PRESS RELEASE: WW1 commemorative beacon to be staged at Old Oswestry hillfort
A beacon is to be lit on Old Oswestry hillfort as part of national Armistice Day commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World […]
PRESS RELEASE: Air cadets will shine bright at hillfort WW1 beacon event
They are well drilled in outdoor challenges, but cadets from 1165 (Oswestry) Squadron, Air Training Corps are currently preparing for field manoeuvres of a very […]
PRESS RELEASE: Calls for fairness and transparency as planning application is made for controversial hillfort housing
Campaigners fighting to save one of Europe’s foremost Iron Age landscapes and rare World War I military archaeology from the bulldozer are asking for a […]
Extract from HOOOH (Hands Off Old Oswestry Hillfort) response to Shropshire Council consultation on Local Plan Review ‘Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development’ (2017)
Level of Future Growth Q3. Preferred housing requirement. We do not support the preference for ‘High Growth’ (28,750). The clear preference of almost half (47%) […]
PRESS RELEASE: Rare finds revealed by hillfort wildlife survey
Looking out over rolling green landscape on the Shropshire/Wales border, the ancient beauty of Old Oswestry hillfort draws visitors from far and wide. Now a […]
Response Letter for objecting to the proposed development in the setting of Old Oswestry Hillfort…
Maintaining objections to proposed development damaging the setting of Old Oswestry hillfort Shropshire Local Plan Review Consultation Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development, October 2017 […]
PRESS RELEASE – Town council urges Shropshire planners to abandon controversial hillfort scheme
Oswestry Town Council has restated its opposition to housing earmarked in the setting of Old Oswestry hillfort as Shropshire Council reviews the County’s local plan. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Steep climb in visitor numbers to Shropshire hillfort
It has long been called the Maiden Castle of the North and hailed more recently as the Stonehenge of the Iron Age. Now a sharp […]
PRESS RELEASE: Hillfort group planning quartet of events for Heritage Open Days
The Oswestry Heritage Gateway, which works in the interests of Old Oswestry hillfort, is organising no less than four free events for the town’s Heritage […]
PRESS RELEASE: New group has sights on heritage tourism bid for North Shropshire
A new visitor destination is being championed for Shropshire that will capitalise on the appeal of one of Britain’s nest hillforts. New group, the Oswestry […]