Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Have your say on a proposal to move Pontesbury Library into a new community hub building

09/10/2018
Pontesbury Library

Planning permission was recently granted for a development of land at Hall Bank in Pontesbury. The scheme includes a Community Hub building…

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Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery host exhibition with Shropshire Mind

09/10/2018

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (SM&AG) are delighted to be hosting a special exhibition in partnership with local charity, Shropshire Mind. ‘Art…

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Tesco staff help to save skylark habitat at Ifton Meadows nature reserve

03/10/2018

Shropshire Council’s outdoor recreation team recently welcomed Tesco staff to Ifton Meadows local nature reserve in St Martins to help save an important…

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Shrewsbury Market Hall enters national awards for ‘Best Food Hall’

28/09/2018
pretty pattern of light on a market hall in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Market Hall has entered the national Farm Shop & Deli Awards, and is urging its customers to get behind it and…

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Exciting future for Shropshire Museums as new strategy approved

28/09/2018
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

The new Shropshire Museums Service Strategy was approved by Cabinet on Wednesday 26 September 2018. The strategy sets out the strategic objectives over…

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Shrewsbury Baby Shower at Library at the Lantern on Saturday 22 September

07/09/2018

Shropshire Council’s Library at the Lantern is delighted to announce the imminent arrival of… the Shrewsbury Baby Shower. Taking place on Saturday…

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Restoration work to be carried out at Shrewsbury Library following stone fall

07/09/2018
Shrewsbury Library

Restoration work to the front of Shrewsbury Library is to be carried out over the coming months after some decorative stone fell…

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Treat yourself to Books Aloud this autumn from Shropshire Libraries

06/09/2018
Shropshire Libraries logo

Shropshire Libraries is to relaunch its popular Time to Listen groups for adults as ‘Books Aloud’ this autumn. The new name reflects…

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Free entry at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery in heritage celebration

06/09/2018
An image of the outside of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery at the Music Hall which celebrates Shropshire's heritage. There are lots of people walking into the museum with banners either side of the entrance.

In celebration of Heritage Open Days, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery are offering free entry on Sunday 9 September 2018. Visitors to…

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Dry summer reveals historic archaeological sites across Shropshire

03/09/2018
An image of an aerial shot of a double ditched enclosure near Much Wenlock as part of Shropshire Council's historic environment team's aerial survey.

The dry summer, as widely reported, has provided a real boon for aerial archaeologists, with a large number of new discoveries across…

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