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Despite cold and wet conditions the signs for the Adderley Heritage Trail were installed yesterday. This means people can walk the trail in full or in part from today. Tomorrow, Saturday 27th we will be doing the official launch at 11:00 with a chance to meet Geoff Butter and a chance to look at some of the history of Adderley. 

Coming Tomorrow? We anticipate a number of visitors to the Village Hall so if it’s possible for you to walk please do and free up some parking spaces at the hall. You can view the exhibition any time between 11:00 and 14:00.

Read about the new trail here:

You may know that residents in the Shropshire Council area will need to show photo ID to vote in the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner(PCC) election on Thursday 2 May.

This will also be the case for the next general election, for the local elections in May 2025, and for any future by-elections.

Ahead of the PCC election we’re reminding residents to make sure they are ready to vote by checking they have an accepted form of ID – and we ask that you help to get this important message out to people in your area if you can.

To help you do so, we’ve attached two social media graphics and two posters (A4 and A3 size) for you to use.

Anyone voting at a polling station will need to show photo ID before they can be given their ballot paper. It’s important that everyone understands what types of ID they can use, and how to apply for free ID if they need it.

Accepted forms of ID include a UK, European Economic Area (EEA) or Commonwealth passport or drivers’ licence; and some concessionary travel passes, such as an older person’s bus pass or an Oyster 60+ card. Voters    will be able to use expired ID if they are still recognisable from the photo.

Anyone who does not have one of the accepted forms of ID will be able to apply for free ID online at www.voter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk/ [1] or by completing a paper form.

The full list of accepted ID is available on the Electoral Commission’s website, along with more information about the new requirement and details of how to apply for the free ID, at electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID.

To apply for the Voter Authority Certificate, voters will need to provide a photo, full name, date of birth, the address at which they are registered to vote and their National Insurance number. The deadline to apply is 24 April.

If you have any questions please email our elections team –

elections@shropshire.gov.uk.

Spring is sprung the grass is riz

I wonder where the sunshine is?

Well Peter Bruty found some this weekend and he’s sent them to us to add some Springtime cheer. He’s also started off the 2024 Adderley Galleries. If you have some images of Adderley to share then send them to us at webmaster@adderleyparish.co.uk.

Click below to see the latest pictures

We’re really pleased! Thanks to the wonderful volunteers we have started uploading records to the Adderley Heritage database and you can now search them online. Simply click the link below to go to the Adderley Heritage website and Search The Geoff Butter Collection.

Searching is easy just enter a keyword such as Canal or Railway or Raven House and it will show you what’s already there. If you’re really keen you can use the advanced search to refine what you’re looking for. You can also check out the timeline and proposals for the heritage trail, coming soon.

So far we have about 500 records up there but there are another 2000 to go so we need more volunteers to train on how to prepare records to be uploaded. Interested? Contact  us at trustees@adderleyheritage.co.uk and we can arrange a short training session and you’re on your way. You will need access to a laptop or desktop computer unfortunately you can’t easily do this on a tablet.