Join us as we celebrate 10 years of running the Centre as a local charity. Bring the whole family to enjoy inflatables, music and entertainment and..... more >

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms SY7 9RS

Sat 10 Aug 24

RCTA Floating market, Ellesmere Arm, Llangollen Canal, Ellesmere

The Roving Canal Traders Association are excited to announce they are holding a floating market on the towpath of the Ellesmere Arm, Llangollen... more >

Ellesmere Arm, Llangollen Canal, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 0EL

Sat 10 Aug 24

Discover Clubs and Organisations in Shropshire

Summer Holiday Activity - Winnie The Pooh Adventures

What day is it?” said Pooh. ”It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. ‘”My favourite day,” responds Pooh. Decorate a pooh stick with items found in the meadows... more >

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms SY7 9RS

Mon 5 Aug 24

Cuan Wildlife Rescue Classic Vehicle & Craft Fair

Vintage and classic vehicles - cars, tractors, motorcycles and more - for you to browse. Craft stalls with lots of wonderful goodies, food and..... more >

Cuan Wildlife Rescue Stretton Rd Much Wenlock TF13 6DD

Sun 4 Aug 24

Moat Hall - Open Garden for NGS

An acre garden around an old farmhouse within a dry moat. Well organised and extensive kitchen garden, fruit garden and orchard for self-sufficiency... more >

Moat Hall, Shrewsbury SY5 8AZ

Sun 4 Aug 24

Elemental: A contemporary Lace Exhibition

An exhibition of contemporary lace textile art, made by the long-standing Westhope Group. Members of the group will be in attendance throughout the..... more >

Westhope College, Westhope, Craven Arms SY7 9JL

Sun 4 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Telford

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Station Road, Donnington, Telford TF2 8JY

Sat 3 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Shrewsbury

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Bayston Hill Nurseries, Shrewsbury SY3 0DA

Sat 3 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Moreton Park

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Moreton Park, Wrexham LL14 5DG

Sat 3 Aug 24

Dobbies Teddy Bears' Picnic Telford

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is inviting families to roll out the picnic blanket and gather around this summer as it unveils its... more >

Station Road, Donnington, Telford TF2 8JY

Sat 3 Aug 24

Dobbies Teddy Bears' Picnic Shrewsbury

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is inviting families to roll out the picnic blanket and gather around this summer as it unveils its... more >

Bayston Hill Nurseries, Shrewsbury SY3 0DA

Sat 3 Aug 24

Dobbies Teddy Bears' Picnic Moreton Park

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is inviting families to roll out the picnic blanket and gather around this summer as it unveils its... more >

Moreton Park, Wrexham LL14 5DG

Sat 3 Aug 24

Summer Holiday Activity - Stone Age Hunters

Go back in time to the Stone Age and prepare to help your tribe. Visit our special Condover mammoth replica and learn what it can tell us about the..... more >

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms SY7 9RS

Mon 29 Jul 24

Live Music - The Shuffle Kings

Make your weekend shimmy with this 4-piece electric band. The chaps will be playing their distinctive harp-driven mix of electric Rhythm & Blues and..... more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Sat 27 Jul 24

Shrewsbury care home hosts sports day for local community

With the Olympics fast approaching, a local care home is limbering up for its very own sporting tournament... more >

Oxbow Manor Care Home - Care UK, Oteley Rd, Shrewsbury SY2 6QH

Tue 23 Jul 24

Summer Holiday Activity - Wild Homes

Take a walk to see if we can find the homes of animals in the meadows. Then make a den or tent wild home for yourself or an animal or even a fairy... more >

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms SY7 9RS

Mon 22 Jul 24

Belgian Independence Day

It’s Belgian Independence Day, so celebrate with one (or more!) of our Belgian bottled and draught beers! more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Sun 21 Jul 24

1 Glanrafon - Open Garden for NGS

An acre of secluded organic garden: mix of wild and cultivated. This steeply sloping, densely planted wildlife garden with hundreds of varieties of..... more >

1 Glanrafon, Llanwddyn SY10 0LU

Sat 20 Jul 24

Live Music - The Manhattans

We welcome this 4-piece rock band, covering everything from The Beatles to Foo Fighters via The Darkness, The Eagles, The Cure, Wheatus and much,... more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Sat 20 Jul 24

Appledore - Open Garden for NGS

Appledore adjoins neighbouring garden Offcot. It has gone through extensive changes and is managed by Tom Pountney from Offcot... more >

Appledore, Oswestry SY10 8EF

Thu 18 Jul 24

Offcot - Open Garden for NGS

A cottage garden with lots of winding pathways leading to different focal points. The garden is packed with a wide range of evergreen and deciduous..... more >

