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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…

Ironbridge Coracle Regatta 2014

Messing about on the river with the Coracle Regatta

This bank holiday Monday the River Severn in Shropshire will play host to the Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, with games and competitions taking place…

Enginuity - Ironbridge - workshop using craft materials

Discover more about Chinese inventions at Enginuity

Discover more about the inventions, science and technologies from the East at the Made in China Workshops at Enginuity, Ironbridge, during the summer school holidays…

Enginuity - Flight Workshop - half term event - Ironbridge

Bored? Use your Enginuity and build a rocket this half term

Design and build a pneumatic rocket from craft materials and discover the fun of flying during February half-term at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire…

Enginuity, Ironbridge

Help make a giant glow-in-the-dark sculpture for Museums at Night

As part of Museums at Night, the annual late night festival of arts, culture and heritage, Enginuity, is inviting the public to visit the museum free of charge…

Meccanuity 2013 - Poetry Composing Machine 1 by Chris Shute (Photo: Bob Thompson)

See an amazing display of working Meccano models at Enginuity, Ironbridge

Working Meccano models created by Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society are on display at Enginuity, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, over the spring bank holiday weekend from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May…

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…

Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, Dale End Park, August bank holiday

Get paddling to Ironbridge Coracle Regatta

Ironbridge Coracle Regatta attracts coracle makers and paddlers from all over Britain to participate in an array of madcap races on bank holiday Monday…

Easter at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire

Anyone for egg dancing?

Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire is celebrating Easter with workshops, performances, singing and egg dancing…

St George's Day at Blists Hill Victorian Town

St George’s Day at Blists Hill

St George’s Day celebrations at Blists Hill Victorian Town from 22nd to 25th April…

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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