Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1881 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Council welcomes award of ‘critical’ funding for museum service

09/10/2025
An image of the front of Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery in The Square.

Shropshire Council’s Museum and Archive Service has been awarded a £226,238 grant from Arts Council England’s Museum Renewal and Renewal Top Up…

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Swimming pools at Market Drayton Swimming and Fitness Centre to close for urgent repair work

08/10/2025
A picture of a swimmer to depict an example of leisure facilities

The swimming pools at Market Drayton Swimming & Fitness Centre will close from Wednesday 15 October 2025 until further notice while Shropshire…

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Oswestry Library opening times reduced due to anti-social behaviour

07/10/2025
Oswestry Library

Due to ongoing anti-social behaviour problems, the opening times for Oswestry Library are being temporarily reduced. From Monday 20 October to Saturday…

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Museums are Magic: Halloween Special at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

06/10/2025

Tickets are now available for Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery’s enchanting Halloween event, Museums are Magic: Halloween Special! taking place on Friday…

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Success for innovative tree planting project in Shropshire

02/10/2025
Trees Outside Woodlands Project Officer, Nick Rowles

After five successful years the Trees Outside Woodlands programme is coming to an end this autumn, after achieving tremendous results. The Trees…

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Vibrant Shropshire: arts organisations to deliver county-wide arts programme

01/10/2025
A celebration of creativity and community

Shropshire Council has announced that Vibrant Shropshire: A Cultural Compact has commissioned 13 organisations to deliver a programme of arts and cultural…

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Huge collection of historic Shropshire newspapers now viewable online

22/09/2025
Historic Shropshire newspapers are now viewable online

Shropshire Council has announced that a huge collection of historic Shropshire newspapers, dating back to 1772 have been digitised and made available…

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New exhibition “@Tight Control: Human Rights in Neon Lights” at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

19/09/2025
'Love not Pity', - in bright blue lettering and a love heart in red behind the word. All in neon lights in a stylised handwritten font The neon words are framed inside a transparent Perspex box/

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery is launching a new exhibition on Saturday 20 September, “@Tight Control: Human Rights in Neon Lights”, by…

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Exciting upgrades coming to Shropshire libraries

18/09/2025
Shrewsbuiry Library

Shropshire Council’s library service is delighted to announce that it has received funding from Arts Council England to support a major upgrade…

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A purr-fectly magical panto awaits!

15/09/2025
Photo credit: Victoria La Bouchardiere

The cast of Theatre Severn’s forthcoming pantomime DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT have ben unveiled, as the venue prepares to bring dazzling…

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