Oswestry tourist information
Oswestry, Named after King Oswald of Northumbria, who died in AD641. He was nailed to a tree - hence the name "Oswald's Tree". According to legend a passing eagle took a limb but dropped it and where it landed a spring burst forth - St Oswald's Well. Amazing Stuff!
Shropshire has often claimed to be the true home of King Arthur - some say Queen Guinevere was born nearby and the hill fort, overlooking the town, is named after her father.
With Oswestry right on the border with Wales it changed hands many times - nevertheless it became a natural setting for a market and today has the largest street market in the Borderlands.
Small shops jostle with the market stalls showing what a truly vibrant market town should be.
Spectacular limestone cliffs at Llanymynech where lead, copper and zinc have been mined since Roman times is now a haven for wildlife and a unique Hoffman Horizontal Kiln (Whatever that is!).
Oswestry is the best place to start exploring the Welsh Mountains and discover the delights of Lake Vyrnwy and the charm of Chirk and Powis Castles both are just down the road.
The Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall can be found in the hills behind the town. At 240 feet it is higher than Niagara Falls.
Nearby there's lots to see and do:- Nescliffe Country Park - site of an iron age hill fort and the cave of the 18th Century highwayman Humprey Kynaston - Shropshire's very own Robin Hood.
Offa's Dyke, the Oswestry Transport Museum and the Llangollen and Montgomery Canals. Don't miss the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct at 126 feet above the River Dee it is one of Thomas Telford's masterpieces.
There's the Park Hall Country Experience with cart horse rides and a children's driving school. St Peter's Church at Melverley timber framed wattle and daub church on the banks of the River Vyrnwy.
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