Vote for Your Favourite Shrewsbury Market Hall Trader of the Year
Vote for Your Favourite Shrewsbury Market Hall Trader of the Year Shoppers to Shrewsbury’s award-winning Market Hall are being asked to cast their vote to find the Market Trader of the Year for 2023. People visiting the indoor market before March 23 can nominate their favourite trader to win a...
New Bus Shelters for Shrewsbury
New Bus Shelters for Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Town Council has commenced a programme of replacing the bus shelters in the town which fall under their responsibility. As part of the council’s agreed capital programme of works, the first seven of the new structures have been installed on Abbey Foregate between the...
Nominations Sought for Shrewsbury’s Unsung Heroes
Nominations Sought for Shrewsbury's Unsung Heroes Nominations are being sought to celebrate those unsung heroes who have made an outstanding contribution to the town of Shrewsbury. The Mayor, Councillor Elisabeth Roberts, is asking businesses, organisations and residents to make submissions for Shrewsbury’s annual civic awards, designed to highlight those who...
New Signage to Welcome Visitors to Hermitage Green
New Signage to Welcome Visitors to Hermitage Green New signage at the entrances to Hermitage Green in Belle Vue has been unveiled by pupils from Coleham Primary School today [MON]. Pupils were set the challenge of providing designs for the new signs, with elements of the six winning posters incorporated...
Grant Awards Scheme for Local Organisations
Grant Awards Scheme for Local Organisations Shrewsbury Town Council is inviting local organisations to apply for grant funding in the latest round of applications. The Town Council operates a scheme which awards grants to local organisations to help them achieve their aims and objectives. The grant can be used to...
Mayor of Shrewsbury’s Christmas Message
Mayor of Shrewsbury's Christmas Message Christmas is just around the corner and the festive excitement is building. I was delighted to turn on the Christmas Lights a couple of weeks ago and my Mayoral Diary is full of Panto visits, Carol Concerts and Christmas Fayres. Whilst this is often a...
Shrewsbury’s Annual Carols in the Square
Shrewsbury's Annual Carols in the Square Final preparations are underway for Shrewsbury’s Carols in the Square concert which returns to the town on Wednesday [DEC 14] evening. The event, which is a hugely popular attraction in Shrewsbury’s festive calendar, kicks off from 5.30pm with music for all the family. Shrewsbury...
Tree Planting at Coleham Head in Memory of the late Queen
Tree Planting at Coleham Head in Memory of the late Queen A new addition to Coleham Head was unveiled today [THURS], when members of the Belle Vue and Coleham Community Action Group and pupils from Coleham School helped to plant a tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy project....
Festive Fun With Carols in the Square
Festive Fun With Carols in the Square The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, and to help get everyone in the festive mood, Shrewsbury’s annual Carols in the Square concert returns next month. The ever-popular festive event will take place on December 14 from 5.30pm in the Square...
Town Council’s Warm Rooms Grants
Town Council's Warm Rooms Grants Shrewsbury Town Council has allocated funds towards helping local organisations provide facilities for residents to help combat the cost-of-living crisis. The Council is keen to support the Warm Rooms Initiative and has set aside ring-fenced funding to assist organisations providing community spaces to give those...
Town Council Restates Opposition to North-West Relief Road
Town Council Restates Opposition to North-West Relief Road Shrewsbury Town Council has appealed to the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Richard Holden, to cancel proposals for the North-West Relief Road [NWRR]. With a change in leadership and Cabinet in Westminster, Councillors felt it imperative to restate their...
Final Preparations for a Cracking Christmas Lights Switch-on
Final Preparations for a Cracking Christmas Lights Switch-on Shrewsbury Town Council’s staff are putting the final touches to their preparations for the town’s Christmas Cracker event, which returns this Wednesday [Nov 23]. The fun starts from 4.45pm in the Square with entertainment for all the family ahead of the all-important...