Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809. The DarwIN Shrewsbury festival takes place each February, to celebrate Shrewsbury’s famous son with a series of events held in venues around the town. For more information, please follow the link to the Original Shrewsbury website. We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.