Christmas

Billingsley, Bridgnorth

Christmas at Rays Farm

Saturday 24 November- Monday 24 December

Baby Jesus in the donkeys' stable
with Mary, Joseph, the Three Kings and the Wise Men
Father Chrismas and the reindeer

Pre-booking is essential
01299 841255

Church Stretton

Christmas Eve 6.30pm

Tree of Light dedication ceremony
The Square
Church Stretton

Rotary Club-led carol singing

Craven Arms

Santa's Grotto

Every weekend in December and 19 - 24 December
11am - 12 noon and 3.30 - 4.30pm

Mickey Miller's Family Playbarn

01588 673800

Dawley

Christmas lights switch on
30 November
Entertainment starts at the bandstand at 4.30pm
Parade leaves Dawley House 5pm
Lights swithched on at the bandstand by David Wright MP
Choirs, stalls, Father Christmas, free mince pies
Dawley High Street

01952 501272 (the Clerk, Great Dawley Parish Council) 

Ellesmere

Ellesmere Winter Festival

30 November

Shopping, seasonal stalls and food
Music and entertainment

Cremorne Gardens, The Mere, Ellesmere

01691 624488

Ironbridge

Ironbridge Christmas lights switch-on

30 November

The Square, Ironbridge

Late night shopping

01952 884391

Market Drayton

Saturday 22 December 4pm - 6.30pm

Christmas carols by the canal
Betton Road by Bridge 63
Hot chestnuts, mince pies, mulled punch
Brass band, Santa (by boat)

01630 652257

Proceeds to Hope House Children's Hospice

Much Wenlock

Christmas guided tours

1 December and 2 December

Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock

Tours at 11.30am and 2pm

01952 727466

Newport

Friday 30 November

Christmas lights and Tree of Light switch on
Torchlight procession leaving Baddeley Court 6pm
Main switch on and Illumination of the Tree of light at St Nicholas Church
Salvation Army Band
Father Christmas
Presentation to Newport's X-Ray Appeal.
Prize-giving for the childrens gift tag competition
Festive sing-song inside the church

Oswestry

Borderlands Rotary Club's Christmas parade

Saturday 1 December
Starting from the traffic lights

Preston on the Weald Moors

Christmas World at Hoo Farm

24 November - 24 December

Featuring the nativity barn
Father Christmas's log cabin

01952 677917

Quatt

Christmas fair at Dudmaston Hall

Sunday 2 December
12 noon - 4pm

Stalls
Music
Special tours of the Dingle woodland

01746 780866

Shifnal

Christmas lights Switch-on

Friday 30 November

Main Street

Lights on:5.30pm

Late shopping
Charity stalls

01746 763257

Shrewsbury

BBC Radio Shropshire's Carols in the Square

Wednesday 19 December

Telford

Christmas lights and Santa's grotto
Telford Shopping Centre

Late night shopping
Every Thursday night
Telford Shopping Centre

Wem

Wem Christmas Festival

Thursday 6 December 6pm - 9pm

Opening ceremony introduced by Shrewsbury Town Crier, Martin Wood
Tree of Light blessing in the town hall
Late shopping
Food
Choirs
Wem Town Band
Grand draw
Santa's grotto

01939 232963

Weston-under-Redcastle

Santas Grotto Trips by Landrover

1 December - 23 December

Hawkstone Park Follies

See Santa in his real hillside grotto

Pre-booking is essential
01939 200611

Whitchurch

Saturday 1 December
Whitchurch Christmas Festival
Christmas Fair, stalls
10am Father Christmas - grotto, in Civic Centre Market Hall
Street entertainment all day
Farmers Market 9am - 1pm
Hot food stalls and hog roast, roast chestnuts, mulled wine, and more