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Bridgnorth Cliff Railway Celebrates their 125th Birthday
On the 7th July 2017 Bridgnorth Cliff Railway will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of its opening by the Mayor of the time John Anderson in 1892.
Date Posted: 7th July 2017
Flypast and street food are on the menu at Cosford this month!
With just over two weeks to go until the annual Cosford Food Festival, organisers are gearing up for their biggest and best event yet! This year’s festival is packed with over 90 local food and drink producers, a busy line-up on the cooking demo stage and live performances from the Cosford and Shawbury Military Wives Choir. Plus, there will be plenty of hand-on foodie fun and entertainment for families and a Dakota flypast as the cherry on top!
Date Posted: 6th July 2017
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust nominated for major National Lottery award
Local project, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, is appealing for votes after reaching the finals of the prestigious National Lottery Awards.
Date Posted: 4th July 2017
Prestigious Royal Award for Severn Valley Country Park Volunteer Group
Volunteers at a South Shropshire Country Park have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The award, which was created in 2002 to mark the Monarch’s Golden Jubilee, is the equivalent of an MBE for voluntary groups and recognises excellence in activities carried out by community groups.
Date Posted: 3rd July 2017
Ludlow Food Centre needs your help to be crowned Best Independent Retailer!
Ludlow Food Centre has been nominated as Best Independent Retailer in the Midlands category at the Great British Food Awards!
Date Posted: 29th June 2017
Sweet success as Food Centre’s handmade products shortlisted in Great British Food Awards
3 of Ludlow Food Centre’s handmade products have impressed the tasting panel at the Great British Food Awards and reached the shortlist where expert celebrity food judges are now busy taste testing the shortlist to pick the final winners, which will be announced later this summer.
Date Posted: 29th June 2017
Blists Hill Victorian Town Holds its first Steampunk Weekend Festival ‘The Town that Never Was’ 1st – 2nd July
Steampunks and their friends are invited to Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge over the weekend of 1st and 2nd July for its first ever Steampunk Festival. The fantastical ‘Town that Never Was’ day and evening event is part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Date Posted: 26th June 2017
New walks leaflets to launch at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
With thanks to funding from the Shropshire Hills AONB Conservation Fund, MFG solicitors and Craven Arms Community Food Initiative Fund, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre are refreshing their circular walks leaflets. Grow Cook Learn, local charity now running the visitor centre, has secured funding to increase their walks offer from four leaflets to six, including new routes and improving the existing ones.
Date Posted: 26th June 2017
Proms and Prosecco in the Park
Proms and Prosecco in the Park takes place at the beautiful Chetwynd Deer Park in Newport on Saturday 9th September.
Date Posted: 26th June 2017
Shropshire celebrity chef headlines at Cosford Food Festival
It’s just a month to go until the 5th annual Cosford Food Festival takes place at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford and this year, organisers have lined-up popular TV Chef Marcus Bean to headline on the demo stage both days. Marcus will be showcasing his passion for great food at the event on 22-23 July which attracts in excess of 13,500 visitors.
Date Posted: 26th June 2017
