Events and activities at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

With our events and activities you can brighten up your days!
We've something for everyone - just have a look.

Details of some of the upcoming events and activities are given below. Alternatively, follow the appropriate link to find out everything about: our tailored children's birthday parties; hi-tech treasure hunting on a GEOcaching satellite safari; the entire 2008 program of children's activity days; our monthly Farmers' Markets; our fantastic Annual Membership Scheme, which covers the exhibition, led activities, GEOcaching and lets you bring free guests with you too when you visit.

If you would like to receive emails keeping you up to date with our latest events and activities, follow the 'Contact: The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre' link on this page and send us an email asking to be added to our e-mailing list.

Craven Arms Farmers Market
First Saturday of every month
Next market Saturday 3rd May
9.00am - 2.00pm
Come along and pick up a taste of something local!

Dads’ and Kids’ Forest School
10.00am – 12.30pm First Sunday of every month
Next session Sunday 4th May
Calling all dads and granddads! Come and have fun with your kids building shelters, having campfires, using tools and exploring the natural world.
£1 per child aged 7 or over

GEOcaching Satellite Safaris
Everyday!
GEOcaching is treasure hunting for the 21 century. With an easy to use, hand-held GPS (Global Positioning System) you navigate to different locations and when you get there you open the cache or find out the secret. You can choose from one of the existing trails - Secret Stones trail, Tusker's Iron Age Hoard Hunt or Shropshire's Wartime Secrets Trail - or try the new one.

New GEOcaching trail launching Saturday 3rd May 2008
A Crossroads in Time
Walk along an ancient trackway, a Roman road, a mediaeval coach route and across Shropshire's first runway!
We're sure our brand new trail will reveal some stories you never would have guessed. Our brand new GEOcaching trail starts as soon as you step out of the building and pick up the satellite signal, it then leads you on foot into the countryside around Craven Arms.
For more information about GEOcaching follow the link.

Craven Arms Reading Group
2nd Wednesday of the month
10.00am for a 10.30am start
Come along and share the experience of a good book with the local Reading Group.

Meadow Fun
10.00am -11.00am Every Wednesday during term-time
Have fun in the Onny Meadows making, exploring and letting off steam.
£1 per child under the age of 5 accompanied by an adult

The Craven Arms Shamblers
This local group of walkers meet at the Centre every week on Fridays and every other Tuesday for a enjoyable stroll into the countryside. You can visit the Craven Arms website for more information, just follow the link on this page and from the Homepage select Local Walks.