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Oswestry Tourist Information Centre (Mile End)

Mile End Services, Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 4JA

Discover more about Oswestry and the surrounding area at Oswestry Tourist Information Centre in Shropshire. Our tourist information centre is packed with lots of useful travel information to help you plan your trip. If you’d like help with...

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Attractions near Oswestry Tourist Information

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Oswestry Transport Museum (2 Miles)

This museum is located in Shropshire and carries a large and interesting archive and collection that is related to land transport. The history of...

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Chirk Castle (9.4 Miles)

Chirk Castle is a good looking piece of architectural history that has been well looked after and restored to a certain extent by the National...

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Ty Mawr Country Park (11.3 Miles)

Ty Mawr Country Park is set in a beautiful location above the River Dee. Farm animals such as donkeys, goats and Jacob sheep graze in...

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Dinas Bran Castle (12.7 Miles)

Dinas Bran Castle is a romantic ruin occupying the summit of a steep hill above Llangollen and the Dee Valley. Built about 1260 by Gruffudd...

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Eglwyseg Rocks (12.7 Miles)

The limestone cliffs and crags of Eglwyseg Rocks are probably the most impressive feature of the spectacular landscape around Llangollen. This striking escarpment of carboniferous...

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Eliseg`s Pillar (12.7 Miles)

Eliseg`s Pillar is the remains of a twenty foot cross erected in the 9th Century by Cyngen, Prince of Powys, as a memorial to King...

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Horseshoe Falls (12.7 Miles)

The Horseshoe Falls is a picturesque, crescent-shaped weir on the River Dee. Designed by Thomas Telford in the early 19th century, it was built to...

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Horseshoe Pass (12.7 Miles)

The A542 road to the Horseshoe Pass offers some of the most spectacular views in Wales as it climbs from Llangollen around a wide valley...

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Llangollen Bridge (12.7 Miles)

According to an old rhyme there are `Seven Wonders of Wales`and Llangollen Bridge spanning the River Dee is one of them. Few visitors crossing the...

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Llantysilio Church (12.7 Miles)

The ancient church of Llantysilio stands in a wooded setting on high ground above the picturesque Horseshoe Falls. It is dedicated to St Tysilio who...

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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (12.7 Miles)

Towering 126 feet above the River Dee, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the highest aqueduct in Britain and a walk along its 1007 feet long towpath is...

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St Collen`s Church, Llangollen (12.7 Miles)

St Collen, a hermit from Glastonbury, founded a church at Llangollen in the 6th Century. It is said he killed a man-eating giantess who lived...

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Valle Crucis Abbey (12.7 Miles)

The remains of Valle Crucis Abbey stand in a lovely, green valley below the Horseshoe Pass. The name means `valley of the cross` and it...

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Chirk Aqueduct (13.6 Miles)

Built between 1796 and 1801, the 70 feet high Chirk Aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop to carry the Ellesmere Canal (now...

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Bersham Heritage Centre (14.3 Miles)

The Bersham Heritage Centre is in the Clywedog Valley, an area now known for its peace and natural beauty, which was once a hive of...

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Erddig Country Hall and Gardens (14.4 Miles)

For a real ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ experience visit Erddig Hall. From the Butlers Pantry and Servants Hall to the Chinese Room and State Bedroom, there is...

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Mythstories (14.5 Miles)

The oral tradition is one of the most powerful in our society, and many of the things that we believe and take as fact have...

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Plas Newydd (15.1 Miles)

In the late 18th Century, two ladies eloped from Ireland and settled in Llangollen at the house now called Plas Newydd. Their names were Sarah...

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Llangollen Museum (15.9 Miles)

In Llangollen Museum you can discover the history and legends of this fascinating, small Welsh borderlands town. There are hundreds of artefacts found in the...

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