Oswestry

For other uses, see Oswestry (disambiguation).

Oswestry
Clockwise from top: Llwyd Mansion, Cross Street, St Oswald's Church, Oswestry Market
Coat of arms of Oswestry
Motto: Floreat Oswestria
('May Oswestry flourish')
Oswestry is located in Shropshire
Oswestry
Oswestry
Location within Shropshire
Population17,509 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ292293
• London179 mi (288 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Oswestry
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOSWESTRY
Postcode districtSY10, SY11
Dialling code01691
ISO 3166 codeGB-SHR
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
Councillors
WebsiteOswestry Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°51′35″N 3°03′14″W / 52.8598°N 3.0538°W / 52.8598; -3.0538

Oswestry (/ˈɒzwəstri/ OZ-wəss-tree; Welsh: Croesoswallt) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border.[2] It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.

The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Oswestry until that was abolished in 2009. Oswestry is the third-largest town in Shropshire, following Telford and Shrewsbury. At the 2021 Census, the population was 17,509.[3][4] The town is five miles (8 km) from the Welsh border and has a mixed English and Welsh heritage.[5]

Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.[6]

  1. ^ "Oswestry". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "The rise and rise of a railway town". BBC. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ Population Density, 2011 Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Neighbourhood Statistics, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Oswestry". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  5. ^ Shropshire Tourism. "Oswestry & the Welsh Borders". Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  6. ^ NCA 63: Oswestry Uplands Key Facts & Data at www.naturalengland.org.uk. Accessed on 5 April 2013.