Shrewsbury’s County Court will close in September
Thursday 17th February 2011, 2:47PM GMT.
Shrewsbury County Court is to close in September, it was revealed today.
It is one of six criminal and civil courts across Shropshire being axed as part of Government spending cuts.
Magistrates courts in Market Drayton, Oswestry and Ludlow, will close on March 31. County courts in Ludlow and Oswestry will also close in September.
Work at Oswestry and Market Drayton magistrates court is proposed to move to Shrewsbury.
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That’s a shame, mind you I went in there once and it took some one over 5 minutes to be bothered to walk over and speak to see what I wanted.
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So, the county town has no county court. Justice for all then, as long as you can afford to travel. Plus, of course, I’d love to see that which is all the rage these days, the carbon footprint caused by making people travel much greater distances.
Luckily rural areas are spoiled for choice, what with a bus a day, or week…
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