Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Join us in the stunning surroundings of Wollerton Old Hall, beautiful gardens designed around a 16th Century Hall House.
The garden at Wollerton Old Hall has been designed and developed by Lesley and John Jenkins since 1984. It is set around a 16th Century Hall House and has developed into an important modern garden in the English Garden tradition with echoes of Arts and Crafts, covering four acres.
The garden comprises of three north-south vistas and three east-west vistas with winding pathways and hedges, allowing a sense of being in separate gardens.
Come and enjoy wandering through these beautiful gardens with a glass of fizz and canapes.
Mainly made up of locals, the volunteers lead groups along favourite routes as well as lesser known ones and there’s also a selection of themed walks, including the Map & Compass Course, the night time Stars in Your Skies Walk, and the Landscape Photography Walk.
Enjoy the sunset and sunrise on the shortest night of the year at a magical location.
Join our Ranger and Engagement staff for an unforgettable night of wild camping on the Long Mynd. Our team will be supplying a warming fire and there will be a long-drop loo available. You will need a small tent, sleeping bag, torch, food and drink.
Shrewsbury Golf Day – Sponsored by Nick Jones Wealth Planning
Date: 21st June
Time: 9am start
Location: Shrewsbury Golf Club, SY5 7BL
Cost: £50 per player, £200 per team of 4, £100 to sponsor a hole
Includes 18 holes of Texas Scramble Style golf, tea, coffee and bacon rolls on arrival and a two course meal at the end of the day + raffle and auction.
Come along to Arley Arboretum for a great plant fair with HALF PRICE ENTRY to the Gardens, Arboretum & Plant Fair of just £2.75. Discover a tranquil wonderland of rare and ancient trees, exquisite walled gardens and panoramic views. The Arboretum offers plenty to do for all ages, add to this a plant fair with top class specialist nurseries and we’ve the perfect day out for plant lovers. The nursery folk will be more than happy to give you the benefit of their experience in how to plant and care for the plants you buy so you can get the best from them. The plant fair runs from 10am-5pm. Free parking. Tearooms serving light refreshments.
Full details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Get to grips with scything at this one-day course run by Natural England site manager, Simon Cooter. We will include: introduction to scything, setting up the snath, the angles of the blade, honing the blade, mowing technique and practice, hay meadow management, cutting different vegetation and sharpening and peening. We will be using alpine scythes but participants are welcome to bring their own. Boots or good shoes are required and clothing suitable for the weather. £50.00 per person to include all equipment. Booking essential.
Some of the UK’s top cyclo-cross riders will ride modern bikes through Blists Hill Victorian Town as part of a challenging cycling event. The exciting Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross will attract in excess of 300 of the UK’s top riders.
The Museum has once again teamed up with the organisers of Newport’s famous Nocturne cycle race and will host this unique urban cyclo-cross event on the evening of Saturday 29 June.
Visitors to the event will be able to see some of the best cyclists from around the country taking part in some unusual and formidable challenges across the recreated Victorian town. In between races you’ll be able to wander around the Town and explore the industrial monuments and landmarks of the 52-acre site.
Previous editions have been very successful, and the event was described in Cycling Weekly magazine as “Britain’s Craziest Bike Race”! This year the unique course has been improved whilst retaining the fearsome Hay Inclined Plane.
The gates open at 5.15pm and the first race will start at 6pm; spectators are welcome for a small charge, payable at the gate; children under 16 will be free of charge and must be accompanied by an adult.
Admission tickets are £4 per spectator. Museum Passports are not valid for this evening and dogs are allowed, but only on a lead.
Summer Ball is back for 2019 at our charity headquarters! Three course sit down meal with catering from the fabulous Get Gourmet Catering, wonderful music from live band The Beautiful Ways and John Davies Disco, bar and promise auction, in a beautiful setting near Wenlock Edge in our marquee. Ticket only event, £40 per ticket includes a welcome drink!
Newport’s Through the Garden Gate event is your chance to peek behind the gates of some interesting gardens and allotments.
This year there are at least 10 gardens, including some that are opening for the very first time, along with some popular favourites that will delight us once more. All are unique, and demonstrate their owners personal use of their space.
The gardeners will be there to offer tips and advice, with some providing refreshments, raffles, plant sales and other fund raising activities.
Tickets are £5, under 16’s free, and are available from the beginning of June from;
Hey Judes, 3 Stafford Street, TF10 7LU
The Guildhall Tea Rooms, 3 High Street, TF10 7AR.
