Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Countryside activities for next generation of rangers

14/01/2022
Shropshire countryside

Young people with a love for the countryside are able to lend a hand managing and protecting the county’s landscape with the…

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Theatre Severn hosting BBC Question Time

12/01/2022
Question Time set

Audiences tuning in to BBC1 Question Time will be enjoying lively debate hosted by Shropshire Council’s Theatre Severn tomorrow evening (Thursday 13…

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Gobowen coin hoard declared treasure

11/01/2022
Gobowen Hoard after conservation

A hoard of 337 Roman silver coins discovered in a field in Gobowen has been declared treasure by a coroner. The hoard…

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Curtain comes down on Theatre Severn’s extraordinary panto season

06/01/2022
Peter Pan at Theatre Severn (Pamela Raith Photography)

Audiences and the pantomime production team at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury are celebrating as the curtain falls on another successful season. Almost…

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Time running out to see Bronze Age bulla at museum

08/12/2021
Bulla sun pendant

Time is running out for people to visit an extraordinary 3,000-year-old sun pendant, or bulla, in a Shropshire museum. Shropshire Council’s Shrewsbury…

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Shaping the future for Acton Scott Historic Working Farm

06/12/2021

Plans are being made for people to share their views over the future of Acton Scott Historic Working Farm in the new…

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Teenagers set up book group at Ellesmere Library

01/12/2021
Founder members of the Ellesmere teen’s book club, (from left ) Victoria Moughton, Josh Martin, Evie Edwards and Charlotte Hynes  (Picture: David Atkinson)

A group of young people have formed their own reading group at Ellesmere Library – proving that not all teenagers are totally…

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Curtain going up on this year’s pantomime at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury

30/11/2021
The Panto Adventures Of Peter Pan cast poster

It’s panto time! Oh yes it is! The curtain is going up on this year’s pantomime at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury.  Audiences will be taking…

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Cheers to the rural pub project research volunteers as 10 sites picked

29/11/2021
Pub

A team exploring historic Ordnance Survey maps from the 1880s onwards have been working out the evolution of 200 pub buildings across…

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Shropshire’s prehistoric treasures saved for all to enjoy

25/11/2021
Axe heads. Copyright: British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme

Seven separate prehistoric hoards discovered in north Shropshire will be secured for the public by Shropshire Museums. The Shropshire Council service has…

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