Best Places to Visit in North Shropshire
Taking a day out from Oswestry? Where are the best places to visit in North Shropshire?
Follow the Llangollen Canal to Shropshire’s Lake District at Ellesmere.
Take all the family to Park Hall Countryside Experience.
Discover the historic castle at Whittington.
Park Hall Countryside Experience | Whittington Castle | Ellesmere | Oswestry Show | Oswestry Antiques Fairs
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Cambrian Heritage Railways is run by a dedicated team of volunteers and is based at the heart of the historic market town of Oswestry and within walking distance of the town centre, market, castle, town museum and other local amenities. Our Oswestry station boasts a railway museum, restored signal box (only open on selected days), period ticket office and waiting Read more…
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https://youtu.be/ggbVd2x_92M Old Oswestry Hillfort – this spectacular, dramatic & mysterious 3,000-year-old hill fort marks the beginning of one of Britain’s oldest settlements, Oswestry. Old Oswestry was built and occupied during the Iron Age (800 BC to AD 43) and is one of the best-preserved hill forts in Britain. It is on the outskirts of town and a short climb will Read more…
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12th century moated castle in the centre of the village of Whittington. Free access to grounds. Open all year. Tea room. Open all year Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm, and open Bank Holiday Mondays and Fridays. Special events all trough the summer – living history re-enactments, live outdoor theatre, ghost tours. Unusual wedding venue – contact the manager for more details. Tours Read more…
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Visit Park Hall Countryside Experience. This award winning farm park is on the edge of Oswestry and is an all weather family attraction. Get involved with the animals whether it’s time with small animals or lamb feeding. From early Spring through to Christmas there are great seasonal activities. Get active on our indoor and outdoor play areas, there’s soft play Read more…
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The Food and Drink Festival in Oswestry is free and fun and brings street food to our small market town on the borders of Shropshire and Wales. Our town centre hosts the finest local food producers of this borderland country – and it’s free! Enjoy two days of tasting as you wander the streets of our market town. Oswestry is Read more…
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The Shropshire Way is a wonderful circular walk which takes in most of England’s largest inland county – Shropshire. Throughout North Shropshire from Ellesmere and along to Llanymynech then over to Melverley, Nesscliffe and Shrewsbury, along canals and the River Severn, The Shropshire Way takes you to some of the best places to go walking near Oswestry. Read more…
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The Whittington Festival will take place from Thursday May 16th to Sunday May 19th 2024. Word of mouth is our best form of publicity, so be sure to tell your friends and family how good it is. The festival opens on Thursday May 16 with a concert including the iconic Four Seasons by Vivaldi, and other baroque delights. The other Read more…
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A Mere Cycle offer good old fashioned friendly customer service. A Mere Cycle Hire & Sales is a local family run business set up and run by Rod Evans and his wife Jo. Rod is incredibly passionate about cycling and actively does charity cycle rides for many different charities such as The Royal British Legion, British Heart Foundation, and The Read more…
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Join Shropshire Festivals for a range of fun and unique events across Shropshire. Best known for Shrewsbury Food Festival, Shropshire Kids Fest, Shropshire Oktoberfest, and Field to Fork Festival, make sure you don’t miss out on the array of hands on activities and stalls for all the family! Shropshire Oktoberfest Friday 6th & Saturday 7th October 2023 Shropshire’s biggest party Read more…
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Ellesmere in North Shropshire has always been an important settlement. Those clever ancient Britons found that the magnificent glacial Mere, which has been awarded the coverted Green Flag Award, was an ideal place for some genuine rest and relaxation. You know the sort of thing – a spot of fishing, gentle boating and gazing at the views and wildlife. Ellesmere Wharf Read more…
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There is a surfaced route to the viewpoint providing easy walking and is suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Easy, reasonably level walking on other unmade paths, stout footwear recommended, can be very muddy. There are some steeper sections of path in the woodland. Parts of the site now have cattle grazing. Refreshments and toilets are available locally in St Martins. Read more…
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Did you know that they have four fascinating museums at Park Hall? From WWI and WWII trenches, a Victorian School, Welsh Guards Collection to an Iron Age Roundhouse. WW1 Trenches. This unique labyrinth allows you to experience the very nature of trench warfare through the decades, starting from World War One through to the modern day. Immerse yourselves in the Read more…
Explore North Shropshire
Head out of Oswestry and make your first visit Old Oswestry. The remains of the iron age hillfort, known as the Stonehenge of the iron Age gives stunning views over the Shropshire Plains and North Shropshire where you will head to next.
Some say this is the quietest part of Shropshire and it’s easy to see why. Wander through a landscape of meres and mosses, full of wildlife and mile upon mile of calm canals that link Market Drayton and Whitchurch in the east to Oswestry in the west.
North Shropshire approaches North Wales just past Oswestry and then slides across the north of the county featuring five distinctly different market towns and a scattering of pretty villages including Whittington.
Park Hall was renowned as an army camp until the 1970s but now the area is home to a great family attraction. Park Hall Countryside Experience – This award winning farm attraction lets you get close enough to give a rabbit a cuddle and also has activities to keep every member of the family occupied. Getting lost each summer in Maisie’s Maize Maze could keep Nanna and Grandad busy while the rest of the family could be watching the pig races or milking a cow. While here don’t miss the wartime Trenches Experience and Welsh Guards Museum.
Oswestry Show Ground- Oswestry Show Ground is nearby too, there are events all year – transport displays, antique fairs and even the occasional dog show.The main event is Oswestry Show – it is a one day spectacular of all things rural. Think animals, show jumping, fruit and veg, antique vehicles and a packed programme of events all day.
Head further into North Shropshire, towards Ellesmere, and stop at our quintessential English Village, Whittington. With its ruined castle and moat, is an essential stop on your Shropshire day out. Whittington Castle . Remember the legend of Dick Whittington and his cat? No sign of them now but the castle is still owned by the village community. The grounds buzz with historic re-enactments throughout the summer and be there in October for the spookiest ghost tours. Don’t miss the Whittington International Chamber Music Festival in spring either.
Ellesmere- The Ice Age saw the formation of the meres and mosses which now have have a number of all-ability access visitor facilities that are all around the North Shropshire town of Ellesmere. Hopefully you won’t be shivering when you stroll around some of these picturesque lakes.