Web Links and Contacts

Although the museum cannot yet help directly with your enquiries, listed below are web addresses for local groups, sources of information and places to visit covering The Wrekin and Shropshire area.

In addition there is a list of national organisations which may be able to help.

Although a long list this, is obviously not exhaustive . . . though possibly exhausting! If there are any groups or organisations which you think should be included please let us know.

If you have a question regarding Wrekin Museum Partnership itself, please contact the secretary sec.wmp@googlemail.com

Click on the subject area of interest to you, to access drop down lists of web links.

THE WREKIN

LOCAL CONTACTS

LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm www.actonscott.com
Blists Hill Victorian Town www.ironbridge.org.uk
The Cambrian Transport Museum, Oswestry www.cambrianrailwayssociety.co.uk
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron www.ironbridge.org.uk
Coalport China Museum www.ironbridge.org.uk
The Story of Drayton Museum and Resource Centre www.stmem.com/thestoryofdrayton
Enginuity www.ironbridge.org.uk
House on Crutches Museum, Bishops Castle www.bishopscastle.co.uk/tourism/crutches.htm

Jackfield Tile Museum www.ironbridge.org.uk
Land of Lost Content (National Museum of British Popular Culture), Craven Arms www.lolc.org.uk
Ludlow Museum www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
Friends of Shrewsbury's Museums www.shrewsburymuseumfriends.org.uk
Library of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Email library@ironbridge.org.uk
Market Drayton Museum & Resource Centre www.peter-quita.demon.co.uk/museum/home.htm
Much Wenlock Museum www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
Museum of Steel Sculpture steelsculpture.go2.co.uk
Museum of The Gorge www.ironbridge.org.uk
Mythstories Museum of Myth & Fable, Wem www.mythstories.com
Northgate Museum, Bridgnorth www.bridgnorthmuseum.org.uk
RAF Museum, Cosford www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Secret Shropshire - Over 10,000 images from all over the county as well as almost 300,000 records about plants and Dragonflies. www.secretshropshire.org.uk
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery www.shrewsburymuseums.com
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
Shropshire Museum Service www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
Shrewsbury Castle & Shropshire Regimental Museum shropshireregiments.org.Uk www.shrewsburymuseums.com
Shropshire Archives www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf
Telford & Wrekin Library Services library.telford.gov.uk
Wellington Library Email Wellington.library@telford.gov.uk The Welsh Guards Collection, Oswestry www.welshguardscollection.com
Whitchurch Heritage & Visitor Information Centre www.gowhitchurch.co.uk
Wroxeter Roman City www.english-heritage.org.uk/wroxeter

HISTORY / HERITAGE
All Stretton History Group www.discovershropshire.org.uk
Broseley Local History Society (incorporating The Wilkinson Society) www.broseley.org.uk
Discovering Shropshires History www.discovershropshire.org.uk
The Housman Society www.housman-society.co.uk
Ludlow Civic Society web.onetel.com/~jagludlow/index.htm
Ludlow Historical Research Group www.ludlowhistory.co.uk
Madely Living History Project Email shelagh@madelyparishcouncil.gov.uk
Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society www.the-gingerbread-line.co.uk
Newport History Society www.discovershropshire.org.uk
Oswestry & Border History & Archaeology Group www.pastcaring.com/obhag
Sheinton Heritage Group www.sheinton.org.uk
Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html
Shropshire family history Society www.sfhs.org.uk
Local History Link - Also hold contact details for:
  • Bridgnorth and District Historical Society
  • Cleobury Mortimer History Society
  • Ellesmere Society
  • Four Parishes Heritage Group (Highley, Kinlet, Billingsley and Stottesdon)
  • St Andrews Archive Group (Shifnal)
  • Shropshire Building Preservation Trust
  • Shropshire Postal History Society
  • South West Shropshire Historical & Archaeological Society
www.localhistorylink.com/salopG.html
Shropshire Railway Society www.geoffspages.co.uk/srs
Wellington Civic Society www.wlsf.org.uk/wellington.htm
Discovering Wellington Project www.wellingtonla21.org.uk/discover/about.html
Wellington History Group www.wellington-shropshire.gov.uk/WellHistGroup.htm
Wenlock Olympian Society www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk
Whitchurch History & Archaeology Group whitchurchhistoryandarchaeological.art.officelive.com
Whittington Castle Preservation Trust www.whittingtoncastle.co.uk
Wrekin Local Studies Forum - Includes contact details for local Groups without internet link www.wlsf.org.uk

