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A free exhibition to mark the 25th anniversary of the designation of the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire as a World Heritage Site is open from this weekend until 30th September (10am-5pm) in the Footprint Gallery at Jackfield Tile Museum. It will showcase fa...
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30th July–3rd September A new light-hearted evening play suitable for all the family will be staged at the riverside Museum of The Gorge in the heart of the Ironbridge World Heritage Site every Saturday from 30th July until 3rd September. A Bolt from th...
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Saturday 24th SeptemberThis year is very special for the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire’s stunning Severn Valley as it marks the 25th anniversary since it was designated as one of the UK’s first World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in November 1986, alongsi...
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This year, the Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival will be celebrating the World Heritage Site’s 25th anniversary with a specially commissioned piece of music by British composer Matthew Hall. Taking place on the Green at the Coalbrookdale Museum of Ir...
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Saturday 23rd July-Sunday 24th JulyWith just a year to go you can celebrate the London 2012 Open Weekend, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July, at the Ironbridge Gorge Museums in Shropshire. The Science, Sport, Life Festival on Saturday 23rd July is a fun f...
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Near IronbridgeSaturday 23rd July Following last year’s magical Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oddsocks are back at Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge on Saturday, 23rd July with Macbeth one of Shakespeare's bloodiest of...
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Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival organisers are urging the local community to get involved with the development of this year’s landmark celebrations. Community workshops are planned so residents and businesses can find out more about the event...
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This year is very special for the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire’s stunning Severn Valley as it marks the 25th anniversary since it was designated as one of the UK’s first World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in November 1986, alongside such sites as Stoneh...
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Make your own Wallace & Gromit models and create a Beano cartoon strip as part of Robert Harrop Designs’ 25th anniversary celebrations. The Birthday Bash will be held in the Mill Building at Jackfield Tile Museum, near Ironbridge over the weekend of...
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Saturday 11th June at Blists Hill Victorian Town
On Saturday, 11th June Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge will stage a special event to demonstrate the important role played by horses in daily life over a hundred years ago.&nb...
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Campers from across Britain will be out in force on the night of The Camping and Caravanning Club’s Big Pitch camp out on Saturday, June 4 as they celebrate the ‘Real Richness’ that camping can provide.
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The Severn Valley Railway’s carriage restoration department at Bewdley, reorganised last year as a stand-alone profit centre under the name SVR Carriage Contracts, has just completed its first ‘external’ contract.
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The Severn Valley Railway, floored by severe flooding in 2007 and forced to substantially rebuild much of its 16-mile line between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, is helping another steam ‘heritage’ railway to get back on its feet, after an embank...
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During the late May Half-Term Week
Visit Coalport China Museum and Jackfield Tile Museum in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge during the late May half-term week and discover your creative side.
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Whitsun Weekend 28th – 30th May Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge, Shropshire will be celebrating the 81st birthday of their much-loved Queen Victoria with great style, pomp and pageantry over the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend, 28th – 30...
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Spring Half-Term: Saturday 28 May – Sunday 5 June
Discover the amazing power of water and how its energy can be harnessed at the Enginuity interactive design and technology centre, near Ironbridge during the spring half-term week.
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Bank Holiday Monday 30th May Meet fairytale characters brought to life at an Alice in Wonderland themed day on Bank Holiday Monday, 30th May in the Wonderland family attraction in Telford Town Park, Shropsh...
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Could you play the Victorian doctor who proved the unlikely inspiration behind the resurrection of the Modern Olympics - and the man who indirectly paved the way for London’s 2012 Games? If so, one of Britain's first World Heritage Sites, Ironbridge in ...
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It’s Been a Hard Day’s Night already for the organisers of Kidderminster’s ground-breaking three-day ‘Sounds of the ‘60s’ pop and nostalgia festival at the Severn Valley Railway – but though it seems they’ve been working Eight Days A ...
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Saturday 9th July The action-packed Newport Show, which takes place on Saturday, July 9th at the historic Chetwynd Deer Park, is one of Shropshire’s prime agricultural events bringing town and country together in a day of non-stop activities plus a chan...
