Visitors to Shrewsbury looked a little bemused at the sight of dozens of “Charles Darwins” running around the town’s Quarry Park. The spectacle on Saturday (February 9) was part of the month-long DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival, with participants of the weekly Parkrun being encouraged to dress up in a costume inspired ...
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Shrewsbury was today featured BBC Radio’s popular daily consumer affairs programme, You and Yours. The You and Yours team visited our town last week on the back of media reports on our positive footfall trends for 2018. Listen back on BBC Sounds Shrewsbury is featured from 24 minutes 30 seconds.
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The countdown is on as organisers put the final touches to the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival being held next month to celebrate the town’s most famous son. The festival will see more than 30 free events taking place around Shrewsbury to encourage people follow Darwin’s lead to be curious and think ...
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Shrewsbury will be playing host to all things Darwin next month with a range of events designed to encourage “curiosity and independent thinking”. More than 30 free events aimed at all ages are being organised by a variety of groups and individuals and will be taking place at venues around ...
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Shrewsbury is bucking the national trend of a drop in town centre footfall, according to new figures revealed today. National figures show a national decline for the 10th straight year, but Shrewsbury Business Improvement District (BID) said the town was bucking that trend and footfall figures for 2018 were actually up on the previous year. The total number of visits clocked by two ...
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Thank you to Phil Gillam at Shrewsbury Chronicle for the kind words about the Wonderful World of Shrewsbury at Christmas magazine. Read the article on the Shrewsbury Chronicle website. Read the magazine online.
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Shrewsbury has today been named as one of 10 healthiest high streets in Britain. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a league table ranking 70 of Britain’s major towns and cities by the impact of their high streets on the public’s health and well-being. Shrewsbury came 4th in ...
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Shrewsbury is going to town with its festive late-night shopping as more traders join in and a free park and ride service is extended to support seasonal shoppers. Every Wednesday from 14th November, when its sparkling lights display is switched on, until Christmas, many town centre shops will be open ...
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Shrewsbury BID members have voted emphatically in favour of a second term which will see over £2m invested to support the town centre over the next five years. The successful outcome of the Shrewsbury BID ballot was declared on Friday 26th October by Shropshire Council, the independent Ballot Holder. The ...
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