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Shrewsbury Parking Report: Hours Down 9.7% After 2025 Rise
Shrewsbury BID says hours parked fell 9.7% and town centre spend 5.8% after the November 2025 rise. It also says council staff park free at Frankwell.
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Loopfest
Feeder to Play Loopfest 2027 in Shrewsbury on Sunday 2 May
Feeder are the first act named for Loopfest's Sunday in Shrewsbury on 2 May 2027. Ocean Colour Scene and Sleeper play the Quarry on Friday 30 April.
Christmas
Christmas Shopping in Shropshire: 17 Shops From Wyle Cop to Ludlow
We checked 17 Shropshire shops, from Tanners Wines in Shrewsbury to Castle Bookshop in Ludlow, for opening hours and what they sell. Updated November 2026.
Health
Shrewsbury and Telford Cancer Waits: Best Ever 62-Day Figure
Three in four patients started cancer treatment within 62 days in August, the trust's best ever, up from 54% in Feb 2025. We checked the NHS data.
Food and drink
Christmas Dinner in Shropshire 2026 With Prices
We checked eight Shropshire hotels and pubs for Christmas Day lunch, from £69.99 to £170 a head, with deposits and hygiene ratings. Updated November 2026.
West Mercia Police
Shrewsbury E-Scooters: Police Seize 14 in Town Centre Patrols
West Mercia Police has seized 14 e-scooters and an e-bike in Shrewsbury town centre after reports of dangerous riding. Patrols continue through half-term.
Roads
Ellesmere Road Shrewsbury Crash: Three Hurt, Driver, 19, Bailed
Three men aged 19, 21 and 22 are in hospital after a Ford KA hit a lamppost and a wall on Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury. A 19-year-old was arrested and bailed.
Transport
Shropshire Bus Survey: 9 Subsidised Services Up for Retender
Nine council-funded bus services, from Oswestry's town routes to the Knighton-Ludlow 738/740, face retender in 2027. The survey on them closes 11 December.
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Shrewsbury Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury roadworks: Calcott Lane (now, until 7 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
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Shrewsbury Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Shrewsbury weather today: overcast, 10°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 35% chance of rain and winds up to 6 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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Shrewsbury's Doodle Boy Shows 20+ New Works in London
Joe Whale, the Doodle Boy from Shrewsbury, showed 20+ new works at his first London solo show, at the Truman Brewery in Shoreditch, from 23 to 25 October.
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Shrewsbury in Bloom Wins Four Awards and a 2027 Final Place
Shrewsbury is overall Heart of England in Bloom winner for 2026, with RHS Gold and a second Dingle trophy, so it goes to the Britain in Bloom final in 2027.
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Shrewsbury College £5m Construction Centre Opens 2027
Shrewsbury College is building a £5m Construction Skills Centre at London Road for September 2027: eight classrooms and four electrical and plumbing workshops.
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Buttermarket Shrewsbury: Prison Owners Take Over in January
Cove Group, owner of Shrewsbury Prison, takes over The Buttermarket from January 2027. Existing tickets stay valid and the venue's team stays on.
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Shrewsbury Riverside Gardens opens six weeks early
Riverside Gardens opened on 19 October, six weeks early: a play area, climbing boulder and a new lift from Frankwell footbridge, paid for by £18.7m of government money.
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Shrewsbury Food Festival Ends After 13 Years in the Quarry
Shrewsbury Food Festival will not return. Its organisers say rising costs, Martyn's Law and tighter household budgets make the June event in the Quarry unviable.
Health
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Parking Now £4.50 for Two Hours
Two hours at Royal Shrewsbury or Princess Royal now costs £4.50 and a full day £10.45, from 2 November. The 10-visit pass goes from £8.50 to £15 on 1 December.
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Shrewsbury Taste of Asia: Sunday 18 Oct, 12pm to 6pm
The Mayor's Taste of Asia is Sunday 18 October, 12pm to 6pm, at Shrewsbury Town FC. Online sales have closed. Six cuisines, profits to four local charities.
Transport
Shrewsbury Bus Gates Proposed: Have Your Say by 16 Nov
Bus gates in Shrewsbury, traffic enforcement cameras and a Gobowen to Oswestry line study are in Shropshire's draft transport plan. Comment by 16 November.
Parking
Shrewsbury Parking Charges: £4.80 Plan Open to 26 November
The council is consulting to 26 November on £4.80-an-hour street parking in Shrewsbury, charged to 8pm. An officer, not councillors, takes the final decision.
Roads
London Road Shrewsbury Crash: Man in His 60s Dies
A man in his sixties died in a four-car crash on London Road, Shrewsbury, on 7 October. Police want witnesses; a Battlefield Road crash victim has also died.
Christmas
Shropshire Christmas Markets: Much Wenlock Fayre Sat 5 Dec
Much Wenlock's fayre brings about 150 stalls on Saturday 5 December. Oswestry adds artisan and late-night markets on 27 November and 18 December.