WILDLIFE
Shropshire branch of the British Bryological Society Find out about mosses and lichens. rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Recording/vc40.htm
Solitary bees in your garden www.insectpix.net
Dean Birders A birdwatching website for those who have difficulty getting out and about. www.deanbirders.co.uk
Natural Shropshire - Shropshire's Biodiversity Partnership; holds details for following groups:

  • Species Groups:
  • SPECIES BIODIVERSITY MAP
  • Shropshire Moth Group
  • Shropshire Fungus Group
  • Shropshire Mammal Group
  • Botanical Records
  • Shropshire Ornithological Society
  • Shropshire Dragonflies
  • Bryophyte Records
  • Shropshire Lichen Group
  • Shropshire Bat Group
  • Shropshire Invertebrates Group
  • The Shropshire Butterfly Group
  • Shropshire Amphibian & Reptile Group
  • Make a species record
www.naturalshropshire.org.uk
Severn Gorge Countryside Trust www.severngorge.org.uk
Shropshire Botanical Society shropshire.bsbi.org.uk
Shropshire Ornithological Society www.shropshirebirds.com
Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk
Shropshire Wildlife Trust www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership Works for wildlife across the region www.wmbp.org

EARTH SCIENCE
Shropshire Geological Society www.shropshiregeology.org.uk
Shropshire RIGS (Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites) Group E-mail: chrismike@beeb.net
Mineral Resources In Shropshire www.shropshiregeology.org.uk

PLACES TO VISIT

HERITAGE SITES
Attingham Park, Atcham
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Battlefield 1403, Shrewsbury www.battlefield1403.com
Benthall Hall www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The Bog Visitor Centre www.bogcentre.co.uk
Boscobel House & the Royal Oak, Brewood www.english-heritage.org.uk/boscobel
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway www.bridgnorthcliffrailway.co.uk
Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Works www.ironbridge.org.uk
Buildwas Abbey www.english-heritage.org.uk
Clun Castle www.english-heritage.org.uk
Coleham Pumping Station - Longden Coleham www.shrewsburymuseums.com
Daniels Mill, Eardington www.danielsmill.co.uk
Darby Houses (Ironbridge) www.ironbridge.org.uk
Dudmaston Hall, Quatt www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Haughmond Abbey www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16702
Iron Bridge and Toll House www.ironbridge.org.uk
Lilleshall Abbey www.english-heritage.org.uk
Ludlow Castle www.ludlowcastle.com
Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle, Nr Bishops Castle www.english-heritage.org.uk
Moreton Corbet Castle www.english-heritage.org.uk
Much Wenlock Priory www.english-heritage.org.uk/wenlockpriory
St Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth www.visitchurches.org.uk
Severn Valley Railway www.svr.co.uk
Shrewsbury Abbey www.shrewsburyabbey.com
Snailbeach Mine snailbeachmine.org.uk
Stokesay Castle, Craven Arms www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sunnycroft Villa www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-sunnycroft
The Tar Tunnel www.ironbridge.org.uk
Telford Steam Railway, Horsehay www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk
Weston Park & Gardens, Weston-Under-Lizard, Shifnal www.weston-park.com
White Ladies Priory Near Shifnal www.english-heritage.org.uk
Wilderhope Manor www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-wilderhopemanor
Whittington Castle www.whittingtoncastle.co.uk
WILDLIFE / COUNTRYSIDE
Severn Valley Country Park www.shropshire.gov.uk/countryside.nsf
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
Fenn's, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses NNR www.naturalengland.org.uk
Wenlock Edge, Much Wenlock www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The Wrekin The Wrekin is 1,334 ft hill located near to Wellington and dominating the central Shropshire landscape. Various walks to the summit and spectacular views once you get there.
Shropshire Nature Reserves Sat Nav post codes and a map are available on this page for the reserves. www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

