Category: Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

Grants for Shropshire Market Towns

Shropshire Market Towns have been awarded £167,000 of grants to encourage visitors after the flooding earlier this year and of course in the aftermath of Covid 19. Smaller Market Towns have been granted £50,000 between them. They will each be able to

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Walking Festivals and Challenges 2019

Shropshire is a great area for walking in and for those of you who enjoy organised events I have put together a list of some of our local walking festivals. I will give a quick summary and let you research further. Bishops

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Things to Do in Craven Arms

I am sure there are people who think there is nothing to do in Craven Arms but there are probably more Things to Do in Craven Arms than you would think.   Stokesay Castle is open most of the year and you

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Wild Garlic Day

Wild Garlic Day at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms will be on the 7th April 2018. The day will start with a walk up to Sallow Coppice where wild garlic can be seen growing in its natural habitat of

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The Shropshire Way 80k

The Shropshire Way 80k Festival has become a mainstay of the calendar of events at the walk  Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms. The Shropshire Way 80k will be on 2nd April to 3rd April 2022. There are three events the

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Feathers and Flight

Here at Folly View Let we are keen birdwatchers and I’ve blogged several times before about the birds we’ve seen in our gardens including: Chiffchaffs Fieldfares Blackcap and Nuthatch Long-tailed Tits We are also lucky to be able to see a wide

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The Inaugural Shropshire 80K

Here at Folly View Let we cater for guests who visit to enjoy the wide variety of walking available in South Shropshire. We are very lucky to have the Shropshire Way pass within 500 m of Folly View Let. There are also

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Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

The Secret Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms was opened in 2002 and run by the County Council. It was set up to encourage tourism to the area. The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre changed its name in more recent times and is

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Tusker

Tusker, the mammoth outside the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms has a new coat. Tusker had began to look a bit worn and dull, being out in all weathers and being stroked by all those children and adults. He now

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Sightings on the Onny Meadows

While walking Hettie (Border Terrier) we saw a Goosander on the River Onny. I have been informed it was a female as it had a brown head and grey body, the males have almost white bodies. I saw a Goosander on the

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