Crime
Shrewsbury Pride Hill Theft: Police Appeal Over £4,000 Ring
A ring worth almost £4,000 was taken from TH Baker on Pride Hill on 10 September. West Mercia Police want to trace a man they have pictured. How to help.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury May Twin With Okhtyrka, Ukraine: Report on 7 Dec
Shrewsbury may twin with Okhtyrka, Ukraine: councillors set up a working group on 28 September that reports on 7 December. Who sits on it and why.
Remembrance
Shrewsbury Remembrance Sunday: 10.30am Parade, Road Closures
Shrewsbury's 8 November parade leaves the Castle at 10.30am, with roads closed 9.30am to 12.30pm. Oswestry forms at 10.30am, Bridgnorth at 10.15am.
Planning
Oxon Priory Demolition Approved: Victorian Vicarage to Go
Shropshire Council has approved demolition of the fire-hit Oxon Priory in Shrewsbury. It began as a Victorian vicarage, and no new plan has been lodged.
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Shrewsbury Food Hub Wins £60,000 Council Grant to 2029
Shrewsbury Food Hub gets £20,000 a year to 2029 from the town council's cost of living fund to open more Foodshares. When and where all 13 run now.
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Emstrey Bank and Norton Crossroads Speed Limits Set to Fall
40mph and 50mph limits are proposed for two roads east of Shrewsbury, where 11 injury crashes since 2021 killed one rider. Comment 1 to 22 October.
Attingham Park
Attingham Park Christmas: 50 Trees and Timed Slots, 28 Nov
Attingham for Christmas runs 28 Nov to 3 Jan with 50-plus decorated trees and timed mansion slots; booking is essential. Three relaxed SEN sessions from 29 Nov.
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Meole Brace Park and Ride Kept 3 Years, Buses Every 20 Min
Meole Brace park and ride runs three more years from Monday 2 November, with Hotspur Buses every 20 minutes, not 12. Oxon and Harlescott get evening buses.
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570 Homes at Shrewsbury Battlefield Withdrawn by Developer
Oakland Farming pulled its 570-home Battlefield scheme on 23 September, five days after National Highways' third holding notice. 34 objected, none backed it.
Shropshire Council
Shropshire Councillor Allowances Frozen at £14,839, Five Cut
The independent panel says £14,839 is already top quartile. Scrutiny and planning chairs lose £3,710 each, and the automatic annual rise is scrapped.
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Shrewsbury Soup Maker Wins £40,000 Dragons' Den Deal
Soul Kitchen's Bella Acland asked for £40,000 and four Dragons said no. Susie Ma then offered the lot for 15 per cent, on BBC One on Thursday night.
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Shrewsbury Bridge Works: Castle Foregate Shut 8 Sundays
Castle Foregate, Cross Street and Howard Street shut on eight more Sundays and on overnight closures to 8 November, after extra steelwork was found.
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Shrewsbury Town Takeover: Scottish FA Clears the Dual Interests
The Scottish FA approved the dual interests on 6 October and all four buyers have now cleared the regulator. The sale has not completed; no date is set.
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Hills Ford Rally Road Closures: 07:15 to 19:00, 20 Sep
Five rally stages around Cressage, Clee Hill, the Lawley, Dorrington and Linley shut from 07:15 on Sunday 20 September, reopening 16:45 to 19:00.
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Shrewsbury Ambulance Hub: £14.2m Base Planned at Emstrey
West Midlands Ambulance Service plans a £14.2m base at Emstrey off the A5, doubling capacity to 500 staff and 50 ambulances. No planning application yet.
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Shrewsbury Half Marathon: 2026 Race Was Sunday 27 Sep
The 2026 Shrewsbury Half ran on Sunday 27 September, starting 8.30am, with nearly 40 town centre roads shut from 8am to noon. The closure list and route.
Bonfire Night
Shropshire Fireworks: Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, Sat 7 Nov
Shrewsbury and Whitchurch both hold two-show displays on Saturday 7 November, Shrewsbury from £15 an adult with under-16s free. Checked 5 November 2026.
Christmas
Shrewsbury Pantomime: Only 6 Aladdin Shows Not at Last Few
60 of Aladdin's 66 shows at Theatre Severn now show Last Few, and 6 still show Book Now. It runs 27 Nov to 3 Jan, from £18.50. Ludlow's panto opens 9 Dec.
Health
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Parking: £4.50 for 2 Hours Now
Two hours costs £4.50 and a full day £10.45 from 2 November. Which zone to use, blue badge rules, who parks free and the £2 park and ride bus.
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Shrewsbury to London trains: 2h34, no direct service
The fastest Shrewsbury to London train takes 2h 34m and every single one needs a change. Journey times, fares and season tickets from each Shropshire station.