Aberystwyth Arts Centre

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to award Aberystwyth Arts Centre as the recipient of our Commitment to Excellence Award.  Multi-award-winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre is located on the Aberystwyth University campus, with spectacular, panoramic views of Cardigan Bay and the Cambrian Mountains. With a wide-reaching artistic programme, encompassing all artforms from theatre, […]

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Aberystwyth Cliff Railway: perfect family day out

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to select Aberystwyth Cliff Railway with our Commitment to Excellence Award. The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway (in Welsh: Rheilffordd y Graig) at Constitution Hill opened during the late Victorian era in 1896, using a water balance system and later electrified in 1921. It is a spectacular feat […]

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Outdoor family fun on the farm

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to select Briarlands Farm as the recipient of our Commitment to Excellence Award. Briarlands Farm is in Blair Drummond, near Stirling in central Scotland and is open to the public, every day from 10 – 5.30pm, from mid-February until after the Christmas and New year period. […]

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Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to award David Livingstone Birthplace our Commitment to Excellence Award. David Livingstone is widely regarded as one of the world’s best-known explorers, with passionate missionary and fierce abolitionist ideologies.  David was born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, in 1813, during the height of the Industrial Revolution, and […]

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Summer fun at the Farm

At Community Update, we take pride in showcasing the very best services provided by people, companies and charities that provide a wealth of benefits for their community. As such, in this issue we are proud to announce that we have selected Rutland Farm Park as the recipient of our Commitment to Excellence Award. Rutland Farm […]

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Local produce enjoyed for more than a century at Preston Markets

Preston Markets has been a devoted provider of locally sourced, Lancashire produce for almost 150 years. The popular northern market’s original Victorian canopy is still standing today after its completion in 1875 and renovation in 2018. It was expanded in 1924 to include the ‘Fish Market’ canopy, built to replicate the original larger canopy, and […]

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Jolly Giraffe turns 6 years old

Community Update is proud to present Jolly Giraffes with our Commitment to Excellence Award. Jolly Giraffes is a family run business that took over from the original ‘Mischief Makers’ play centre in 2017. Based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Jolly Giraffes is well-known for its personable touch that comes as a direct result of the great […]

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Rumble Live Action Gaming Experiences: fun for all

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to select Rumble Live as the recipient of our Commitment to Excellence Award. Rumble Live is an award-winning business that offers live outdoor action gaming experiences for everyone: young or old from- corporate team-building, to children’s birthday parties. The family-run company prides itself on exceptional customer […]

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Award-winning historical markets welcome shoppers to Oswestry

Oswestry is an ancient, market town in north west Shropshire, close to the Welsh border, and is the birthplace of the much-lauded World War One poet, Wilfred Owen. During the summer, many visitors come to the spectacular annual August Oswestry hot air balloon carnival or takeover Food and Drink festival in July, spilling over into […]

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LANDSEER – A HIGHLAND ROMANCE Obsession, oblivion and rapture in the Cairngorms

There are some truly great museums in Scotland and Grantown Museum is one of them! A great visit for all ages. It boasts an array of interesting exhibitions and must-attend events. Housed in Burnfield House which has a rich, local history as the previous Grantown Female School, it has been a major part of a […]

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