Visitor attractions and information - Oswestry
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 Colemere
Countryside Heritage Site is the location of one of Shropshire’s
most beautiful meres which attracts Snipe, Curlew, Goldeneye,
and Pochard. The site is designated as a Local Nature Reserve.
Colemere sailing club uses the mere at various times. They have
a beautiful clubhouse overlooking the Mere which contains changing
rooms and showers, a kitchen and a club room. Membership Secretary
01691 830849. www.colemeresailing.org.uk.
About 7 miles east of
Oswestry. |
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Old Oswestry is a fine example of an Iron
Age hill fort. The inhabitants of this fort lived on the flat
hilltop. In the Second World War the summit of the hillfort was
used to grow food for the war effort. Location: On the outskirts of Oswestry. |
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Pistyll
Rhaeadr, Tel: 01691 780392. Situated in the Berwyn mountains,
Pistyll Rhaeadr is 240 ft (74 metres) tall, the highest waterfall
in Wales & England. It is found in a remote location in Powys,
near Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant, and is definitely the hardest of
the Seven Wonders to reach. Hundreds of people visit the imposing
falls every year, there is a coffee and gift shop and a campsite
nearby. www.pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk.
About 16 miles west of
Oswestry, reached off the B4580. |
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Oswestry Transport Museum, Oswald Road, Oswestry,
Shropshire, SY11 1RE. Tel: 01691 671 749. Railway museum which
includes engines and railways history. Location: In Oswestry. |
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Montgomery
Waterway Restoration Trust. Tel: 01978 761315. The Montgomery
Canal runs from Newtown, through Welshpool, to Frankton locks,
east of Oswestry. See website for full details. Photo right:
Canal at Welshpool. www.montgomerycanal.me.uk. |
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More Shropshire
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Oswestry lies in the border county of Shropshire,
one of England's least populated and least spoiled counties,
stretching from its winding Welsh border to the edge of the urban
West Midlands. The remotest and most beautiful parts of the county
are the southern and western edges where the twin ridges of Wenlock
Edge and the Long Mynd are excellent for walking and hang-gliding.
The county town of Shrewsbury sits in a loop of the River Severn,
a charming place to visit with some of the best preserved Tudor
and Jacobean streetscapes in England. Photo left - Oswestry streets.
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