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All year. 90 minute walk (1.5 miles).

Colemere Collywobbles, Colemere, off the A528 just past Cockshutt. A 1.5 mile circular route around Colemere which takes you along the Shropshire Union Canal. Cole Mere is like a giant’s tummy-button filled with icy water. It has steep sides and is really deep. It was made…
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All Year. A 40 minute walk (1 mile).

Family Friendly Walks: Nesscliffe Nonsense - Big American softies is a 1 mile circular walk around Nesscliffe Hill. An easy walk through the Sequoia trees. Don’t bother looking out for hillforts on this walk; it’s a waste of time. You may see one or two trees though. Why…
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All Year. A 2 hour walk (2 miles).

Family Friendly Walks: Nesscliffe Nonsense Robbers, Ramparts & Roundheads. An ancient fortress sleeps in the dark woods of Nesscliffe Hill. But that’s not all. Highwaymen, muggers and bandits once lurked among the trees and caves. Did Roundheads really have big, round heads?
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All Year. A 90 minute walk (2 miles).

Family Friendly Walks: Ellesmere Extravaganza. Ellesmere is thought to have been named by the Saxons who called it ‘Aelsmere’ or ‘great lake.’ Imaginative lot the Saxons. The Moors is all that’s left of a big bog that had been here since the end of the…
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Monday & Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday to Sunday: 10am - 4pm

The British Ironwork Centre is a day out for everyone, based on the outskirts of Oswestry. Their Centre is home to a splendid collection of magnificent animal sculptures from the majestic Silver Back Gorilla, to an adorable assortment of Farmyard animals. They have the Forge Falconry…
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0800 6888 386

Wednesday: 10AM - 3PM
Friday: 10AM - 3PM
Saturday: 10AM - 3PM

The key feature of the main exhibition room is the ‘Timeline’, which aims to map the history of the town from the formation of the rocks to present day Oswestry and as such is an ongoing project. The room has displays on various subjects from…
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Wednesdays, 3.30pm-5pm

Weekly chess club for young people aged 10-16! Some chess knowledge is required. Free event, no need to book.
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The grounds are always open.
The tearoom is open: Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm all year round.

Whittington Castle is near Oswestry. The strikingly picturesque and romantic ruins are steeped in much history, tales of bitter border warfare, romance and legend. A small rural community in North Shropshire, England has acquired a 99 year lease to manage the Castle that sits in…
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Quiet hour is from 11am-12 noon on the last Sunday of the month.

We are pleased to offer The Quiet Hour from 11.00-12.00 on the last Sunday of the month.   Visitors can expect: A quieter time when we typically experience fewer visitors* Audio elements around the galleries to be turned off/down low A quiet room to be…
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Saturdays 2-3pm

A Mah-jong Club playing with Patterson-Wright rules, which meets in Shrewsbury. Mah-jong is a game of Chinese origin dating from the mid/late 19th Century, played with tiles. The Club meets at Shrewsbury Library on alternate Wednesdays: on the first Wednesday of each month at 10.30am,…
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