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Visit Oswestry Oswestry is a friendly, traditional market town, in North West Shropshire on the border with Wales.

Oswestry is a Shropshire market town almost surrounded by Wales. It is an undiscovered corner of North Shropshire that began over 3000 years ago when the iron age hill fort, Old Oswestry, was built. This is one of Britain’s finest hill forts and is the place for scenic walks with wonderful Shropshire views. Over thousands of years the border location created a need for fortresses and castles and n

ow you can follow a trail of castles through Shropshire and North Wales. The industrial revolution then brought limeworks, canals, aqueducts and railways and their legacy give today’s visitors fascinating days out on heritage railways and the amazing ‘stream in the sky’ at World Heritage Site Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. From Offa’s Dyke National Path, to the Shropshire way and Oswald’s trail, Oswestry and The Borderlands are the perfect location for an activity holiday walking along the border between England and Wales and into England’s largest inland county - Shropshire. Oswestry is still a market town with lively street markets and speciality artisan markets throughout the year. The indoor market is bustling with an eclectic mix of stalls. The centre piece of the town is the traditional park, with its wonderful floral displays and live events thorough the summer. Don’t miss the food festival or soaring Hot Air Balloon Carnival. Visit Oswestry and enjoy café culture, great award winning independent shops and pubs and stay longer at one of our individual hotels, b and bs or self catering cottages.

Remember the Forgotten Army, VJ Day Remembrance Service 11am Cae Glass Park Gates Today, 15th August 2025.
15/08/2025

Remember the Forgotten Army, VJ Day Remembrance Service 11am Cae Glass Park Gates Today, 15th August 2025.

🥐✨ Sweet news from Oswestry’s little slice of heaven! ✨🍞Niche patisserie has long been a foodie gem for Oswestry, the sm...
14/08/2025

🥐✨ Sweet news from Oswestry’s little slice of heaven! ✨🍞

Niche patisserie has long been a foodie gem for Oswestry, the smell of freshly baked real bread & the joy of truly decadent patisserie come together in a way that is indeed "Naughty but Niche"🥖💛 Niche Masterclasses are the perfect way to roll up your sleeves and sprinkle a little magic into your own kitchen. Who knows maybe one day you too will be winning great taste awards!✨

📅 Masterclass Dates
🍞 Sourdough
14th September
21st September
19th October
11th January
22nd February

🥐 Croissants
5th October
1st February

🌟 Hands-on baking • Expert tips from the pastry wizard!

💌 Book your spot now – vouchers make a cracking present and don't collect dust!

Just awesome to have wonderful attractions like this on our doorstep!
13/08/2025

Just awesome to have wonderful attractions like this on our doorstep!

We’re absolutely delighted to share the news that Park Hall has been awarded a Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2025, placing us in the TOP 10% of attractions worldwide! 🌍🙌
We would like to thank all our staff , visitors who have helped us to achieve this prestigious award .

🎈✨ Join us for the Oswestry Balloon Carnival 2025! 🎉📅 16th & 17th August Cae Glas Park!This family-friendly event is hel...
13/08/2025

🎈✨ Join us for the Oswestry Balloon Carnival 2025! 🎉
📅 16th & 17th August Cae Glas Park!

This family-friendly event is held in the ❤️ of Oswestry.
🎟 FREE ADMISSION – but we encourage donations 🙏 to support the vital work of Nightingale House Hospice 🕊️.

🎪 This year’s event is bursting with fun, including:
🤡 Harley the Clown
🌙 Night Glow
🎤 Peoples Show Choir
🐀 Ferret World
🥁 Karamba Samba
🎶 Short Scruffs
📣 Raptors Cheerleaders

🗺️ Around the field, you’ll find:
🦸‍♂️ Character Walkaround
🦙 Alpacas
🎪 Circus Workshops
🎭 Punch & Judy Show
🚗 Dinky Street Pop-Up

📜 For the full itinerary, check here:
🔗 https://www.oswestryballooncarnival.info/itinerary

Remembrance service at the Memorial Gates 11am this Friday 15th August marking VJ Day.
13/08/2025

Remembrance service at the Memorial Gates 11am this Friday 15th August marking VJ Day.

Oswestry Town Council and the Royal British Legion Oswestry Branch are marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day with a remembrance service at the Memorial Gates on Friday 15 August at 11am.

If you can, please join us.

Full details here https://tinyurl.com/2w88wby8

Photo by Grum: VE Day 80th anniversary remembrance service in May 2025

This week's Tuesday Independent Trader is Booka!📚☕ Welcome to your cosy corner of Oswestry!Booka are an independent book...
12/08/2025

This week's Tuesday Independent Trader is Booka!
📚☕ Welcome to your cosy corner of Oswestry!
Booka are an independent bookshop and café nestled in the heart of Oswestry – the perfect place to browse, unwind, and treat yourself.
Explore our shelves filled with a great selection of books for all ages and interests, plus distinctive cards and gifts you won’t find anywhere else. And when you’re ready for a break, our café awaits with freshly brewed coffee, teas, and delicious homemade cakes 🍰
Whether you're here to find your next great read or just relax with a slice of something sweet – Booka love to welcome you in!

26/28 Church Street, Oswestry, United Kingdom

11/08/2025

🍇✨ Monday Maker’s Spotlight at Colemere Vineyard! ✨🍷

Happy Monday, wine lovers! 🌿
This week a peek behind the vines at Colemere Vineyard. From pruning and tying in to bottling with a grin – there is a lot that goes into making a good bottle of wine 🍾
Blending sunshine, soil, and a whole lot of Shropshire soul into something truly special. Whether you're dreaming of a crisp, floral Lapwing white in the garden or a Black Tern red by the fire, it starts right here.

So here’s to the makers, the dreamers, and the grape wranglers who turn Mondays and everyday into moments worth toasting 🥂

Colemere Wine is available for a limited time at Oswestry TIC and from their own Cellar Door Online Shop

Early morning at the Mere, Ellesmere. But if you plan to visit from Oswestry check the roadwork schedule until 29th Augu...
11/08/2025

Early morning at the Mere, Ellesmere. But if you plan to visit from Oswestry check the roadwork schedule until 29th August. Photos by Grum https://tinyurl.com/Explore-Oswestry

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Oswestry Market Hall, Bailey Head

SY111PZ

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Wednesday 10:00 - 15:00
Friday 10:00 - 15:00
Saturday 10:00 - 15:00

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Oswestry and the Welsh Borderlands

Surprising – Friendly - Historic

Oswestry – this small border town on the edge of Shropshire and the brink of Wales may not be familiar to you and certainly, many of the visitors that arrive here say: What a surprise Oswestry is – there is so much to see and explore. We’ll have to come back again. So let us surprise you and entice you to visit.

First take a spectacular, historic and mysterious 3000 year old hill fort that was the beginning of Oswestry and add a friendly thriving town that still has a weekly market. There’s a lively café culture which, combined with the eclectic mix of small independent shops, entices visitors for miles around.

Then scatter a few castles around; sprinkle in canals, meres, mosses and the World Heritage site of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal and you will begin to get that distinctive border feeling.