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Places to stay in Oswestry
The vibrant border market town of Oswestry sits between the patchwork plains of Shropshire and the hill country that is Wales. Its strategic position as a 'frontier town' has given it a turbulent history. Today the town still retains its vital function as a market and shopping centre serving North West Shropshire and Mid Wales. It is a locally important shopping and agricultural centre and still retains the intimacy of a rural town serving local people and home to a number of specialist and independent shops. There are many old timber framed houses, for example Llywd Mansion on Cross Street, the Heritage Centre, the Blackgate, the Fox Inn and the shops along Beatrice Street. Georgian architecture is also represented particularly around St Oswald's Church where there are a number of imposing town houses complete with grand entrance staircases and front doors. There is a large Iron Age fort just to the North of the town. Nowadays, only the Earthworks remain, but it's worth a visit. It can be seen from the A5 going north out of the town. Most of the town centre has been designated a Conservation Area conveying a mixture of architectural styles. This long distance footpath, which goes from Prestatyn to Chepstow along the Welsh border, passes about 3 miles to the west of Oswestry. It is a well maintained footpath and can be picked up at many points in the area.
