Tourism

Bookings are coming in rapidly for this year’s Montgomery Canal Triathlon on Saturday 18th May.  Last year nearly 250 entrants joined this popular event, most…
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Spring has arrived, and there are lots going on at Oswestry Markets.  This Friday (19th April) Oswestry Market and Churches Together are organising the annual…
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Staff from a Oswestry builders’ merchants division have beaten their ambitious fundraising target thanks to generous donations. The ten employees from Tudor Griffiths Group took…
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Over 50 participants took part in the 2019 5k Bunny Run within the grounds of Moreton Hall School and raised £530 for Hector’s Greyhound Rescue. Joint…
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Fans of the ever-popular Shrewsbury Flower Show can now get their hands on tickets to this year’s extravaganza. Organisers of the historic event, which will…
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Dave Andrews tells us how his cancer diagnosis led to the creation of the 33-mile walking challenge. It was a shock, as you’d expect, to…
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Oswestry 10K has hit a milestone number of runners, signing up 400 people so far. Entries are coming in from all over the UK. Each…
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Oswestry Bunny Run 2019 April 14th Registration 9am Moreton Hall School With just over a week to go bunnies are well and truly gearing up…
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Oswestry Film Society’s new season starts on May 7th and features some of the most critically acclaimed films of the last few years, plus a…
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Thursday 4th April sees the popular TV Antiques Roadshow presenter Christina Trevanion and her business partner Aaron Dean at the College hosting an evaluation evening…
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A world-renowned celebrity gardening guru has been announced as the star of this year’s prestigious Shrewsbury Flower Show. David Domoney has been the resident gardener…
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The Holroyd Community Theatre, near Oswestry, came a step closer to curtain up this week with the laying of the first of the 42,000 bricks.…
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Organisers of the prestigious Shrewsbury Flower Show have commissioned an app to make it easier for visitors to plan and enjoy their day. The newly…
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Oswestry Rugby Club has recently welcomed Sam Warburton as guest of honour at their annual Sportsman’s Dinner. Sam met with several of Oswestry Rugby Clubs…
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On Sunday six Packwood pupils travelled to Stockport joining two team mates from Lucton and five from Moreton school to represent Shropshire in the U13…
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Holy Trinity Church, Oswestry is the venue on Thursday 2nd May at 7.30pm for a welcome return by clarinettist Emma Johnson and the European Union…
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Wilfred Owen, arguably the most important anti-war poet, born in Oswestry on 18 March 1893, had his recent birthday anniversary marked by Oswestry School pupils.…
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St Kilda’s hotel has been confirmed as the destination for Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin’s Llandudno holiday in 2020. Sitting at the very centre…
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An Oswestry social walking group are celebrating their twentieth anniversary this month. Border Outdoor Dabblers or BODS for short, was founded in 1999 by Malcolm…
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On 12th April 2019, three local men will be setting off on the adventure of a lifetime!  Grant Edwards from GTE Golf, his brother Scott…
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Whittington’s seventh Chamber Music Festival runs from 21-26 May and this year features some of the glorious music we associate with the name of Dvořák,…
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Rustic Creations on Willow Street in Oswestry is officially open for business. The fun and unique DIY workshop uses handmade, raw wood materials that visitors…
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When I arrived home from work in a bright yellow car, Isabelle greeted me with the words ‘funny car daddy’. At not quite two-years-old I…
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Shropshire Kids Fest 2019 will be held on the 11th & 12th May at Shrewsbury Quarry This is a festival designed for kids with one…
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A multimedia exhibition celebrating the role of local women during the First World War opens on March 14th at Qube Gallery, Oswestry. The exhibition, ‘Homefront…
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Hope House are thrilled to have being chosen as the official charity for the very first Oswestry 10k.  Fundraising Team Leader Lynsey Kilvert said: “Each…
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On Monday 25th February 2019, 450 educational facilitators, teachers and senior leaders descended on the spectacular International Conference Centre in Telford. The continued professional learning…
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This inaugural Classics at the College event was such a great success, it is returning in 2019! , The popular event, which raises vital monies…
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It may look like a van with windows but the new Peugeot Rifter will always a hold a special place in my heart as it…
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Entries are coming in for the Montgomery Canal Triathlon to be held on Saturday 18 May 2019. This popular event is organised by the Friends…
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A national military charity is giving members of the public in Shropshire the chance to run a 5 km course through an RAF station while…
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Oswestry Borderland Tourism organises guided town tours every Saturday morning from Easter to the end of September and booked tours for groups. If you or…
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Organisers of Shrewsbury Flower Show are excited to announce they have signed up pop giants Scouting For Girls to appear at this year’s event. The…
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The RSPB is celebrating a very special anniversary of its world famous Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend (26-28 January). Just one hour every year, for…
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There are lots of opportunities to see Jon Young’s stunning artwork around Oswestry at the moment. His beautiful use of light and colour in landscapes,…
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Journalist, car enthusiast and new dad Richard Jones test drives the Honda NSX There’s nothing better than a bracing family walk along the coastline to…
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Oswestry Borderland Tourism are celebrating the launch of their 31st printed brochure with a members social evening at Stonehouse Brewery and The Henstone Distillery on…
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A group of students who were given a behind the scenes tour of Antiques Roadshow as it was filmed at Erddig last year will be…
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Plans for the 2019 Shrewsbury Flower Show have stepped up a gear with the news that The Imps motorcycle display team will be appearing on…
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Teenage mountain bike racer Ellie Jones from Ebnal near Gobowen has a dream: to be the fastest girl in the world on her bike and…
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Ground investigation is next step in Montgomery Canal restoration Donations quadrupled in fund-raising appeal – for a limited time Plans for the next stages of…
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If you happen to see a big yellow rickshaw travelling through our area tomorrow, make sure you give it a wave as it embarks on…
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The Marches School has welcomed and hosted teachers and staff from five European schools this week as they joined an Erasmus+ project to allow students…
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They are well drilled in outdoor challenges, but cadets from 1165 (Oswestry) Squadron, Air Training Corps are currently preparing for field manoeuvres of a very…
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This year’s Oswestry Christmas light switch on has been planned for 22 November. James Bond from Radio Shropshire will present the show, starting at 4pm…
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A beacon is to be lit at Old Oswestry hillfort as part of national Armistice Day commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World…
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Oswestry in Bloom winners were announced at Cabin Lane Church, where Miss Margaret Thrower and chairman of the committee Miss Betty Gull handed out the…
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“The Holroyd Community Theatre will provide a state of the art performance space with a 240 seat auditorium designed to accommodate the very best that…
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Tyn Dwr Hall, one of the UK’s top wedding venues is to host an exclusive, Christmas charity Fundraising Ball for the first time, in aid…
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Booka Bookshop have announced an evening with historian and BAFTA winning broadcaster and TV presenter Dan Snow as he talks about his new book, On…
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