Oswestry

Old Oswestry Hillfort

Oswestry (Welsh: Croesoswallt) is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement (17,500 people in 2021) within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.

Understand

• Visit Oswestry website

See

• 1 Old Oswestry Hillfort, Gatacre Avenue, SY11 1HT. (updated Nov 2017)
• 2 Whittington Castle, Castle Street, Whittington, SY11 4DF (3 miles North-East of Oswestry), ☏ +44 1691 662500, info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk. Located in the centre of the Whittington, the castle has been undergoing restoration since 2005.  

Do

• Football: The New Saints play soccer in the Cymru Premier League. That's the top tier within Wales, but mostly amateur and on a par with England's fifth tier National League. New Saints are professional and often win the CPL, doing so yet again in 2023, but don't seek promotion to the English Football League. Their stadium is Park Hall, capacity 2000, two miles northeast of town — and in England.
• 1 Llanymynech Golf Club, Pant. Former US Master's Winner and Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam learnt his game here. This course also holds the distinction that it is the only course in the world in two countries, it has 15 holes in Wales and 3 in Shropshire, England.  
• Oswestry Balloon Carnival is held in August.

Drink

• 1 The Wilfred Owen, 17 Willow St, SY11 1AJ, ☏ +44 1691 684910. Wetherspoons pub. (updated Nov 2017)

Sleep

• 1 Lion Quays, Weston Rhyn, SY11 3EN, ☏ +44 1691 684300, fax: +44 1691 684313, reservations@lionquays.co.uk. 
• 2 Pen-y-Dyffryn Country Hotel, Rhydycroesau, SY10 7JD, ☏ +44 1691 653700, stay@peny.co.uk. £83+. 

Connect

Oswestry has 4G from all UK carriers. As of June 2022, 5G has not reached town.

Go next

• Shrewsbury
• Chirk
• Ellesmere
• Welshpool

Routes through Oswestry

Wrexham ← Chirk ←

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→ Shrewsbury → Telford