I am sending the complete list of coming events in the lead up to Christmas. I will do my best to remind you of important dates but otherwise, please keep this by you.
OSWESTRY AND AREA EVENTS LIST 2013
NOVEMBER
Every weekend during Nov and Dec + Christmas and New Year holiday. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Mulled Wine Cruises 2 hr trip booking essential Tel 01978 860702
Bargain Hunt with Tim Wannacott. S. Jackson & G. Stephens
703110 /07976 850532 www.amuletfairs.co.uk
16th “The Roving Crows” at Ceiriog Centenary Hall, Llanarmon DC
8pm Tickets Adults £10.00 under 11’s £5.00 Tel 01691 600310
16th Wales rally GB at Chirk Castle, advance tickets only. Please note castle and grounds closed to the public all day, strictly no admission without ticket
17th Victorian Christmas Event, Whittington castle Tel 01691 662500 www.whittingtoncastle.co.uk
20th Tamsin Little and the Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Shrewsbury Abbey
20th “The Pearl of Africa” Childrens Choir at Baschurch Primary School. 7.00pm
Tickets £5.00 Tel 01939 262005
20th Shrewsbury Christmas Lights switch on 5pm – 7.30pm
21stNov – 23rd Dec Christmas Arts and crafts exhibition, Qube, Oswestry. Free Admission www.qube-oca.org.uk Tel 01691 656882
22nd Oswestry Christmas lights switch on from 4pm
23rd Rhodri Miles performs Burton St Silin’s Church, Llansilin 7.30pm Tickets £9/£4 from Rowanthorn 01691 238227
23rd – 24th Craft Fair at Hodnet Hall Gardens 10am – 3pm Tel 01630 685786
23rd -24th Victorian Christmas Weekends at Erddig. 10am – 4pm Santa’s Grotto (pre-booking essential) Tel 0844 246 1895 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/events
29th Ellesmere Winter Festival Tel 01691 622981
30th Christmas Fair in aid of St Silin’s Church at Llansilin Memorial Hall 10am
30th Willow Gallery Winter Craft Fair. 10am – 4.00pm Tel 01691 65757 www.willowgallery.co.uk
30th Santa Daylight Safari, Hawkstone Follies 2pm – 7pm
£16.50 Child, £15.50 Adults Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
30th St Agatha’s Winter Fair, Church Hall, Llanymynech 2.30pm
30th -1st Dec Victorian Christmas Weekends at Erddig. 10am – 4pm Santa’s Grotto (pre-booking essential) Tel 0844 246 1895 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/events
DECEMBER
weekends Dec + Christmas and New Year holiday. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Mulled Wine Cruises 2 hr trip booking essential Tel 01978
860702
Weekends Visit Santa every weekend at Park Hall Countryside Experience
+ 23rd -14th Tel 01691 671123
1st Santa Daylight Safari, Hawkstone Follies 2pm – 7pm
£16.50 Child, £15.50 Adults Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
Weekends Santa Specials on Llangollen Railway, Booking essential Tel 01978 860979
+ 23rd 24th www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
1st Llanfyllin Workhouse Christmas Market 1.00pm – 6.00pm
2nd – 7th “Last Tango in Whitby” by Mike Harding at Attfield Theatre Oswestry
7.45pm Tel 01691 680222 www.attfieldtheatre.co.uk
6th Oswestry Christmas Live, Oswestry Town Centre Tel 01691 680222
6th –8th Oswestry Musical Theatre Society Pantomime Dick Whittington www.omtc.info
7th, 14th, 21st Santa Specials on Cambrian Railways Oswestry Booking recommended Tel 01691 688763 www.cambrianrailways.com
7th – 22nd Christmas 1913, Chirk Castle (NT) Castle and Garden open, rooms decorated as Lord Howard de Walden’s family celebrated Christmas before the outbreak of WW1 – panto, local bands and choirs and more
Tel 01691 777701 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle
7th Christmas Coffee Morning and Attic Sale, St Mary’s Church Hall, Chirk
9am – 12 noon. Proceeds to Chirk NSPCC/Childline
7th A Christmas Celebration in music and song, Llanymynech (details to
follow)
7th Cor Meibion Dyffryn Ceiriog Choir present a Seasonal Music concert at Canolfan Ceiriog Centre 7pm
7th – 8th Festive Food and Gift Extravaganza at The Plassey, Wrexham. Free admission Tel 01978 780277 www.plassey.com
7th – 8th Santa Safari, Hawkstone Follies Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
Daylight safari 11am – 2.50pm £16.50 Child, £15.50 Adults
7th -8th Victorian Christmas Weekends at Erddig. 10am – 4pm Santa’s Grotto (pre-booking essential) Tel 0844 246 1895 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/events
Twilight Safari 3.30pm - 8pm Child £19.50 Adult ££17.50
8th,15th, 22nd Santa Specials on Cambrain Railways Llynclys Booking recommended
Tel 01691 688763 www.cambrianrailways.com
11th Carol Concert with Ceiriog Male Voice Choir, Chirk Castle 7.30pm for 8pm
Tel 01691 777701, (pre-concert dinner bookable if desired)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle
13th – 15th “Darktime” at Llanymynech Village Hall, Fri –Sat 7pm Sun 3pm Tickets £6.00 Concessions £5.00 Child (13 – 16) £3.00 under 12’s free Tickets from Mile End TIC
14th Carols by Candlelight with wine and mince pies. Christ Church Oswestry 7.30pm Tickets £9.00 Tel 01691 238227
14th & 15th Llanymynech Wharf Santa Cruise 1.30pm, 2.15pm, 3.00pm and 3.45pm. Tickets £6.50 per person
Booking essential 01691 830506 caehaidd@f2s.com
14th – 15th Victorian Christmas Weekends at Erddig. 10am – 4pm Santa’s Grotto (pre-booking essential) Tel 0844 246 1895 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/events
14th – 15th Santa Safari, Hawkstone Follies Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
Daylight safari 2pm – 7pm £16.50 Child, £15.50 Adults
17th – 19th Santa Safari, Hawkstone Follies Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
Twilight Safari 3.30pm - 8pm Child £19.50 Adult ££17.50
18th Carol Concert with Chester Bach singers, Chirk Castle 7.30pm for 8pm
Tel 01691 777701, (pre-concert dinner bookable if desired) www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle
19th Champagne Gala Dinner, Chirk castl;e 7pm
20th – 23rd Santa Safari, Hawkstone Follies Booking essential Tel 01948 841700
Daylight safari 11am – 2.50pm £16.50 Child, £15.50 Adults
Twilight Safari 3.30pm - 8pm Child £19.50 Adult ££17.5020th
20th Christmas Farmers Market, Bailey Head Oswestry Tel 01691 680222
Cinema in Oswestry – KinoKulture run a programme of films in the Attfield Theatre, The Guilldhall, Bailey Head, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 1PZ Box Office Tel 0845 2500517 www.kinokulture.org.uk
-- Yoland Brown Brownhill House B&B, Ruyton XI Towns, nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.com www.ShACC-uk.org Tel: 01939 261 121 Fax: 01939 260626
