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Oswestry (; ), one of the UK's oldest border settlements, is the largest market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. 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 under local government reorganisation with effect from 1 April 2009. Oswestry is the third largest town in Shropshire, following Telford and Shrewsbury. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the civil parish as 17,105 (up almost 10% from 15,613 in 2001) and the urban area as 16,660. The town is five miles (8 km) from the Anglo-Welsh border, and has a mixed Welsh and English heritage. It is the home of the Shropshire libraries' Welsh Collection.
Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.
Oswestry is a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983, when it was renamed North Shropshire. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election.
Oswestry may refer to:
- Oswestry
- Borough of Oswestry
- Oswestry railway station
- Oswestry Cricket Club
- Oswestry Rural
- Oswestry School
- Oswestry Town F.C.
- Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)
- Oswestry Uplands
- Old Oswestry