Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Library hosting workshops declaring young people’s love for Oswestry

10/02/2022
Oswestry Library - zine workshops poster

Young people in Oswestry are being invited to share their love for their hometown this Saturday (12 February 2022), and in a…

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Shrewsbury Riverside ambitions unveiled

08/02/2022

Major ambitions to transform Shrewsbury’s town centre for generations have been unveiled by Shropshire Council. The council bids to create a truly…

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Chance to nominate Batonbearers for the The Queen’s Baton Relay is close to the finish line

07/02/2022
The Queen's Baton Relay advert

Time is running out for people to make their nominations for Batonbearers from Shropshire for the The Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of…

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News from our partners: New Ellesmere artwork will celebrate Rights of the Child

04/02/2022
John Merrill’s wooden sculpture, "Refuge", is a popular artwork in the Jebb Garden next to The Mere in Ellesmere.

News from our partners Ellesmere Sculpture Initiative On a summer day 100 years ago, someone born in Ellesmere climbed to the top…

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Saturday opening and special events for Shropshire Archives collections in Shrewsbury

04/02/2022
From Shropshire Archives collections: A charabanc outing in Whitchuch around 1921 (Ref: PH-W-18-8-163)

Anyone looking to the past for research projects will be able to access the services of Shropshire Archives on selected Saturdays from…

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Suggestions sought for future of Acton Scott Farm

31/01/2022
Acton Scott Farm consultation survey graphic

Ideas and suggestions to help shape the future of Acton Scott Historic Working Farm near Craven Arms and Church Stretton are being…

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News from our partners: Shropshire Hills national landscape strengthening by the Government

21/01/2022
An image of the beautiful Shropshire Hills on a sunny day

News from our partners Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership Two years on from the independent Landscapes Review led by Julian Glover, the Government…

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Athletes set for return to The Mere in Ellesmere for world class triathlon

19/01/2022
Triathlon athlete

Some of the UK’s top triathlon competitors are set to return to Ellesmere for a world championship qualifier race. The two-day event,…

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Morecambe and Wise homage brings sunshine to Shrewsbury

18/01/2022
Dennis Herdman Mitesh Soni and Thom Tuck in The Play What I Wrote at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Theatregoers in Shropshire are in for a surprise when “The Play What I Wrote” opens at Theatre Severn next week. Audiences will…

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New Ladybird books exhibition takes readers back to childhood

17/01/2022
Ladybird Books exhibition

Visitors to Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s latest exhibition will be taken back in time to their childhoods and memories of Ladybird…

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