Fort · near Oswestry · Shropshire

Old Oswestry

Old Oswestry is a fort 300 m north of Oswestry. It is a scheduled monument. Our list has 23 more places within 15 km; first among them is Chirk Castle, at 7.6 km.

Photo: Old Oswestry, Oswestry Borderland Tourism (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

300 m

north of Oswestry

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Fort near Oswestry

Just outside Oswestry

Old Oswestry is 300 m north of Oswestry. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Oswestry has 137 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

The warmest stretch in Oswestry is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.

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

Old Oswestry

Its care is managed by English Heritage. Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

Oswestry’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 300 m north of Oswestry
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-oswestry-hillfort

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

The map

Old Oswestry and what surrounds it

Orange: Old Oswestry.

Towns near it

Towns that count Old Oswestry

Oswestry tops the 8 for size, at 17,500 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · 300 m south of it

Oswestry

17,500 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km north of it

Gobowen

3,046 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km east of it

Whittington

1,618 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km south of it

Morda

1,976 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Old Oswestry is	People	Places to visit
Oswestry	300 m south of it	17,500	11
Gobowen	1.3 km north of it	3,046	11
Whittington	2.3 km east of it	1,618	8
Morda	2.9 km south of it	1,976	10
Weston Rhyn	4.7 km north of it	1,381	5
Trefonen	5.7 km southwest of it	745	7
Chirk Bank	6 km north of it	576	2
St Martins	6.3 km northeast of it	2,692	6

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km you can add 6 castles, a historic house and a heritage railway.

Castle · National TrustChirk Castle7.6 km away 2

CastleWhittington Castle3 km away 3

CastleOswestry Castle1.3 km away 4

CastleSycharth Castle10 km away 5

CastleCastell Dinas Brân14 km away 6

Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall6.9 km away 7

Heritage railwayCambrian Heritage Railways7.2 km away 8CastleCastleKnockin Castle9.5 km away

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

Know before you visit Old Oswestry

Where is Old Oswestry?

Old Oswestry is 300 m north of Oswestry, Shropshire.

What is Old Oswestry?

Hillfort in Shropshire, England, UK.

Who runs Old Oswestry?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Old Oswestry?

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

Is Old Oswestry a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Old Oswestry?

Within 15 km: Chirk Castle (7.6 km), Whittington Castle (3 km), Oswestry Castle (1.3 km) and Sycharth Castle (10 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)

Old Oswestry: Oswestry Borderland Tourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
Sycharth Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Dinas Brân: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brynkinalt Hall: Tony Teperek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambrian Heritage Railways: Cambrian Railways Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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