Castle · Oswestry · Shropshire

Oswestry Castle

Oswestry Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle in Oswestry Civil Parish, Shropshire. It is protected as a scheduled monument. Our list has 22 more places within 15 km; first among them is Chirk Castle, at 8.6 km.

Photo: Oswestry Castle, Jaggery (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Oswestry

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Castle in Oswestry

Inside Oswestry

Oswestry Castle is inside Oswestry’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

Seasons in Oswestry

Afternoons in Oswestry peak at 18–21°C, June to September.

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

Oswestry Castle

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 6 languages.

Oswestry’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Oswestry

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Oswestry Castle and what surrounds it

Use the numbers to match each place near Oswestry Castle with the list.

Towns near it

Towns that count Oswestry Castle

The 8 towns are led in size by Oswestry, with 17,500 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

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 · 2.6 km north of it

Gobowen

3,046 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Whittington

1,618 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Oswestry Castle is	People	Places to visit
Oswestry	It’s in town	17,500	11
Morda	1.6 km south of it	1,976	10
Gobowen	2.6 km north of it	3,046	11
Whittington	3.1 km east of it	1,618	8
Trefonen	3.8 km southwest of it	745	7
Weston Rhyn	6.1 km north of it	1,381	5
West Felton	7.1 km southeast of it	791	1
Chirk Bank	7.2 km north of it	576	2

Make a day of it

More near Oswestry Castle

Around it, within 15 km, lie 22 more, including 5 castles, a fort and a heritage railway.

Castle · National TrustChirk Castle8.6 km away 2

CastleWhittington Castle3.7 km away 3

Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry1.3 km away 4

CastleSycharth Castle9.3 km away 5

CastleCastell Dinas Brân15 km away 6

Heritage railwayCambrian Heritage Railways5.9 km away 7

Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall8.2 km away 8CastleCastleKnockin Castle8.7 km away

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

Questions about Oswestry Castle

Where is Oswestry Castle?

Oswestry Castle is in Oswestry, Shropshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Oswestry Castle?

Motte-and-bailey castle in Oswestry Civil Parish, Shropshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Oswestry Castle?

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

Is Oswestry Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Oswestry Castle?

Within 15 km: Chirk Castle (8.6 km), Whittington Castle (3.7 km), Old Oswestry (1.3 km) and Sycharth Castle (9.3 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 (8)

Oswestry Castle: Jaggery, 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
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
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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