Beautiful Oswestry, the many and varied places of interest

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With Easter holidays coming up and possibly friends or relatives paying a visit, perhaps you need reminding what a lovely area we are privileged to live in.

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Oswestry   |   Places To Visit   |   Things To Do   |   Stay   |   Food & Drink   |  What'sOn Break for the Borderlands  Visit Oswestry in Spring Read on to find out more, enter our competition to win tickets to two National Trust Properties and see special offers for spring breaks. Travel group ABTA has named Shropshire as its only UK destination in their list of places to watch in 2024.  So why not head to Oswestry and discover this quiet corner of Shropshire for your spring break? Friendly Oswestry  Friendly Oswestry - markets, trains and free events Visit Oswestry and enjoy a friendly Shropshire market town in Spring. Easter weekend is a great time to get to know our market. There are free events on both Good Friday and Easter Saturday. The free Street Circus on Saturday is the friendliest, wackiest show in town! It's time for the trains to start rolling again too. Take to the rails for Easter egg hunts or keep your eyes open for a rather large Easter bunny! Surprising Oswestry Surprising Oswestry – bluebells, lakeside walks and hidden pathways Oswestry and the Borderlands are calling out to walkers, amblers, strollers and hikers. There's a surprise around every quiet corner. Wander along hidden pathways sparkling with starry flowers of wild garlic or stroll through drifts of bluebells to reach the top of Old Oswestry hillfort for far reaching views over the Shropshire plain. Take an amble around Ellesmere and then explore more of the nine meres or lakes that make up Shropshire's Lakeland.  Historic Oswestry Historic Oswestry – castles, historic houses and spring gardens. There is something quite special about exploring Oswestry and the Borderlands in spring. Visit one of our borderland castles and historic houses – which will you choose? You can meet the peacocks at majestic Powis Castle perched high above the market town of Welshpool? Or how about sterner Chirk Castle with its stunning collection of Myddleton family history? Erddig House is nearby with its unique upstairs downstairs stories of their families too. Don't miss our tiny Whittington castle either. This semi ruined castle sits quietly in the quintessential English village of Whittington complete with moated castle, swans and pubs – what more could you want?  Competition Win tickets to both National Trust Powis Castle and Erddig House. We have 2 family tickets for Powis Castle and Erddig House to give away. They are valid until 31st October 2024. To enter, tell us when Powis Castle was gifted to the National Trust.  You can find the answer here.  https://www.visitoswestry.co.uk/attractions/powis-castle/ Entry to the competition closes on 30th April 2024. Click the link below to email your answer. Click here to send your competition answer to Visit Oswestry Book direct for these special offers or to see more visit our Spring page on www.visitoswestry.co.uk A free bottle of house wine when you book to stay direct with The Sweeney Country House Hotel.  30% discount for stays in March. 20% off April mid week stays at Pen Y Dyffryn Country House Hotel £50 discount on stays of 7 nights or more booked by 29/3/24 for stays during 2024. Quote OBT50 at Castle Farm Holidays. Glamping 20% discount for all March stays at Lower Sweeney Farm Safari tents. Why not come on a guided tour of Oswestry? We leave Oswestry Tourist Information Centre at 11am every Saturday from Easter to October half term. Click here for more information. Call in at Oswestry Tourist Information Centre and Gift Shop for the all the latest news and souvenirs. How to get to Oswestry - where Shropshire meets Wales.