Museum · Oswestry · Shropshire

Cambrian Railways Museum

Cambrian Railways Museum is a history museum. Oswestry has it inside its built-up area. Management falls to Cambrian Heritage Railways.

Where

In Oswestry

inside the built-up area

Run by

Cambrian Heritage Railways

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Oswestry

Inside Oswestry

Cambrian Railways Museum is inside Oswestry’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Oswestry

Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in Oswestry.

Jan8° / 2°93 mm

Feb8° / 2°67 mm

Mar10° / 3°63 mm

Apr13° / 5°63 mm

May16° / 7°66 mm

Jun19° / 10°72 mm

Jul21° / 12°65 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°69 mm

Oct14° / 7°90 mm

Nov11° / 5°85 mm

Dec8° / 2°98 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Oswestry, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Oswestry. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Oswestry’s full climate →

About

Cambrian Railways Museum

Add Chirk Castle, 8.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 21 places within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Cambrian Heritage Railways
Town: in Oswestry
Official site: cambrianrailways.com/html/museum.html

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Mapping Cambrian Railways Museum

The map puts Cambrian Railways Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Among the 5, Oswestry is the biggest, home to 17,500 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Oswestry

17,500 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km south of it

Morda

1,976 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km north of it

Gobowen

3,046 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km northeast of it

Whittington

1,618 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Cambrian Railways Museum is	People	Places to visit
Oswestry	It’s in town	17,500	11
Morda	1.6 km south of it	1,976	10
Gobowen	2.5 km north of it	3,046	11
Whittington	2.8 km northeast of it	1,618	8
Trefonen	3.9 km southwest of it	745	7

Make a day of it

Also near Cambrian Railways Museum

Choose from 21 places within 15 km, such as 5 castles, a fort and a heritage railway.

Castle · National TrustChirk Castle8.7 km away 2

CastleOswestry Castle300 m away 3

CastleWhittington Castle3.5 km away 4

Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry1.3 km away 5

CastleSycharth Castle9.6 km away 6

Heritage railwayCambrian Heritage Railways5.9 km away 7

Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall8.2 km away 8CastleCastleKnockin Castle8.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Cambrian Railways Museum

Where is Cambrian Railways Museum?

Cambrian Railways Museum is in Oswestry, Shropshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cambrian Railways Museum?

Museum: history.

Who runs Cambrian Railways Museum?

Cambrian Heritage Railways.

When is the best time to visit Cambrian Railways Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Oswestry, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Cambrian Railways Museum?

Within 15 km: Chirk Castle (8.7 km), Oswestry Castle (300 m), Whittington Castle (3.5 km) and Old Oswestry (1.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Chirk Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oswestry Castle: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whittington Castle: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Oswestry: Oswestry Borderland Tourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sycharth Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambrian Heritage Railways: Cambrian Railways Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brynkinalt Hall: Tony Teperek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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