at Writers Lab

A group of creative writers is celebrating the launch of its debut book. The Writers Lab, which meets fortnightly in Shrewsbury Library,…

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Let’s do the Time Warp again!

25/01/2023
The Rocky Horror Show. Photo by David Freeman.

It’s astounding, time is fleeting – The Rocky Horror Show is celebrating 50 entertaining years with shows at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury,…

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Shropshire archaeological find sparks interest from the US and closer to home

25/01/2023
Nesscliffe find

Archaeologists puzzling over the carved stone found at Nesscliffe Hillfort in summer 2022 are delighted by the response to their call for…

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Shadow minister learns about county’s support for Armed Forces community

25/01/2023
Shropshire Council veterans hub co-ordinator Sarah Kerr, and some of the veterans who talked to Luke Pollard, Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces, about the support they receive from Shropshire Council.

With Census 2021 results revealing that one in 10 Shropshire households have one or more resident who has served in the Armed…

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Three more Shropshire detectorist finds declared treasure

19/01/2023
gold penannular ring

Three finds made by detectorists in Shropshire field have today been declared treasure by Shropshire Senior Coroner David Ellery at an inquest…

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