Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1926 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Shrewsbury Big Town Plan moving into its ‘delivery phase’

09/05/2019
Butcher Row, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury’s Big Town Plan is moving into its ‘delivery phase’ with the appointment of two key roles and an injection of £450,000…

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Geophysical survey to take place at Shrewsbury Castle

08/05/2019
An image of Shrewsbury Castle showing the lush green lawns and flower sitting in the foreground of the medieval, earthworks castle.

A geophysical survey is set to take place at Shrewsbury Castle on Thursday 9 May 2019, as part of a project funded…

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Castle Studies Trust award grant for archaeology project at Shrewsbury Castle

08/05/2019
An image of Shrewsbury Castle with the union jack flying at the left. There a lawns and plants that are in pristine condition on a beautiful summer day.

The Castle Studies Trust (CST) has awarded a grant of £9,500 for an archaeology project at Shrewsbury Castle. The work is being…

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Shropshire Libraries to mark Dementia Action Week with new Shared Memory Bags

08/05/2019
Heather Rodenhurst

Shropshire Libraries is marking Dementia Action Week (20-26 May) with the addition of a further six Shared Memory Bags to its collection…

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Why Shrewsbury is king of the Monopoly castle

02/05/2019
Shrewsbury is to get its very own Monopoly board.

Shrewsbury has won a UK ‘beauty contest’ – seeing off 24 other places across the nation to land its very own official…

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Cabinet to consider proposal to relocate Pontesbury Library

01/05/2019

Cabinet are to consider a proposal to relocate Pontesbury Library at the next meeting on Wednesday 1 May, 2019. The library is…

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Severn Valley Country Park receives funding for new project

01/05/2019
Railway and fields at Severn Valley Country Park

Severn Valley Country Park has been awarded £81,500 for a project that will research the history of the Park and present the…

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Record number of people visit Acton Scott Historic Working Farm over Easter

30/04/2019
An image of two toddlers bottle feeding a lamb at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm. Acton Scott Historic Working Farm enjoyed record visitor numbers of the Easter holiday weekend in 2019.

Acton Scott Historic Working Farm welcomed a record number of visitors over this year’s Easter holiday weekend. 1,049 people made the most…

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Award-winning Electrolyte comes to Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury

29/04/2019
Electrolyte

The Wildcard theatre company involving two people from Shropshire are set bring their award-winning gig theatre hit to Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury…

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Ellesmere’s new ‘Sshhh’ sculpture now in place at The Mere

24/04/2019
The new Sshh sculpture

News from our partners, Ellesmere sculpture initiative group A new ‘Sshhh’ sculpture, carved in oak and weighing two tons, is back in…

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