  • Birch Road Pond
  • Brook Vessons
  • Bushmoor Coppice
  • Bwlytai Wood
  • Chelmarsh Reservoir
  • Clunton Coppice
  • Comley Quarry
  • Craig Sychtyn
  • Cramer Gutter
  • Dolgoch Quarry
  • Earl's Hill
  • Ercall Wood
  • Granville Country Park
  • Greenfields, Whitchurch
  • Harton Hollow
  • Hope Valley
  • Jones Rough
  • Knowle Wood
  • Llanymynech Rocks
  • Llynclys Common
  • Lower Shortditch
  • Lurkenhope Wood
  • Melverley Farm
  • Merrington Green
  • Nipstone
  • Prees Branch Canal
  • Quarry Wood
  • Rhos Fiddle Reserve
  • Ruewood Pastures
  • Steel Heath
  • Sweeney Fen
  • The Plantation, Ellesmere
  • Wem Moss
  • Wood Lane

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

HISTORY / HERITAGE
Brewery History Society www.breweryhistory.com
British Agricultural History Society Home Page www.bahs.org.uk
BBC - British History Timeline www.bbc.co.uk/history/british
British History Online - Academic site, includes detailed pages for Wellington, Shropshire. www.british-history.ac.uk
The British Society for the History of Science www.bshs.org.uk
British Waterways www.britishwaterways.co.uk
The Historical Association www.history.org.uk
The National Trust www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main
Royal Historical Society www.royalhistoricalsociety.org

WILDLIFE
Bat Conservation Trust www.bats.org.uk
British Dragonfly Society www.dragonflysoc.org.uk
British Hedgehog Preservation Society www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk
British Trust for Ornithology www.bto.org
Buglife www.buglife.org.uk
Bumblebee Conservation Trust www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk
Butterfly Conservation www.butterfly-conservation.org
Botanical Society for the British Isles www.bsbi.org.uk
English Nature image library www.english-nature.org.uk/imagelibrary
Environment Agency www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Forestry Commission www.forestry.gov.uk
Froglife www.froglife.org
Hawk and Owl Trust www.hawkandowl.org
Mammal Society www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal
Mammal Trust / Peoples Trust for Endangered Species www.mtuk.org
Natural England Government agency composed of the former English Nature, Countryside Agency and Rural Development Service. www.naturalengland.org.uk
National Biodiversity Network www.nbn.org.uk
NBN Gateway - UK maps of species data.nbn.org.uk
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) www.rspb.org.uk
The Wildlife Trusts There are 47 Wildlife Trusts across the UK. This site gives an overall view of their work. www.wildlifetrust.org.uk
UK Biodiversity Action Plan web site www.ukbap.org.uk

EARTH SCIENCE
British Geological Survey (BGS) www.bgs.ac.uk
Photograph of each 1km grid square in UK www.geograph.org.uk
The Geological Society of London www.geolsoc.org.uk/index.html
Natural England www.naturalengland.org.uk
Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) www.ukrigs.org.uk/html/ukrigs.php
The National Stone Centre www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk

EDUCATION

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Short lectures, from an invitation-only event where the world's leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration. www.ted.com
University of the Third Age www.u3a.org.uk

HISTORY / HERITAGE
Institute of Historical Research www.history.ac.uk
The Historical Association www.history.org.uk

WILDLIFE
Teachernet Advice on getting funds and developing school grounds. www.teachernet.gov.uk/growingschools
Forest School www.forestschools.com
Preston Montford - Field Studies Centre www.field-studies-council.org/prestonmontford
Wildlife Watch www.wildlifewatch.org.uk

EARTH SCIENCE
Earth Science Teachers' Association www.esta-uk.net

GREEN LIFESTYLE

Green Guide www.greenguide.co.uk
The Fairtrade Foundation www.fairtrade.org.uk
Friends of the Earth www.foe.co.uk/living/tips/tips.html
Woodland Trust's Nature Detectives - Record the changing seasons www.naturedetectives.org.uk
Centre for Alternative Technology www.cat.org.uk
Wild About Gardens www.wildaboutgardens.org
The Green Wood Centre www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) www2.btcv.org.uk

LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Shropshire Council www.shropshire.gov.uk
Telford & Wrekin Council www.telford.gov.uk
Wellington Town Council www.wellington-shropshire.gov.uk

OTHER SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST

Shropshire Tourist Board www.shropshiretourism.co.uk
Virtual Shropshire - Shropshire tourist information and events. www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk
31 Days - Entertainment, walks, talks, exhibitions throughout Shropshire. www.31days.co.uk
Telford and Wrekin CVS www.tandwcvs.org.uk