Tourism

The Holroyd Community Theatre hosted Moreton’s home-grown production of Chicago. Ahead of its official opening and with temporary lighting and sound, the setting gave the…
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Although the streets are bustling, this is nothing compared with how things will be on Friday evening and Saturday morning.  The streets will be filled…
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A new e-commerce site dedicated to wines from Argentina has been launched by Oswestry business man, Howard Jones. The specialist site, tasteargentina.co.uk, will offer consumers…
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Ian Davies, 59, of Oswestry, is to row the Atlantic this Christmas  to raise funds for Myeloma UK following successful treatment for cancer. Ian is…
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  The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust is pleased to have received planning permission for the reconstruction of Schoolhouse Bridge, near Oswestry. The Montgomery Canal was…
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As part of the British Ironwork Centre’s Hospice Support Programme, it is their goal to help hospices all over the UK to raise a national…
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This week The British Ironwork Centre celebrated their annual Halloween Spooktacular in true Ironworks style – full of spooks, terrifyingly terrific fun, and some of…
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An invitation for local organisations and groups to submit applications to the Mary Hignett Bequest Fund has produced no interest this year. Funded by the…
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The nights may be drawing in and pitch black evenings upon us, but Wrexham solicitor Robert Williams is in hard training for a charity bike…
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The Fat Rabbit café was recently awarded the Mayors Award at the annual Civic Society Awards. The Mayor, Cllr John Price was impressed with how…
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Are you a girl or do you know a girl who loves playing football? Interested in some additional training or just looking to play the…
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The history and folklore is being brought to life this autumn with a touring storytelling show. This year Herefordshire Council’s Museums, Libraries and Archives Service…
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The Oswestry Cambrian Rotary Santa, sleigh and of course his helper elves will be on the streets of Oswestry, St Martin’s, Gobowen and Whittington through…
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Borderland Rotary marked the twentieth year of RYLA with an extremely assured and upbeat presentation by the two students sponsored this year by the club,…
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Hope House Children’s Hospices held their first Chirk Castle Dark Run on Saturday 19th October. Runners signed up to follow a 4k/2k route around the…
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An Oswestry area joinery and shop fitting company is getting ready for a toast to success after helping launch the town’s first micropub. Paul Thomas…
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Park Hall Farm in Oswestry is busy getting ready to hold ‘Pumpkinfest.’ The event will run from the 19th to the 31st October to ensure…
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Christmas is coming early for Porthywaen Silver Band this year.  Their popular Christmas Concert, in conjunction with the world famous Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir will…
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Oswestry Borderland Rotary club meet once a week at the Sweeney Hall Hotel but what goes on behind this apparently cosy, comfortable façade? Locally, the…
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Visitors to this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival have helped to smash the £70,000 fundraising barrier for Hope House Children’s Hospices as the organisations celebrate their…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University’s next Open Day takes place on Saturday, October 12. The newly refurbished B Corridor is among the latest upgrades students at Glyndwr…
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One of the region’s oldest law firms is to be a main sponsor of four sporting events scheduled to take place in and around Oswestry…
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A team from Lanyon Bowdler have gone the extra mile in their support of a local hospital by taking part in a special fundraising event.…
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The official opening ceremony for Colliers Park, the new National Football Development Centre in Wrexham, North Wales, took place on Sunday 22nd of September. The…
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The arrival of a bright blue BMW X2 for the week coincided with Evan’s first smile, and wonderfully it happened while he was lying out…
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The Seventh Annual Oswestry Community Games more than lived up to expectations and a large crowd of people of all ages turned up to enjoy…
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Hope House Children’s Hospices are appealing for people to join them on their annual Welshpool Canal Walk this September. Last year’s Canal Walk raised more…
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The seventh Annual Oswestry Community Games takes place this coming Sunday, 15th September in Cae Glas Park from 11am – 3.45pm. It promises to be…
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Hope House Children’s Hospices have launched a brand new event, “The Glow in the Dark” 4K Fun Run on Saturday 19th October at Chirk Castle.…
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A nurse who took on a gruelling 220-mile swim to raise money for charity says she would not have been able to even contemplate the…
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THE downpour on Friday 16th of August did not prevent representatives of The Rotary Club of Oswestry meeting with artist Neil Dalrymple at Pant Memorial…
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Organisers at Oswestry Community Games have announced that Shropshire’s Di Carrington from Pontesbury is to be guest of honour at the event taking place on…
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Hope House are proud to be the charity partner for the brand new 10k runs in Oswestry and Welshpool and are calling for supporters to…
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Whittington’s seventh international music festival made a big impression on five Borderland artists who were among the audience in May. With sketchbooks in hand they…
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Oswestry Ladies and Men’s second tennis teams are toasting success after gaining promotions in the Shropshire Tennis League. After a tough season Oswestry Men’s Seconds…
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Borderland Rotary has again stepped up to support Dave Andrews with his latest work, a charming book called, Old Oswestry and other sonnets. Within the…
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A beautiful calendar for 2020 is set to raise much needed funds for Hope House and Ty Gobaith this Christmas, thanks to the generosity of…
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Organisers of this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show are putting the final touches to The Quarry ahead of what promises to be another bumper event. Marquees,…
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A Wrexham lawyer who gave a whole new meaning to ‘cycling to the office’ when he launched the ‘Tour de GHP’ charity event last year,…
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Paintings in the Pub – Jon Young Art and Holly Hayward Art New exhibition at The Keys, St Martins, 2nd – 4th October MINING HISTORY…
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The County of Salop Steam Engine Society’s  2019 Rally, takes place at Onslow Park, Shrewsbury on the August Bank Holiday, – Sunday 25th August and…
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Shropshire’s next generation of budding gardeners are being given the chance to assist in creating the popular Floral Train at this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show.…
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The huge beer tents for Shropshire Oktoberfest are due to return to Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park on October 4 and 5. The award-winning Shropshire Festivals team…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University has been placed among the top third of British universities for its performance in new green rankings released today. The People and…
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Barnutopia, a luxury glamping site located near the village of Llansilin, Oswestry, has branched out with its new Mountain Adventure Challenge. The Oswestry glamping site,…
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Riverflow  by Alison Layland Alison is launching Riverflow at Booka bookshop, Oswestry at 7pm on the 19th June 2019. ADVANCE PRAISE “A compelling story, contemporary…
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A group of current and former Ellesmere students have been to Buckingham Palace to collect an award and meet royalty. Six students from Ellesmere College…
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Students from The Marches School, Oswestry and Sir John Talbot’s School, Whitchurch – both members of The Marches Academy Trust, will be going on a…
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On Monday 3rd June the subject of the talk given to members of Oswestry Rotary Club was the Red Cross – in general but more…
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Visitors to Shrewsbury Flower Show can be assured of a real whizz-bang finale this year with the news of a new company coming on board…
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