Shrewsbury Festival Dates 2018
Shrewsbury offers a range of fantastic festivals to locals and visitors alike, including the Shrewsbury Food Festival, the Shropshire Folk Festival and Shropshire Oktoberfest. This post provides you with advance notice of the dates of these Shrewsbury Festivals in 2018. Shrewsbury Food Festival 2018 The Shrewsbury Food Festival is considered to be one of the […]
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 variety of birds on the nearby Onny Meadows at the Shropshire Hills Discovery […]
Field to Fork Festival 2018
Field to Fork Festival 2018 Field to Fork is a new festival in 2018 and celebrates and explores the story of our food today and in the future. Field to Fork will be held at Harper Adams University just outside Newport, Shropshire on Saturday 28th April. This free festival will give the whole family the […]
Shrewsbury Victorian Christmas Fayre 2017
The Parade Shopping Centre in Shrewsbury are hosting a “Victorian Christmas Fayre” over the weekend of: Saturday 2nd December 2017 – 10:00 to 17:00 Sunday 3rd December 2017 – 10:00 to 1600 Promising a weekend full of fun for everyone the Fayre includes: a Reindeer funfair ride Mulled Wine and Roasted Chestnuts local […]
Shrewsbury Winter Festival 2017
The annual Shrewsbury Winter Festival 2017 will be held at Shrewsbury Quarry Park on: Saturday 9th December 2017 – 10:00 to 18:00 Sunday 10th December 2017 – 10:00 to 17:00 and promises two days of festive fun for all the family. The Shrewsbury Winter Festival is an annual celebration of local food and […]
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 many local walks that start and finish at the nearby Shropshire Hills Discovery […]
Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre 2017
The Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre is set in Ludlow Castle and is held on Saturday 25th and 26th November 2017. Opening hours are: Saturday 25th 10 am – 9 pm Sunday 26th 10 am – 4 pm Described as: The Best Medieval Show in the land! the Medieval Christmas Fayre features: Stalls – over 100 […]
Stokesay Castle in Photographs
This post shows Stokesay Castle in photographs. Stokesay Castle is a fortifyed medieval house and is considered the best preserved example in England. I’ve blogged about it before and this post provides some photographs that give more of a flavour of this unique building. The image of Stokesay Castle below was taken by Penny Mayes […]
Stokesay Castle Tea Rooms
Stokesay Castle is one of the best-preserved fortified medieval manor houses in England. English Heritage who have restored Stokesay Castle, and who manage the property, have recently completed the conversion of nearby Stokesay Cottage – which stands beside the public entrance to the castle grounds – into a tea-room – the Stokesay Castle Tea Rooms. […]
Shropshire Oktoberfest 2017
There is a new edition to the festival calendar in Shropshire – Shropshire Oktoberfest 2017. The festival is being held on the 6th – 8th October 2017 in Quarry Park, Shrewsbury. The ingredients of this new festival include: Ale – over 150 real ales from brewers across the SIBA Wales and West region Lager – […]