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PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners make final stand as deadline looms to save hillfort’s landscape

April 9, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners are urging people to unite one more time to protect Old Oswestry hillfort’s historic setting as an 8-year fight over development reaches a climax. […]

PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners braced for revised plans for hillfort estate after developer shelves latest scheme

March 11, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners say they are ready to fight on as Galliers Homes withdraws plans for a 100-house estate in the near landscape of Old Oswestry hillfort […]

PRESS RELEASE: Open evening will reveal latest plans for Shropshire hillfort management and volunteering

February 11, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

A new programme of landscape maintenance and volunteering at Old Oswestry hillfort will be the focus of an open meeting next month. Members of the […]

PRESS RELEASE: Housing plans in hillfort landscape ignore development boundaries, say campaigners

October 21, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Plans for controversial housing on the outskirts of Oswestry breach development ‘red lines’ within the landscape of Old Oswestry, one of Britain’s most important Iron […]

PRESS RELEASE: Heritage events explore hillfort’s cultural value, from archaeology to mental health

September 10, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Discovering heritage makes us feel good, research has shown*, and one Shropshire hillfort will be highlighting why as part of a forthcoming national festival. A […]

PRESS RELEASE: TV historian warns of damage to heritage landscape and tourism value amid flood of objections to hillfort housing plans

July 29, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

The esteemed historian and media figure, Professor Michael Wood, has expressed serious concern over plans to build houses within ‘the fascinating historic landscape’ of Old […]

PRESS RELEASE: New Waterstones Children’s Laureate praises iconic hillfort, joining call to protect its landscape from development

July 17, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Cressida Cowell, award-winning author of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series, has spoken in praise of Old Oswestry hillfort as plans to build in […]

PRESS RELEASE: Shropshire Council’s assurances over Old Oswestry hillfort welcomed

April 2, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

“HOOOH and our many supporters nationwide have welcomed Shropshire Council’s recent assurances over the short-term future of Old Oswestry hillfort’s setting.  “Seven sites were assessed […]

PRESS RELEASE: Concerns will continue until hillfort landscape is properly protected, say campaigners

March 18, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners have responded to a backlash from Shropshire Council over disputed development threats within the landscape of a North Shropshire hillfort. Hillfort protection group, HOOOH, […]

Shropshire hillfort in new SOS as Shropshire Council’s long-term plans for town growth close in on ‘national jewel’

March 5, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Campaigners are holding a fourth hillfort hug as planners map out a long-term vision to build a further glut of housing within the ancient landscape […]

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