What's On Pontesbury

A charity fundraising event will be held in aid of The Harry Johnson Trust at 7.30pm, on the 28th April at Shrewsbury Town Football Club, Montgomery Waters Meadow. There will be a charity auction and raffle with Photo Booth, live music entertainment and more, plus comedy Magician…The GREAT Paul Rushworth!

The 2018 Shrewsbury Regatta will take place on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May 2018. The Regatta is one of the oldest events in the rowing calendar, having first been held in 1871. Races will take place on the River Severn in Shrewsbury between English Bridge and the boathouses opposite the Quarry.

Throughout 2018, we are offering reduced entry of £2 on the first Sunday of the month. On the first Sunday of the month, bring your sketchbook with you when you visit us and show it to reception in the VIC!

The well-loved Carducci continue their 21st anniversary celebration ‘Voyages from Budapest’ Series with an afternoon concert on Sunday 29th April, 3pm at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury.

In 2018 the well-loved Carducci are celebrating their 21st anniversary. As part of their nationwide ’Bartok 2018’ project, in Shropshire the quartet have been presenting a chamber music Series called ‘Voyages from Budapest’, including this last concert featuring jewels by Haydn, Bartok and Dvorak which...

Have you ever wanted to drive a steam engine? Maybe ride in a vintage lorry, an army tank or a tractor?

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

A series of gentle ambles with a local expert ideal for all the family. Dave Pearce is your guide to this all-abilities series of ambles (not walks).

Photography workshop with professional photographer Philip Dunn. Open to photographers of all levels over the age of 16 On these workshops you will learn how to: Prepare yourself and your camera Use light to add visual impact and atmosphere Anticipate your subject’s next move When to ask a subject’s...

Hidden in the Shropshire countryside, Cronkhill is an unexpected vision of Italy. Take a tour around this little gem on one of only six open days a year. All visits must be pre booked.

Stretton Players present a new play written and directed by Simon Cleaton, one of our members. A thought provoking piece about the tensions within a family.

The See and Hear exhibition is a free event where companies and services showcase what equipment and support is available for those with visual and/or hearing problems.

Join WildLife Survival School for a series of Natural Craft workshops focusing on basketry and spoon carving using only hand tools. These workshops can start you at the very beginning of both these ancient art forms or help you take the next step.

Let Lord Berwick take you back in time for an exciting private tour of the stunning ground floor of Attingham Mansion. Our humorous guide will lead you on a Grand Tour around this glorious building just after the last of the visitors leave for the day.

A relaxed and fun workshop where you will learn how to create giant paper flowers. No previous experience of paper craft is necessary. All materials will be provided and you will be able to take your paper flower creations home at the end of the workshop.

A full day Workshop from 10am - 4pm covering the skills involved in Watercolour Painting. The Workshop is designed for beginners or as a refresher to those who want to re-discover their painting skills.

Has to be seen to be believed. A unique hillside garden (over 700 steps) bordering R Perry. Wide variety of styles and plants from formal terraces to woodland paths, plus large kitchen garden. Lawn area redeveloped in 2017 with new statues.

FREE ENTRY to this great plant fair. It’s a great time to get out in the garden and get planning and planting for the year ahead and where better to get inspiration than at a Plant Hunters Fair.

Flocks of Words is an immersive, hypnotic blend of music and poetry exploring landscape and the human soul. Grounded in the Shropshire Hills where the artists live and work, the sounds and language quickly become the audience’s own and the themes universal.

Find out a little more about the Edwardian formal garden before heading behind the scenes to visit Powis’ nursery. Booking not needed. Meet in the Formal Garden (at the bottom of the long steps).

A jewel in the town. Explore the ground floor of this C17 barrel maker’s cottage and walk into a large garden room which also houses a museum of tools from different trades. Mystic pool of smoke and sounds.

Celebrating 95 years of steeplechasing, Eyton Races South Shropshire Hunt Point-to-Point is delighted to announce its May Day 2018 meeting!

Boots + Roots will be held on Sunday 6TH May 2018, the aim of the day is to provide families with a ‘digital detox’ where they can get involved in activities including den building, crafts, messy play, gardening, cooking, sports and much more!

WALK TO BEAT BLOOD CANCER Join us for a Ramble (22.5 miles), Scramble (13 miles) or Amble (9.5 miles) around the beautiful Shropshire countryside to help us beat blood cancers. Round and About Walks offer adventurous types the chance to ramble, amble or scramble through the Shropshire countryside.

• Ramble – 22.5 miles This beautiful circular walk rambles over the rolling Shropshire hills from and back to Bishop’s Castle, via Offa’s Dyke, Shropshire Way, the Walcot Estate and Bury Ditches, with a welcome hot vegetarian lunch at Clun • Scramble – 13 miles This hill walk leaves Bishop’s Castle, to climb up to...

