[1] The club is affiliated to British Rowing, and its home water is on the River Severn around Shrewsbury, with rowing taking place from the English Bridge in Shrewsbury up to Berwick House, upstream of the town.

The stretch of the River Severn it occupies is shared with Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club (RSSBC).

However, the constitution was changed in the early 1970s to enable women to join.

[1] In early May every year the club hosts the Shrewsbury Regatta, attended by thousands of spectators and visitors, which is one of the oldest events in the rowing calendar, having first been held in 1871.

[3][4] In 1936 of the "Head of the Severn", one of the earliest head of the river events, was instigated by the club; it was subsequently discontinued in the 1990s because of frequent floods and other practicalities.The History of Pengwern BC – And the Friendship Between Two Rowing Historians The first boathouse was jointly rented with Shrewsbury School on the current site.