2012 Games

Enjoy fun and games in historic Much Wenlock.

Think the modern Olympics started in Greece? No, it all  began in Shropshire... and it’s still going strong!

The Wenlock Olympian Games, held annually in Shropshire since 1850, embraces everything from dressage, bowls and clay pigeon shooting to athletics, swimming and cricket. These Games are uniquely English.

They were the brainchild of local boy Dr William Penny Brookes, a founding father of the modern Olympic movement.  In recognition of this small town’s historic connection to the Games, one of the London 2012 mascots has been named Wenlock!

More info: www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk

Continue your 2012 Games experience at Enginuity in Ironbridge.

Here you will find three outstanding exhibitions that are part of the Cultural Olympiad:

Our Sporting Life, Sporting Heroes (Mon- Friday 1 Jan - 9 Sept)
A free to enter exhibition and charts the region’s proud sporting heritage.

Our Sporting Life, the Science of Sport (1 Jan - 9 Sept)
Explaining how modern-day scientific developments help create today’s record breaking sporting performances. The exhibition is open every day and is included in the admission fee to Enginuity.

For a real wow factor make sure you visit CORE at Enginuity (23 March - 30 Sept)
A free world-class digital art exhibition on a massive scale gives glimpses into a weightless world populated by humanoid figures and is part of the London 2012 Festival.

More info: www.ironbridge.org.uk


LONDON 2012 Dates:

London Olympic Games 27th July – 12th August 2012
London Paralympic Games 29th August – 9th September 2012