Ramble, amble or scramble around the beautiful Shropshire Hills and help us beat blood cancer. Ramble – 22.

The 75 strong Marches Choir, conducted by Alistair Auld, will be joined by the Marches Sinfonia, a first class symphony orchestra (led by Ann Tupling), as well as two professional soloists, Nicholas Morris (baritone) and Caroline Clarke (soprano).

Annual Jumble & Plant Sale; plants for the home and garden, good as new, white elephant, household, clothes, lots of bargains, teas and homemade cakes.

RHS recommended 4½ acre garden on S-facing site, sloping down to lakes surrounded by yr-round interest. Beds mostly colour themed with a huge variety of rare and unusual trees, ornamental shrubs and herbaceous plants.

Historic landscape gardens covering 14 acres with lakes, cascades dating from C18, woodland walks and wildflowers. Snowdrops in February, Bluebells and Violas in May, Roses and Autumn colour in October.

With spectacular views, this one acre organic garden has been developed over the past 14 years to be in harmony and its surroundings. Divided into many rooms, there are vibrant herbaceous borders and terraces, rose trellises and a large vegetable plot.

A popular Food, Drink, Craft, and Plant Market organised by Wem Combine Harvesters. Nearly 60 stalls in the Town Hall (SY4 5ER), Baptist Church (SY4 5DG) and Senior Club (SY4 5DG) with a wide range of high quality, locally-produced goods (within an approximately 30-mile range of Wem) including apple juice, baked...

Hanidcraft’s galore this weekend at Sunnycroft. This weekend come and see a variety of crafts being demonstrated at Sunnycroft. There a host of crafts to watch from patchwork to lace making, there are even opportunities to try your crafting skills. Booking Not Needed. Phone: 01952 242884. Children are welcome.

Oswestry’s own station now the centre of the Heritage Railway c/w Museum has arranged an Open Day at Oswestry, Lynclys and Gobowen sites for prospective volunteers to see what is involved.. Also on this day is the official opening of the Signal box at Oswestry ( approx 12 noon)..

The best produce and craft traders from around the County

Offset by a mature collection of specimen trees, the garden is divided into intimate sections, carefully linked by winding paths. The front lawn flanked by striking borders, extends to a gravel, art garden and ha-ha.

Carmina Burana. Wrekin College Annual Concert. The combined choirs of Wrekin College, The Old Hall School, Wrekin College Orchestra and invited guests, Soloists and members of the Jackfield Band. The programme includes : 1812 Overture, Cloudburst, Rhapsody in Blue and Carmina Burana.

Our Spring exhibition features Reduction Lino Prints by Artist Eric Gaskell (BA Hons, SGFA, ARBSA)as well as fascinating Porcelain with Collagraph Prints by Theresa Barlow.

Organised by Bodytech Health Clubs; a Zombie Escape Race will take place on Saturday 12th May and involves a 5K Course involving caves, forests, and valleys in the picturesque setting of Hawkstone Park, Weston Under Redcastle.

Stokesay Court is a magnificent Grade II* late-Victorian mansion imposingly set within extensive landscaped grounds, with far ranging views towards Ludlow.

Folk with a splash of blues, singing out for the underdog, beautiful songs, beautifully sung and a weird humour all of their own.That is husband and wife duo Kip Winter and Dave Wilson.

Free afternoon film show at Broseley’s Birchmeadow Centre. Since some of our audience have hearing difficulties, we put sub-titles on with every film we show.

Set in a stunning tranquil position, our naturalistic and evolving 6½ acre garden was originally landscaped in 1962. Most of the trees, azaleas and rhododendrons were planted then. There is a wonderful new kitchen garden designed and planted by Jayne and Norman Grove. Ponds and woodland walk encourage wildlife.

The Rotary Club’s Social Night returns tonight at 7.00p.m. prompt and normally runs on the fourth Tuesday of each month. This month, it is a Quiz Night and costs £1.50 per person to take part in teams of up to 5 people.

Dawley Angling Society meets here from 7.30 p.m., normally on the first Wednesday of each month.

Britain’s biggest cooled-hand-pulled, pub-based beer festival is back, with 12 cooled hand-pulls at the Elephant & Castle and 34 more at the Crown Inn in Oakengates!! So, now there’s more opportunity than ever to come and have your taste-buds tickled!

Telford Town Transition Group meets here at 7p.m. to look at the sustainability of Telford, normally on the first Monday of each month (even if it’s a Bank Holiday.)

The local Rotary Club meets here, normally at 7p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Free admission, all welcome.

Cats Protection’s Telford Branch meets here from 6.30 p.m., normally on the first Tuesday of each month. However, in May it is on Tuesday 8th. All welcome.