On the day, tickets will be available from The Cottage Care Centre on Upper Bar, TF10 7EH and all the open gardens.
All proceeds go to Newport in Bloom, which raise funds for the floral displays in the town.
Following the outstanding success of 2018….the 2019 Oswestry Colour Run is back!
Sunday 30th June 2019
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Get ready for the happiest 3K you’ll ever walk, dance or run. Can you help us make this years event even more of a success. Last year we raised over £14,500 to support Macmillan’s work in Shropshire.
The colour run is designed to be a happy, enjoyable day for all ages. It celebrates healthiness, happiness, individuality, and giving back to the community while experiencing the uniqueness of the British Ironwork Centre. The Colour Run is a three-kilometre, un-timed race in which participants are doused from head to toe in different colours from various paint stations around the course.
A great opportunity to visit the British Ironwork Centre with all the family with refreshments available on the day.
Burford House and its beautiful gardens have been open to the public since 1958.The countryside around the three counties is rich in edible plants and fungi.
The course begins at Burford House Cafe with a short introduction on what to look for and a brief of the general countryside codes.
Then we’ll set off on a roughly 2.5 hour walk around the gardens and along the River Teme, teaching you how to identify the different plants, fruits and mushrooms that we find.
There will be a break along the way for homemade refreshments such as a lovely wild food soup or elderflower champagne.
After the walk we will end the day with a tasty wild food lunch based on what we have found. This will include some treats made from our recent finds and a wild salad that we will pick on the day.
After the course we will email you a list of everything we talk about on the day; to help you remember what you have learnt.
There are limited spaces available so please book your tickets online.
Come along and explore the cottage garden surrounding a picturesque 17th century, black and white cottage, walk through the wild-flower meadows by fresh water pools, enjoy a ride behind a vintage tractor and chat to local bee keepers, gardeners and other experts. Plants, lavendar products and honey on sale, locally made cakes, icecream, beer and hot drinks available. Plenty of children’s activities. Free parking; dogs welcome on leads.
In aid of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Paul Evans is one of Britain’s greatest observers of Nature, a poet, musician, Radio 4 natural history broadcaster, and the author of a new book How To See Nature. His weekly Guardian Country Diary from Wenlock Edge has achieved cult status and has put Shropshire on the map. He will be in conversation with legendary rock climber, wilderness writer, and fellow Country Diarist Jim Perrin whose observations of Snowdonia and north Wales and talks on the beauty and importance of wild places are famed for their insights. Expect a thought-provoking start to Oswestry’s first Festival of Nature.
Register now for our Dragon Boat Festival 2019 – get your place secured and your dates in the diary ready for an event that promises to be the best yet!
Racing will take place between 10am and 3pm on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July on the River Severn by the Shrewsbury School and Pengwern Boat Clubs.
Each year we have a wide variety of teams taking part from work colleagues to family members, we’ve even had the odd hen do! Everyone is welcome to join us, we just ask that each team has a minimum of 11 people and no more than 20, which includes three reserves.
Learn about traditional wildflower and hay meadows, and the tools traditionally used to cut them. Discover the flowers and insects that thrive on them, and the important role they play in our ecosystem.
There will be drop in scything workshops so you can learn about traditional scything techniques and have a go. Also have a go at insect and plant ID in the meadow to see all the varied species meadows support.
Normal admission fee is required to visit the castle or gardens.
The one day of the year our wildlife rescue centre opens its doors to the public, come along and see all the birds and animals in our care. There is a fun dog show with lots of classes to enter, BBQ, craft and charity stalls, fire engine, bouncy castle, activities and more! £2 per person, under 16s enter for free. Always a popular event!
We are very proud to bring this race to its 29th edition which makes it one of the longest running races in the country. The event has always been one for all abilities: first-timers up to very experienced athletes alike. The swim leg takes place in William Brookes School swimming pool while the bike and run legs are on the roads and lanes around Much Wenlock
Learn about traditional wildflower and hay meadows, and the tools traditionally used to cut them. Discover the flowers and insects that thrive on them, and the important role they play in our ecosystem.
There will be drop in scything workshops so you can learn about traditional scything techniques and have a go. Also have a go at insect and plant ID in the meadow to see all the varied species meadows support.
Normal admission fee is required to visit the castle or gardens.
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Join in our Pedal for Parkinson’s event in Shropshire in July 2019 and help keep the wheels turning for Parkinson’s research and support.
