So much goes on in Oswestry, where England meets Wales

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OSWESTRY - WHERE ENGLAND MEETS WALES

We are so lucky to live here where so much goes on for locals as well as tourists.

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Oswestry Borderland Tourism Business Newsletter Summer marketing campaign July to September 2024 Promoting places to stay and family fun days  Oswestry Summer of Art and guided tours Membership appeal Oswestry Tourist Information Centre new location The stats so far Order town maps to collect from the Tourist Information Centre We are about to launch our summer marketing campaign which will encourage visitors to discover a Shropshire countryside town and all the laid back ways to enjoy summer in Oswestry and the Borderlands.  Places to stay, eat and drink, family days out and walking will all feature.  The campaign will consist of paid ads on Facebook, a Summer newsletter and a unique landing page on the web site. Are you a standard plus and premium member of Visit Oswestry? Get in touch to have a feature entry in the promotion.  See the unique web page for the summer campaign Promoting places to stay in Oswestry and the Borderlands Do you have any special offers? Had a refurbishment or just updated your property? Let us know so we can promote you through the summer. we would love to have new images too for your web page and to use on Social Media Accommodation - news - email us here Family fun days Tell us your ideas for great family days out this summer. Can be free or paid attractions. What is your favourite free day out in the Borderlands? Where will you go this summer? Into wild swimming? We would love to know where you go.  Got a family friendly event to promote? Are you on our events list? Email us here with ideas for family friendly days out Oswestry Summer of Art  Lots of events going on all summer up to and including Heritage Open Days    Check out the Summer of Art events here Visit Oswestry - did you know? This email comes to you from Oswestry Borderland Tourism (Visit Oswestry).  We are a not for profit organisation mostly run by volunteers. We are not funded by Shropshire Council, Visit Wales or any other government bodies. Did you know? Oswestry Town Council supports Visit Oswestry but this does not even cover our staff wages at the Tourist information Centre? We have 5 board members who all give their time freely? We attend meetings of Visit Shropshire to ensure that Oswestry and the Borderlands are represented at county level? We send information to Visit Shropshire to promote Oswestry and the Borderlands? We pay for a marketing consultant for one day each week but all other promotion is done by our staff? The average spend per visitor in the TIC is 65p per head? Most of our images are provided by Graham Mitchell (Grum) at no cost. He goes walking every day and share his images with us? Members of Visit Oswestry can use Grum's images without charge? We produced 50,000 maps of Oswestry at no cost to any business?   Your membership enables us to promote Oswestry and the Borderlands to a world wide audience but we need your help to continue - please join us. Membership costs from £75 for one year. Not on VisitOswestry.co.uk? Enquire now about membership. Oswestry Tourist Information Centre Don't forget to tell your visitors about the Tourist Information Centre and our new location. Send them along to collect leaflets, maps and find out more about the all the great events that are on this summer.  Call in to meet Karen, Ann, Di and Kate and say hello to our lovely volunteers who are helping out through the summer.  If you have an hour or two to spare, do give Karen a call. Your time could help us keep our TIC open. You can collect copies of the town maps from there too. If you would like a full box (300), let Karen know and she will have them ready for you to collect. Order town maps to collect from the TIC Guided Tours every Saturday at 11am Please tell your visitors about our guided tours. Our volunteer guides take walks around town at 11 am from the Tourist Information Centre every Saturday until the end of September. We are asking for a voluntary donation this year - we suggest £5 but it is still optional. Love Oswestry? Why not be a guide?  Love Oswestry? Become an Oswestry Tourism Ambassador.   Become an Oswestry Tourism Ambassador - it's free, fun and a great way to tell people more about Oswestry and the Borderlands. This year's stats to date Visit Oswestry is growing! Web site, Facebook and Instagram are all showing an increase on 2023.  This year's figures to the beginning of July.   Are your leaflets in the Tourist Information Centre?  We are short of printed leaflets and brochures for members' businesses and events. You can drop them off at The TIC - open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 3pm.

Our Vision is for Oswestry & The Borderlands to be seen as one of the most desirable UK destinations, providing a welcoming and memorable visitor experience that reflects the area's historic, cultural and natural heritage. Please join to help us achieve this. Visit Oswestry is a not for profit company supported by volunteers.