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National Lottery support for ‘The Staffordshire Regiment Museum and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line’ project to mark First World War Centenary  The Staffordshire Regiment Museum – based at Lichfield – has received a £10,000 grant thanks to…

Lichfield’s canal restoration trust has celebrated the 30th anniversary of its foundation. Over 100 people attended Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust’s anniversary barbecue at Gallows Wharf, including local residents, volunteers,…

Put a date in the diary for Lichfield Heritage Weekend on 22 and 23 September. This year the city will celebrate a number of centenaries, including votes for women, Armistice Day, and the first woman to be ordained in a congregational church. With…

The award-winning Drayton Manor Park is once again offering an Adult and Toddler Day Ticket* for the amazing price of £22, Monday – Friday on days the park is open** until Friday 19th October 2018. With the end of the school holidays upon us, an…

Fans of real ales, traditional cider  and, pork pies and live music will be in for a treat at this year’s Autumn Beer Festival, run by Lichfield Arts in Lichfield Guildhall. Now a popular and very well-known event in the beer festival calendar, the…

From ghost walks and Remembrance Day events to Christmas markets and New Year’s celebrations, there’s plenty going on across Lichfield District in the coming months. Lichfield District Council’s tourism service, Visit Lichfield, has produced a new…

From ghost walks and Remembrance Day events to Christmas markets and New Year’s celebrations, there’s plenty going on across Lichfield District in the coming months. Lichfield District Council’s tourism service, Visit Lichfield, has produced a new…

There are plenty of musical treats in store for the audience at Lichfield Proms in Beacon Park on Saturday 1 September. Festivities will start with children’s activities from 5.30pm, then the City of Lichfield Concert Band will warm up the audience…

There wasn’t much opportunity for a working class artist, or much interest in the arts when Peter Walker was growing up in the West Midlands  – it would usually mean a trip to London or another major city. So Peter – largely self taught – was…

Organisers of a prestigious awards ceremony are urging the county’s best food and drink businesses to put themselves forward after announcing details of this year’s event. The 2018 Taste of Staffordshire Good Food Awards, to be held in the 1907…

Visitors to Staffordshire based theme park, Drayton Manor Park, have raised an incredible £17,000 for the Drayton Manor Park Foundation since launching in 2016 to help those from a disadvantaged background in the local community. The vital funds,…

Members of the public are invited to the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, to contribute to a magnificent outdoor art installation remembering those who fought in the First World War. ‘Flags For The Fallen’ follows a series of temporary…

On Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th August there'll be 'putt-putt' at the pumping station. Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, famed for its steam engines, will hold an open weekend when there will be an exhibition of small internal…

On Saturday 4 August, the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, will host its second annual summer proms concert in the grounds of the 150-acre woodland site. As the sun begins to set, The Band of The Royal Anglican Regiment will regale the…

This summer the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, is hosting a wide range of events and activities commemorating the end of the First World War and celebrating the contribution of the Royal Air Force, during its centenary year. The 150-…

A truly unique campaign is being hosted at Three Spires from July 2018 – June 2019, with charity quite literally at the heart of it. Over the next year, the Lichfield shopping centre will be working with four different charitable causes, all of…

On Wednesday 11 July, the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, part of the Royal British Legion, hosted around 750 young people from schools across the country for the Thank You Youth Festival, celebrating the invaluable contributions of…

After a decade of providing fun and laughter for all the family in its Thomas Land™ attraction, Drayton Manor Park is celebrating this milestone anniversary by releasing some fun facts about the little blue tank engine and his friends!   Since its…

The Great Exhibition 2018: 'Imagine Peace' promises to be a stunning, immersive sound and light experience this summer August 17th - 27th (between 7pm and 11pm) at Lichfield Cathedral.  The Great Exhibition: Imagine Peace is a profound and…

The race to become Staffordshire’s best tourism business is now on after the 2018 Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards, supported by Pear Communications, were declared open! Organisers Destination Staffordshire are encouraging visitor attractions to…