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DarwIN Festival 2025
Through February, Shrewsbury celebrates its connection to the father of evolution with a month-long festival.
Explore Shrewsbury's Darwinian heritage
See & Do
Posted 16 September 2020
The Darwin Shrewsbury Trail
Shrewsbury's townscape formed the backdrop to many pivotal moments in Darwin’s early life. His story is written on the walls and cobbled streets of…
Local History
Posted 10 September 2018
Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury
The father of evolution, Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809 at Mount House. Before attending Edinburgh and Cambridge…
Local History
Posted 26 February 2017
The Little Book of Darwin in Shrewsbury