Oswestry

Oswestry (Welsh: Croesoswallt) is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement (17,500 people in 2021) within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.

Understand

 * Visit Oswestry website

Do

 * Football: The New Saints play soccer in the Cymru Premier League. That's the top tier within Wales, but mostly amateur and on a par with England's fifth tier National League. New Saints are professional and often win the CPL, doing so yet again in 2023, but don't seek promotion to the English Football League. Their stadium is Park Hall, capacity 2000, two miles northeast of town — and in England.
 * Oswestry Balloon Carnival is held in August.
 * Oswestry Balloon Carnival is held in August.

Connect
Oswestry has 4G from all UK carriers. As of June 2022, 5G has not reached town.

Go next

 * Shrewsbury
 * Chirk
 * Ellesmere
 * Welshpool