More than a year since it held its last fundraising event where people could attend, Hope House Children’s Hospices is planning to hold its annual…
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Park Hall Countryside Experience have released tickets for their brand new Christmas event – ‘Elf and Safely.’ Admission to the farm will include their Elf…
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A metal detectorist who unearthed a Victorian locket with a woman’s photo inside was stunned to hear from her relative after posting images of it.…
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Opening hours The gallery and on-site café are open 10am-4pm Tues-Sat, and have undergone a thorough safety review to ensure all the necessary precautions are…
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Although it has taken longer than originally planned due to obtaining permissions and, of course Covid-19, Oswestry BID has now completed Phase I of its…
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An open water fundraising challenge has raised an incredible £8500 for League of Friends to the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH). The…
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A beautiful calendar for 2021 is set to raise much needed funds for Hope House and Ty Gobaith this Christmas, thanks to the generosity of…
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After four years of preparation, work started this week on the programme to rebuild Schoolhouse Bridge on the Montgomery Canal south of Crickheath, near Oswestry.…
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Pumpkinfest is set to return to Park Hall Farm for October half term. The team are making some changes to ensure it can be enjoyed…
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Originally Jools Brennan from Oswestry was planning to raise funds for his trip to Nepal next year, donating a proportion of the funds raised to to…
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After being based at Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in Gobowen since 1957, the Croesoswallt Archery Club, which were previously called the…
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Allowing for this very odd year we have all had to live though, the Oswestry in Bloom team has managed to do a little to…
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Last month, The British Ironwork Centre were approached by a representative of BBC Crimewatch to take part in an interview for their show. The Crimewatch…
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The county’s High Sheriff sampled the best of the Oswestry community during a packed visit which saw her meet 17 organisations from the town. As…
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Students and staff at Derwen College, in Shropshire, have been celebrating the success of their first ever virtual fundraising event, which has raised more than…
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The local events company has launched ‘Friends of Shropshire Festivals’ to raise much-needed funds to weather the devastating loss of income due to Covid-19. Shropshire…
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The sun shone brightly as more than half the members of Oswestry’s Cantiones met on Sunday afternoon to sing together once again. It was a…
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Today has seen a new fundraising installation being erected by Hope House staff – a stunning Butterfly Garden which is now on display at the…
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The incredible ways Shropshire has adapted to life under lockdown are revealed in a new collection of photographs. Overnight, measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak…
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Intrepid teams of Derwen College students, staff and supporters have signed up to a virtual walk which covers the length of Britain in just one…
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Have you been missing a bit of culture in recent weeks? The Sweeney Hall Hotel is delighted to present a summer art exhibition to showcase…
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Borderland Rotary, like everyone else has seen its fundraising events cancelled so David Kendal, the outgoing President, his wife Lyn and daughter Laura have been…
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Shropshire Festivals want you to dust off your shell suits and bucket hats for their 90’s Revival Night on the 1st August at the West…
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This year would have been the 133rd Shrewsbury Flower Show, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it, like most other events, has been cancelled. But…
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The international festival summer school PIANO WEEK may have had to postpone its Beethoven chamber music festival at The Holroyd Community Theatre until 2021 as…
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Moreton Hall’s Year 9 chemistry student Jennabai Kassam has won the school’s Sculpture Prize in this year’s competition sponsored by The British Ironwork Centre. Second…
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NHS, care and emergency workers and their families are to be given free entry to the Ironbridge Gorge museums as a special thank you for…
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In a coup for the school, Moreton Hall has recruited Carina Walsh to lead lacrosse development. With a number of Moreton’s lacrosse teams already in…
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Derwen College Garden Centre and Gift Shop, near Oswestry, is delighted to welcome back customers from the 20th July. Safety measures have been put in…
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Title: Y Chwaer Hynaf – Hanes Eisteddfod Cymrodoriaeth Talaith a Chadair Powys 1820-2020 Author: Huw Ceiriog Publication date: June 2020 Eisteddfod Powys is older than…
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An Oswestry pensioner has stepped up to raise funds for Derwen College Charity after embarking on her own sponsored walk after the college’s official walk…
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An exciting new online event celebrating the best of Shropshire and raising money for local good causes is taking place this summer. The Shropshire Virtual…
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The reopening of Shropshire’s leading museum will give families the chance to enjoy a fantastic educational day out – and shake off lockdown lethargy with…
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Following the latest Government announcements, Park Hall Countryside Experience is set to re-open their farm attraction in Oswestry on the 10th July for their annual…
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Back in 2019 when local businessman, Alan Lewis of Adrenaline Events, started to plan the first ever Welshpool 10k, no one could have anticipated what…
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The team at the British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry, has created its Anti-Bullfighting Monument after being inspired by the work of People for the Ethical Treatment…
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An Oswestry tennis coach who set himself the goal of running 1,000 miles for Hope House Children’s Hospices has smashed his target despite injuries and…
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Park Hall Countryside Experience in Oswestry closed their gates to the Covid-19 pandemic on the 18th March. Since then the family-run farm has continued caring…
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Over the years since the Knife Angel’s conception, the British Ironwork Centre have been approached many times regarding the Knife Angel monument being homed in…
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Members of a county club that has raised more than £450,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospices are taking to two wheels this weekend in a…
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Now allowed to re-open, the gallery has a one-way system in place, and visitors are asked to maintain a 2-metre distance from each other. Opening hours…
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The National Monument Against Violence & Aggression to Return to the Ironworks in Oswestry After spending an extended two months in Telford’s Southwater Square, the…
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A brand new drive-in concert is launching in Shrewsbury next month, following the Government’s latest easing of the lockdown rules. Shropshire Festivals, who are the…
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The country may have been on lockdown since March, but landscape maintenance at Old Oswestry hillfort has been boosted by the arrival of a new…
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Xplore!, along with over 40 members of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), has today joined the Science Centres For Our Future…
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As Visit England encourage destination management organisations to celebrate English Tourism Week (25-31 May 2020), tourism staff at Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council…
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A group of lawyers and planning experts from Shropshire and North Wales have raised more than £2,000 for charity by completing a ‘Round Wales Walk’…
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The League of Friends to the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) is running a spring photo competition to raise vital funds. The…
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More than 30 staff from Derwen College, near Oswestry, are signed up to face a challenging charity climb up Snowdon. The group of intrepid walkers,…
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A beautiful Victorian fire appliance which was stored in one of the outbuildings at Oswestry Fire Station is now on public display at the British…
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