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Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross - Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire

An urban bike race with unusual challenges

The Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross is a urban bike race with a difference, taking place at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire…

Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross - Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire

Modern cyclists ride around Victorian Town

Watch cyclists race around Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire on Saturday 9th July, as the annual Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross takes place…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - St George's Day

Blists Hill Victorian Town celebrates St George’s Day

Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge will be celebrating St George’s Day over the weekend of 23rd and 24th April…

Ghostly Gaslight - Blists Hill Victorian Town

Brave the Ghostly Gaslight at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Dress up in a scary costume and head to the Ghostly Gaslight Halloween event at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire, on Saturday 25th October 2014…

Oliver Twist Weekend - Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire

You’ll be asking for more after visiting the Oliver Twist Weekend

Dress in character this bank holiday weekend and join in street games at the Oliver Twist Weekend at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire - Sherlock Holmes Weekend

Help Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve a crime

Help Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve a crime at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire, during their Sherlock Holmes Weekend on 9th & 10th August…

Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross - Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire

Modern cyclists race through Victorian streets at the Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross

Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge will be the setting for the Queen Victoria Cyclo-Cross event on 28th June…

Blitz Hill 1940s Evening - Blists Hill Victorian Town - Shropshire

Enjoy an evening on the home front

Enjoy an evening on the home front at Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge. On Saturday 21st June the town will be transformed into the 1940s of WWII…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - St George's Day - Ironbridge

Celebrate St George’s Day at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Join the residents of Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge as they celebrate St George’s Day on Wednesday 23rd April…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Cyclo-Cross

Tykes, urchins and vagabonds take part in cycle race at Victorian Town

Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge is to be the venue for a new urban cyclo-cross event on Saturday 31st August 2013…

Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge

Watch a wheelwright at work this weekend

Blists Hill Victorian Town, where life is recreated as it was over 100 years ago, will be hosting a demonstration of wheelwright skills this weekend…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Ironbridge

A chance to meet the neigh-bours at Blists Hill

Discover more about the working horses living at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge on Saturday 15th June 2013…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - Steam in Miniature

Full steam ahead at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Discover how the Victorians harnessed steam to power their engines and other machines at the Steam in Miniature event over the spring Bank Holiday at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire…

Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge

Blists Hill Victorian Town celebrates its 40th anniversary on 1st April 2013

Blists Hill Victorian Town, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2013 with a variety of special events and activities…

Blists Hill Victorian Town - St George's Day event

Celebrate St George’s Day at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Join the residents of Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge as they celebrate St George’s Day on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd April…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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