Oswestry Castle
Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Oswestry Civil Parish, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oswestry railway station and Church of St Oswald.
Oswestry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oswestry railway station is a Grade II listed heritage railway station in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was closed when passenger services were withdrawn in 1966. Oswestry railway station is situated 1,200 feet east of Oswestry Castle.
Church of St Oswald
Church
Photo: Daveyonthemove, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Oswald is situated 1,500 feet south of Oswestry Castle.
Shelf Bank
Nature reserve
Shelf Bank is a hill in the centre of Oswestry which has been a local nature reserve since 2014. It has an elevation of 145 m and is a 3-hectare area consisting of acid grassland and naturally regenerated areas of woodland and scrub.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oswestry and Morda.
Oswestry
Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.
Morda
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morda is a village on the outskirts of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, located near the border of England with Wales. The village is named after the River Morda, a tributary of the River Vyrnwy.
Gobowen
Village
Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gobowen is a village in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles north of Oswestry. The population according to the 2011 census was 3,270. Gobowen is situated 2½ miles north of Oswestry Castle.
Oswestry Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Oswestry, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.86107° or 52° 51′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.05527° or 3° 3′ 19″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C4RVW6V+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 64298773OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Oswestry Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oswestry Castle”
- German: “Oswestry Castle”
- Latin: “Castrum Leour”
- Swedish: “Oswestry Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oswestry Castle”. Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.