Five times the price: the case for Shrewsbury (Part 1)
Five times the price: the case for Shrewsbury The average home in Shropshire costs £277,521. In 1995 it cost £55,065. Prices rose fivefold while the town...
Festival ends, Buttermarket sale, Bloom win - Issue #012
This week in Shrewsbury: a town being told it does things well, and a town quietly rearranging the things it loves. Welcome to The Bridge. Thanks for reading...
Shrewsbury Town sale offers club and town a fresh start
Shrewsbury Town's buyers, who built a thriving community club in Edinburgh, have cleared the regulator, but the sale is not yet complete.
Lego cafe, balloon champion, Come From Away - Issue #010
This week in Shrewsbury: a Lego cafe on its way to the Quarry, a world champion bringing his title home, and an October the town can walk straight into....
Riverside Gardens, a wing walk at 94 - Issue #009
This week in Shrewsbury: a town getting a few things back — a corner it had quietly given up on, a 94-year-old who went up on the wing of a biplane, and the...
Inside Riverside Gardens: what Shrewsbury got for £18.7m — and what it did not
Inside Riverside Gardens: what Shrewsbury got for £18.7m — and what it did not Following the huge level of interest in the Riverside news, we went back and...
Riverside Gardens, Dragons' Den, Oktoberfest - Issue #008
This week in Shrewsbury: the middle of town is nearly finished changing, a few local names have had a very good week, and doors are opening across the county...
Busby & Fox, Jon Ronson, the Half Marathon - Issue #007
This week in Shrewsbury: new names above old doors, quiet heroes getting their due, and a town that keeps finding room for one more. Welcome to The Bridge,...
Mystique back on Market Street, a curry night for Nepal, and the Town takeover clears - Issue #006
Weeks go by, the town gets on without you, and you hear about the good bits a fortnight late. This week’s Bridge is the way back in: a name Shrewsbury never...
Steam back at Coleham, the Coracle World Championships, and Heal Festival goes free - Issue #005
It’s easy to live in Shrewsbury and still miss it — the weeks go by, the river keeps doing its thing, and the town gets on without you. This week’s Bridge is...
Jubilee Tower tours, Locked Up at The Dana, and Twelfth Night at Attingham - Issue #004
The Folk Festival and the Steam Rally have the town to themselves this weekend, so here is what is worth putting in the diary for the week after. · · · —...
Folk Festival kicks off tomorrow — and there are still tickets
— This Weekend · Folk Festival — One of the UK’s best festivals is on your doorstep tomorrow. Are you going? Morning all — out a day early, because this...
Shrewsbury Folk Festival, a sardine tin full of art - Shrewsbury Bridge #003
Can't miss in culture, history and local happenings in Shrewsbury
Imagine getting this in your letterbox every month?
4 hand-picked Shrewsbury experiences, thoughtful offers, and a paper calendar of can’t-miss events
Would you want this in your letterbox?
A monthly Events Club Letter with 4 hand-picked things to do in Shrewsbury, special offers, and a fridge calendar of can’t-miss events and experiences.
Spring Equinox Retreat, Rapunzel at Theatre Severn, and Orchestra of Folk - Issue #002
What not to miss this week
Candlelight Vivaldi, Prisons tours, and Trading Card Games - Issue #001
Shrewsbury is having a lively week - theatre, classical music, new folk nights and more.
Crossing the bridge
An introduction to my journey in writing this local newsletter