Shropshire Hills & Ludlow

Members’ News

Join Us for the Visit Shropshire Hills AGM

at The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centreor remotely via Teamson Thursday 14th November at 14:00 At the Discovery Centre there will be refreshments served from 13:30 before the meeting. It’s your chance to connect with fellow local businesses and community members passionate about promoting the stunning Shropshire Hills region. During the AGM, we will discuss our

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Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre Birthday BBQ and Nature Fun Day 10 August

Visit Shropshire Hills members, who are made up of holiday accommodations, inns and cafes and local tourism attractions, are delighted to be able to be able to support the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre Birthday BBQ and Nature Fun Day on 10th August 2024 For the past 10 years the team at Grow Cook Learn has

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The Bettws Triangle 2024 (Art and Music Festival)

14th June 2024 – 16th June 2024 Three days of live, uplifting folk, classical, jazz and original music from bands, solo artists and community choirs, and exhibitions of work by local artists, set in the beautiful surroundings of Bettws-y-crwyn, deep in the South Shropshire Hills. FREE DAY-TIME EVENTS St Mary’s Church SY7 8PH – 12.00 to 2.00pmBlack

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Visit Shropshire & Buy-From’s -Tourism Marketing Masterclass

Shropshire is well and truly on the map after being named in ABTA’s ‘Destinations to Watch in 2024’ list. Make sure your business is ready to make the most of this with Visit Shropshire & Buy-From’s Shropshire Tourism Marketing Masterclasses.  In these informative and hands-on workshops, you’ll discover the power of destination marketing and how to create

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Wishing all our members a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2024

Welcome Wishing all our members a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2024. As you may have seen in the Shropshire Star and the latest Visit Shropshire newsletter, tourism boosted the Shropshire economy by £767.23 million last year, according to a new report. Let’s make 2024 bigger and better! In this newsletter: Save the Date for our

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How to use www.visitshropshirehills.co.uk to market your business

As a member of www.visitshropshirehills.co.uk you will know that we work together to promote the Shropshire Hills and our local market towns to encourage visitors to visit our wonderful area. Make the most of the website and our social media campaigns to promote your business – we really do want you to join in our activities…

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CoVid19

We will add any information which is relevant to the pandemic below.  As an organisation we are open to hearing ideas as to how we can kick start business once the current self-isolation ends. Free Money – well the government grants of £10k or £25k for business The application form for the COVID-19 business grants

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Tourism Expo

The Tourism Expo, leaflet swap and much more  on Monday 30 March has been cancelled This year we had planned a series of talks, workshops, and food and drink tastings across the day plus the opportunity to network, have a cuppa with friends and sample some scones from the award winning cream tea at Jemima’s

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Environmental aspects to Greenaway Touring and Glamping Park

Greenway Touring and Glamping site is based near Craven Arms.  Set up in 2014 by Jane and Brian offering touring pitches for caravans, motorhomes, campervans, tents and trailer tents and has equipped Glamping pods. Since then business has boomed, and Greenway welcome campers and glampers all year. Based in the Shropshire Hills AONB, Jane and

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Finalists revealed for inaugural West Midlands Tourism Awards

43 finalists from across the region shortlisted for tourism gongs in 15 categories West Midlands’ tourism successes to be celebrated on 26 February 2020 at University of Birmingham’s Great Hall The shortlist for 2020’s inaugural West Midlands Tourism Awards has been announced, with 43 finalists vying for prizes in 15 categories. One of these finalists

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Branding

What branding is all about On 3rd April 2019 we  launched a complete rebrand for the Shropshire Hills destination. The aim of the destination rebrand is to create a consistent, meaningful and inspirational vision for the area. We hope that the rebrand will encourage organisations across the region to use a consistent approach based on the

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The Best Cycling in Europe – Shropshire & the Welsh Borders

Miles from a motorway, the Shropshire/Herefordshire borderlands have remained unspoilt with little traffic.  Add in fantastic scenery and great food, and not surprisingly, it has become a mecca for cyclists.   Here’s some & ideas for great cycle rides. Wheely Wonderful Cycling has been based here for the past 25 years, providing cycling holidays to thousands

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Big turnout for Shropshire Hills Tourism leaflet swap shop at Stokesay Court

Well over 100 local tourism businesses turned out in force to swap leaflets and ideas at Stokesay Court to start the new tourism season off with a swing. Paul Davis chair of Shropshire Hills Tourism, said “This is an annual event for our Shropshire Hills tourism group, it’s a great opportunity for tourism businesses to

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Visitor Information

Do make use of our fantastic Visitor Information Centres: Ludlow Visitor Information Centre located in the Assembly Rooms, 01584 813705.  Bishops Castle Visitor Information Point – Located at The Town Hall. Tel: 01588 630023 Church Stretton Visitor Information Centre – located next to the Library in Church Street. Open all year. Tel: 01694 723133 Craven Arms – Shropshire

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Absorb Historic Shropshire with a Tour of our Castles

Shropshire’s colourful, interesting and turbulent past has littered this beautiful rural county with hillforts, abbeys and castles, all of which displaying the wounds and marks of a stormy history. Shropshire is home to 32 castles in all, which is quite something. I intend to shine a spotlight on 5 of South Shropshire’s finest and most

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Walk the Hills

Walking in the Hills The Shropshire Hills has great walking, and so it’s not unreasonable that there are some great walking festivals, plus a number of towns that are accredited as “Walkers are Welcome Towns”.  In addition Shropshire Council has a great resource with Shropshire Great Outdoors Walking Video Some great views and a good

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