Offcot, Kinnerley SY10 8EF

Thu 18 Jul 24

Telford Comedy Club

Edinburgh Festival Preview Comedy Shows continue here tonight. At 7.30 p.m., we welcome back Stella Graham, who follows up her previous shows..... more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Tue 16 Jul 24

Cuan Wildlife Rescue Open Day & Dog Show

Come and support one of the UK's busiest Wildlife Hospitals. A fantastic day out for all the family, come and see our wildlife, it is the only..... more >

Cuan Wildlife Rescue, Stretton Rd, Much Wenlock TF13 6DD

Sun 14 Jul 24

1 Mount Pleasant Cottages - Open Garden for NGS

The garden extends to acre, situated in a rural location. The main garden comprises a long border and island beds with cottage style planting, all..... more >

1 Mount Pleasant Cottages, Market Drayton TF9 2LS

Sun 14 Jul 24

Lower Brookshill - Open Garden for NGS

Ten acres of hillside garden and woods at 950ft within the AONB. Begun in 2010 from a derelict and overgrown site, cultivated areas now rub shoulders..... more >

Lower Brookshill, nr Lydham SY5 0JW

Sat 13 Jul 24

Newport Music Club presents Colin Stone piano

On Saturday 13th July at Cosy Hall, Water Lane, Newport, TF10 7LD. Newport Music Club will be welcoming Colin Stone professor of piano at the Royal..... more >

Cosy Hall, Water Lane, Newport, Shropshire TF10 7LD

Sat 13 Jul 24

Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival

A two-day-long free brass band festival in the midlands! Our lovely site will include covered seating, food and drink plus a bar... more >

Museum of Iron Coach Road Coalbrookdale Telford TF8 7DQ

Sat 13 Jul 24

Saint Arnold's Day

It’s Saint Arnold’s Day, so let’s celebrate the Patron Saint of Brewing with another beer! more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Mon 8 Jul 24

Sambrook Manor - Open Garden for NGS

Deep, colourful, well-planted borders offset by sweeping lawns surrounding an early C18 manor house (not open)... more >

Sambrook Manor, Sambrook TF10 8AL

Sun 7 Jul 24

Hodnet Hall Gardens - Open Garden for NGS

The 60+ acres of Hodnet Hall Gardens are amongst the finest in the country. There has been a park and gardens at Hodnet for many hundreds of years... more >

Hodnet Hall Gardens, Market Drayton TF9 3NN

Sun 7 Jul 24

Live Music - The Black & Blues Band

The Black and Blues Band – Having supported Robert Plant and Andy Fairweather Lowe, this band keeps the British Rock & Blues tradition alive,... more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Sat 6 Jul 24

Ruthall Manor - Open Garden for NGS

Offset by a mature collection of specimen trees, the garden is divided into intimate sections, carefully linked by winding paths... more >

Ruthall Manor, Ditton Priors WV16 6TN

Sat 6 Jul 24

Collection For Guide Dogs at Church Stretton Family Fun Day

The Guide Dogs Church Stretton Fundraising Group will be collecting at the Church Stretton Family Fun Day and Dog Show – Saturday 6th July 2024... more >

Church Stretton Park, Sandford Avenue SY6 6AZ

Sat 6 Jul 24

The Fugitives live at St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury

Canadian indie folk band The Fugitives make a long-awaited return to the UK this summer to promote their new album – No Help Coming... more >

St Mary’s Place, Dogpole, Shrewsbury SY1 1DX

Thu 4 Jul 24

Election Night

The back room (and door) will be open all night for live coverage of the election results. See for yourself if 4th July will really be Independents’..... more >

Crown Inn, Market Street, Oakengates, TELFORD, Shropshire TF2 6EA

Thu 4 Jul 24

Hundred House Hotel - Open Garden for NGS

An acre of gardens crafted over 35+ years, complete with sculptures, stonework and working herb and kitchen garden... more >

Hundred House Hotel, Telford TF11 9EE

Wed 3 Jul 24

FREE taster session with the Telford Rock Choir

If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Wellington?' then why not join your local Rock Choir... more >

Wellington Methodist Church, New Hall Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU

Mon 1 Jul 24

More Rock Choirs

FREE taster session with the Telford Rock Choir

If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Wellington?' then why not join your local Rock Choir... more >

Wellington Methodist Church, New Hall Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU

Mon 1 Jul 24

More Rock Choirs

FREE taster session with the Telford Rock Choir

If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Wellington?' then why not join your local Rock Choir... more >

Wellington Methodist Church, New Hall Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU

Mon 1 Jul 24

More Rock Choirs

FREE taster session with the Telford Rock Choir

If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Wellington?' then why not join your local Rock Choir... more >

Wellington Methodist Church, New Hall Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU

