The Old Courthouse

The Old Courthouse

Our community building success!

Nearly 10 years ago, we heard that it was possible that the village was going to lose an important building at the heart of our community. Due to cutbacks, this council owned building, that housed our library and playgroup, was…

Telling the Shap Story

Volunteers from The Old Courthouse, Shap together with representatives from Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and Friends of The Lake District at the newly installed Interpretation Panel charting major influences on the development of Shap from prehistoric times to the…

Calendar Renga

Calendar Renga A Calendar Renga poem created at our January meeting using all the captions submitted to accompany the selected images for the 2024 calendar by members of the Wordsworth Writing Group at The Old Courthouse. Pale sky full of…

Social Gathering Sunday 7th January

Volunteers and those who attend weekly groups at The Old Courthouse met for a social get together.  Entertainment was provided by members of the music group who meet every week at the venue playing a variety of instruments; guitars, ukeleles,…

Wonderful Woodlands

‘Wonderful Woodlands’ was the theme of our previous exhibition in the Exhibit ‘A’ Gallery at The Old Courthouse in Shap which ended on the 12th November. The exhibition was devised by Sonia Allen-Wall from Shap and is inspired by her…