Starting in Shrewsbury, all 3 routes (33, 59 and 100 miles) travel through Shropshire into Wales and back with the 100 mile route including a lunch stop on the shores of Lake Vyrnwy.
Cae Glas Park hosts local football team TNS who provide plenty of fun free family activities.
A full day’s schedule of track and field events for boys and girls, men and women from under-11 to senior. The track events take place on William Brookes School’s tartan track. Wenlock Olympian Society gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in all events.
For full details of the 2019 Wenlock Olympian Games see http://www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/
The route of the race is along the undulating picturesque countryside surrounding Much Wenlock, and mainly through the old Wenlock Borough. The finish is adjacent to the William Penny Brookes School at the memorial oak tree planted in 1890 by Baron Coubertin to commemorate his visit. Every runner who completes the race will receive a unique Wenlock Olympian Road Race participation medal. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to winners in their respective age and gender category.
Once again this event is organised by the Bowbrook Archers and will take place on their club field at Withington near Shrewsbury. The round will be Western: 4 dozen @ 60 yds + 4 dozen @ 50 yds for bow styles: compound, recurve freestyle, barebow, longbow, AFB & Traditional. Entry forms are available to download from the Wenlock Olympian Society’s website
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Over 70 classes for sweet peas from the Formal Vases to Bowls, Baskets, Plants, Floral Art & Children’s section.
The show includes a Society Stand where you can seek advice on Sweet Pea problems from Experts, Seeds of pre 1910 Old Fashioned Sweetly scented Varieties, Membership
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
Join estate bee keeper John Beavan at the Chirk Castle, for the second year of these popular events. John is an experienced beekeeper who lives locally and will be keeping several hives on the estate as well as offering some beekeeping themed experiences for visitors.
During this approximately 45 minute experience you will learn about keeping bees from John, get dressed up in your own bee suit, have a look at some of the tools of the trade and then open one of his hives and meet the bees.
Doug Allan is David Attenborough’s favourite Arctic cameraman, famous for his films of polar bears, seals and ice. He has been to both poles. had close encounters with a walrus and spent five winters and eight summers in Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey. “He is not as other men”, says Attenborough. “He cheerfully endures conditions more uncomfortable and for longer periods than anyone I know. He has an uncanny understanding of animals. That tells him what the animal is about to do before he does it. Come to hear extraordinary stories.
We are incredibly pleased to host this fabulous fair. Top specialist nurseries with thousands of unique plants will be joining us. Entry is £1.00 per person, in aid of Hope House Childrens Hospice.
Tucked away in the Welsh borders not far from Oswestry there is a beautiful, ancient 13-acre wood, once long inhabited by a hermit. Massive stands of beech, oak, ash and cherry, dating back hundreds of years provide the perfect habitat for a wide variety of species. Ornithologist Keith Offord, who travels the world leading wildlife tours and monitoring birds of prey, will tell the inspiring story of this secret place. Against the backdrop of disappearing habitats, he will show how good things really are happening all around us.
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
What life is there in a small inner-city park? Penny Metal spent five years observing a small patch in South London and identified a remarkable 555 species of bug, beetle and other insects. She will introduce us to her remarkable neighbours, including homeless bees, solitary wasps, spiders who jump, harlequin ladybirds and snail-killing flies. She will talk with urban beekeeper and author Alison Benjamin who has documented the decline of pollinators around the world and whose three books have helped transform the way we think about wildlife in urban areas.
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
What happens when a lifelong love of butterflies becomes a complete obsession? For journalist and naturalist Patrick Barkham it meant spending a year trying to find all 59 species that are known to breed in the British Isles. Out of it came an extraordinary book, The Butterfly Isles. Patrick is the Guardian’s resident Nature writer, and he has travelled the world, observing and celebrating animal life both in the wild and in danger. His other books include Badgerland and Islander, a Journey Round Our Archipelago.
Get as messy as can be as you enjoy this 3.5K charity fundraising colour run around the Onny Meadows. Why not raise funds for your favourite charity or find our suggested charities on our website? Book your place online today. www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk.
Our Ranger Team will meet you in the car park at 21:00 (20:30 in August) and show you the best spot to watch the bats emerging for the night.
Then using bat detectors they’ll lead a walk through the gardens, picking up all of the best spots and passing on their expert local knowledge. Expected finish time 22:30 (22:00 in August).