Mon 1 Jul 24

More Rock Choirs

FREE taster session with the Telford Rock Choir

If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Wellington?' then why not join your local Rock Choir... more >

Wellington Methodist Church, New Hall Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU

Mon 1 Jul 24

More Rock Choirs

Summer Plant Fair at Whittington Castle, Shropshire on Sunday 30 June

Summer Plant Hunters’ Fair at Whittington Castle, Shropshire with FREE ENTRY to the plant fair & castle grounds (there is a small charge to park)... more >

Whittington Castle, Castle Street, Whittington, near Oswestry SY11 4DF

Sun 30 Jun 24

17 Mortimer Road - Open Garden for NGS

A wildlife-friendly garden with plantaholic owners. There are two ponds, a small meadow, a raised alpine bed and a huge range of plants to give..... more >

17 Mortimer Road, Market Drayton TF9 2EP

Sun 30 Jun 24

Marches Choir sings Carmen!

On Sunday 30th June, the Marches Choir, together with opera singers from Aberystwyth, will present a concert performance of excerpts from Georges... more >

Walcot Hall, Lydbury North, Bishops Castle SY7 8AZ

Sun 30 Jun 24

Bramble Ridge - Open Garden for NGS

Three unique cottage style gardens opening together for the first time. Explore a steep garden with many steps; part wild, part cultivated, terraced..... more >

Bramble Ridge, Bridgnorth WV16 4SQ

Sat 29 Jun 24

Shrewsbury Food Festival

Shrewsbury Food Festival June 29th & 30th Shrewsbury Quarry Shrewsbury Food Festival brings together independent food producers,... more >

Shrewsbury Quarry SY1 1JA

Sat 29 Jun 24

FREE taster session with the Shrewsbury Rock Choir

Do you want to find a local choir to join near you? The Shrewsbury Rock Choir is led by Shropshire based musician Rowan Richards... more >

Central - Shrewsbury Baptist Church, Claremont Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1QG

Thu 27 Jun 24

More Rock Choirs

Llangedwyn Hall - Open Garden for NGS

Beautiful four acre formal terraced garden on three levels, designed and laid out in late C17 and early C18... more >

Llangedwyn Hall, Oswestry SY10 9JW

Sun 23 Jun 24

Cardington Open Gardens - June 2024

Cardington Garden Trail - 23rd June 2024: 12 noon - 6pm Cardington, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 7JZ Proceeds go to St James Church and the... more >

Cardington Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 7JZ

Sun 23 Jun 24

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Things to do around Shropshire

Shropshire, an underrated county straddling the border between England and Wales, offers a delightful mix of countryside, historic castles, and bustling towns. Whether you're planning a family-friendly day out or something just for the adults, here are some fantastic activities to explore in Shropshire:

1. See Shrewsbury from the River:
- If you're in the Welsh border town of Shrewsbury, hop aboard the vessel Sabrina for a scenic boat tour on the River Severn. With scheduled day trips, evening cruises, and private hire options, you can enjoy the sights from the outdoor top deck or relax in the comfortable lounge area. The knowledgeable guide onboard provides live commentary on the town's landmarks as you sail past.

2. Sunday Lunch on the Severn Valley Railway:
- Begin your adventure in neighboring Kidderminster (Worcestershire) and board the Severn Valley Railway. As the steam train chugs through the rolling hills of Shropshire's Severn Valley, indulge in a mouth-watering Sunday lunch. Choose between dining in a 1930s Great Western Railways Carriage or the more luxurious first-class carriage styled on the 1940s. Stewards ensure a delightful three-course meal, and you'll have ample time to soak in the views before reaching Bridgnorth. Cream teas are also available on weekday journeys.

3. Shropshire Raft Tours:
- Explore the county by water with Shropshire Raft Tours. Hire kayaks or canoes, or join a rafting tour on the Severn River. Pass attractions like the iconic Iron Bridge as you journey from Ironbridge to Jackfield. Safety provisions are provided, and a qualified skipper guides your rafting experience.

4. Outdoor Leisure Activities:
- Shropshire offers a range of outdoor adventures:
- Mountain boarding
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Quad trekking
- Archery
- Climbing
- Paintballing
- Fishing
- Glide over the Long Mynd in a two-seat glider.
- Try canoeing, rafting, or stand-up paddleboarding on the stunning River Severn².

5. Farm Attractions and Heritage Railways:
- Get up close to animals at Shropshire's fun farm attractions. Feed lambs, walk with hawks, brush alpacas, or ride ponies.
- Explore heritage railway lines, a popular attraction in the county.

Remember to check opening hours and book any tickets in advance. Whether you're cruising the river, enjoying a scenic train ride, or embarking on water adventures, Shropshire promises a memorable day out!