Bosses behind plans for a proposed 33-bed hotel in Bridgnorth are investigating whether the town has enough parking to cope with the extra cars after ‘strong concerns’ were raised over vehicle access. A multi-tier car park racking system within the New Market Building is part of the proposals for the Listley Street site. But highways [...]
Bridgnorth’s 150-year-old rail station will get a £2 million revamp under new plans. The Severn Valley Railway announced ambitious plans to expand the town’s station to cope with soaring visitor numbers. Up to 250,000 people use the station each year while taking a trip along the 16-mile heritage line, which runs between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster. [...]
There was a large turn out for the annual Boxing Day Hunt at Morville Hall on Boxing Day 2011. Just before the start of the hunt there was a very touching minutes silence in memory Hugh Jones who died tragically in farming accident at Brockton on 23rd December 2011. It was the wishes of his [...]
A number plate recognition system in a Shropshire car park has been switched off by a council who claim it has been sending fines to the wrong motorists. The £9,000 system was installed at the Low Town car park in Bridgnorth in August by Creative Parking Solutions. Anne Wilson, from Bridgnorth Town Council said: “It’s [...]
CCTV cameras could be installed on a street in Bridgnorth to combat anti-social behaviour which is blighting the town, a meeting has heard. About 40 people turned out to voice their concerns about problems caused by late-night drinking at a meeting in the town last night organised by Shropshire Council. Sergeant Bob Matthews, of Bridgnorth [...]
The service has already been introduced in Oswestry, north and south Shropshire and Shrewsbury. Residents in Bridgnorth will be able to recycle plastic bottles from the kerbside from next month. The new service will operate in Bridgnorth from 31 October alongside the existing recycling collections. The collection of plastic bottles is being introduced by Shropshire [...]
Twenty jobs are to be created with the opening of a discount supermarket in Bridgnorth. The Aldi store is due to be built on the former Bridgnorth College site in Stourbridge Road by Easter 2013. An Aldi spokesman said: “The store is set to generate 20 jobs in addition to those created for the construction [...]
Bridgnorth once more showed itself to be a rose in the crown for its beautifully kept public gardens, baskets and flower displays in 2011. It has recevied a GOLD in the 2011 Heart of England in Bloom Awards for the category of Town: 6,001-12,000 . For more information visit http://www.heartofenglandinbloom.co.uk
The Hare & Hounds on Bernards Hill in Low Town Bridgnorth has received a coverted entry in The Camra Good Beer Guide 2012. Garry Aulton of The Hare and Hounds Bridgnorth located on Bernards Hill in Low Town Bridgnorth was overjoyed to feature for the second year, now as the only Low Town public house [...]
The owners of a historic mansion near Bridgnorth were today celebrating record visitors after opening up the building to the public for the first time in more than two years. More than 600 people visited Upton Cressett Hall after a renovation costing hundreds of thousands of pounds. And demand to see the hall, murals and [...]