Museum · Oswestry · Shropshire

Oswestry Town Museum

Oswestry Town Museum is a local history museum. Inside Oswestry’s built-up area is where it stands. There are 22 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Oswestry Castle (100 m).

Where

In Oswestry

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Oswestry

Inside Oswestry

Oswestry Town Museum is inside Oswestry’s built-up area, with 7 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

Seasons in Oswestry

The warmest afternoons in Oswestry run June to September, at 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

Oswestry Town Museum

Museum: local history.

In Oswestry, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Oswestry

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

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Around Oswestry Town Museum, mapped

Find Oswestry Town Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Oswestry is the biggest of the 5 bases nearby (17,500 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

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 km east of it

Whittington

1,618 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Oswestry Town 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	2.6 km north of it	3,046	11
Whittington	3 km east of it	1,618	8
Trefonen	3.8 km southwest of it	745	7

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

What else is near Oswestry Town Museum

A visit can add 5 castles, a fort and a heritage railway, from 22 places within 15 km.

CastleOswestry Castle100 m away 2

Castle · National TrustChirk Castle8.6 km away 3

CastleWhittington Castle3.7 km away 4

Fort · English HeritageOld Oswestry1.3 km away 5

CastleSycharth Castle9.3 km away 6

CastleCastell Dinas Brân15 km away 7

Heritage railwayCambrian Heritage Railways5.9 km away 8

Historic houseBrynkinalt Hall8.2 km away

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

What people ask about Oswestry Town Museum

Where is Oswestry Town Museum?

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

What is Oswestry Town Museum?

Museum: local history.

When is the best time to visit Oswestry Town 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 Oswestry Town Museum?

Within 15 km: Oswestry Castle (100 m), Chirk Castle (8.6 km), Whittington Castle (3.7 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 (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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