Ruins · near Oswestry · Shropshire

Grand Stand (remains)

Standing 2 km west of Oswestry, Grand Stand (remains) is ruins. Around it, within 15 km, lie 27 more places, Chirk Castle (7.8 km) first on our list.

Where

2 km

west of Oswestry

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Ruins near Oswestry

Just outside Oswestry

Grand Stand (remains) is 2 km west of Oswestry. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Seasons in Oswestry

In Oswestry, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–21°C.

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

Grand Stand (remains)

Ruins.

Type: Ruins
Town: 2 km west of Oswestry

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

The map

Finding Grand Stand (remains)

Orange shows Grand Stand (remains); numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns near Grand Stand (remains)

Largest of the 4 is Oswestry, home to 17,500. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · 2 km east of it

Oswestry

17,500 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km south of it

Trefonen

745 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km southeast of it

Morda

1,976 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km northeast of it

Gobowen

3,046 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Grand Stand (remains) is	People	Places to visit
Oswestry	2 km east of it	17,500	11
Trefonen	3.1 km south of it	745	7
Morda	3.6 km southeast of it	1,976	10
Gobowen	4.9 km northeast of it	3,046	11

Make a day of it

Also near Grand Stand (remains)

Around it, within 15 km, lie 27 more, including 5 castles, a fort and an abbey or priory.

Castle · National TrustChirk Castle7.8 km away 2

CastleWhittington Castle6.9 km away 3

CastleOswestry Castle3.4 km away 4

Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry3.9 km away 5

CastleSycharth Castle6.8 km away 6

CastleCastell Dinas Brân13 km away 7

Abbey or priory · CadwValle Crucis Abbey15 km away 8

Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall8.8 km away

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

Asked about Grand Stand (remains)

Where is Grand Stand (remains)?

Grand Stand (remains) is 2 km west of Oswestry, Shropshire.

What is Grand Stand (remains)?

Ruins.

When is the best time to visit Grand Stand (remains)?

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 Grand Stand (remains)?

Within 15 km: Chirk Castle (7.8 km), Whittington Castle (6.9 km), Oswestry Castle (3.4 km) and Old Oswestry (3.9 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 (8)

Chirk Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whittington Castle: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oswestry Castle: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Oswestry: Oswestry Borderland Tourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sycharth Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Dinas Brân: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Valle Crucis Abbey: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brynkinalt Hall: Tony Teperek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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