Santa flies in to Shrewsbury

On November 15 he will be at the switch-on of Shrewsbury's Christmas lights.

Members of the Rotary Club of Shrewsbury Severn will again be manning the sleigh which will be located at the top of Pride Hill from 4.30pm until 7.30pm.

Donations will be for local and Rotary charities.

Following the Pride Hill event, the Santa sleigh will move on to Pontesbury on December 3 and Shawbury Village Hall on December 4 followed by Hadnall on December 6.

The sleigh with Santa and his elves will then be at Greenfields Primary School on December 8 and at Asda from 10am to 8pm on December 9 followed by a return visit on December 9 from 10am to 4pm.

The sleigh will be in the northern part of the town on December 11 when it visits Mount Pleasant between 6pm and 8.30pm and two days later will be in Castlefields for a similar period.

On December 15 the sleigh will be at Tesco from 10am to 8pm moving on to Bomere Heath the following day from 5pm to 8pm.

Then it is to Sainsbury’s on December 18 and 19 – from 10am to 8pm on the 18th and 12pm to 6pm on the 19th.

It is the turn of Sundorne for the sleigh on December 20 from 6pm to 8.30pm and, as a finale, Morrison’s. The sleigh concludes its Christmas programme with two visits.

The first is on December 23 from 10am to 8pm and the last from 10am to 4pm on Christmas Eve.

Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club president Colin Sharp said: “We are delighted to once again provide Santa and his sleigh to local people because it continues to be so very popular.

“We look forward to meeting many children and their parents during the exciting run-up to Christmas and we thank them in advance for their kind donations which we are therefore able to hand over in support of local and Rotary worthy causes.

“From past experience we know that the Santa sleigh with its elves is most popular wherever it appears and we can’t wait for the excitement to begin.”