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An independent group of individuals who share a love of The Wrekin
and a determination to see it preserved for the good of its
communities, landscape, wildlife and heritage.
Read more about Purpose, principles, activities and structure.
Some promotions about The Wrekin:
The Wrekin Hill
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This book is available for £12.99 from all good booksellers and the Halfway
House after the launch on 8th April 2007, or direct from Allan himself, in
which case send a Sterling cheque for £12.99 made payable to ALLAN FROST at
1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom.
Overseas buyers should send an International Money Order for that amount
(there is no additional charge for postage for this book).
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The book is available from all good booksellers and the Halfway House on
The Wrekin after the official launch at the end of October 2006 or direct
from Allan himself, in which case please send a Sterling cheque for £5.99
made payable to ALLAN FROST at 1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford,
Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom. If you live outside the United Kingdom,
send an International Money Order for £6.99 made payable to Allan Frost at
the above address.
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George Evans, the venerable chairman of All
Friends Around The Wrekin has a booklet out. Already on its second
reprint and the only book about The Wrekin, like ever!
Join George for a walk up and around The Wrekin, learn all the important landmarks and all the historical aspects of The Wrekin.
BTW: A fern ticket is the mythical permit to adventure on The Wrekin or
in its magical forest. Couples spotted leaving a dance at the Forest
Glen were asked. "Have you got your fern ticket?"
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Recipes taught to the pupils of Wrekin Road School in 1904 with
Emmie Teece's memories of the Wellington area in the years before
World War One.
£2.99 All proceeds to the Wrekin Appeal
Available from : Langlands Records, Wellington; Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
Archive page for Thursday, 24 April 2008
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"When Arthur died around 520AD civil war appears to have broken out between his rival heirs, his son Cuneglasus and his nephew Maglocunus. It was at this time that Wroxeter declined, Cuneglasus probably left for a more defensible site to the nearby Iron Age hill-fort on The Wrekin.
Not only were many pre-Roman forts re-occupied during this period, but ‘The Song of Llywarch the Old’ calls the 7th Century capital of Powys “Dinlle Wrecon”, from which the word Wrekin probably
derived."
He is revealed to be the British warrior who, following the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century, defeated the invading Anglo-Saxons at the battle of Badon (493AD).
Excavations at the Dark Age capital of Powys, Wroxeter, four miles to the east of Shrewsbury, have shown that in the fifth century this city may have been the most sophisticated in the country.
This is precisely the time that Arthur is said to have been Britain’s most powerful king."
On the
Trail of King
Arthur
in Shropshire A 5 MB pdf
I hope you are well , Spring has finally arrived and the ever longer days are a pleasure. Saw my first swallows this morning , peacock butterflies and the returned migrant call of chiff-chaffs in the woods. I have attached a few posters advertising a couple of walks to sample the delicious spring flora of the Wrekin Forest and a programme of free biodiversity training based at a number of places in and around Telford.
I hope you may be able to join us and if not please pass on the word or display the posters if possible, thanks.
Do make time for a woodland walk this Spring it is one of our genuine national treasures.
All the best Pete.
Pete Lambert, Wrekin Forest Officer /Telford Green Network Officer,
Shropshire Wildlife Trust
