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PRESS RELEASE: Woolly friends keep conservation efforts going on Shropshire hillfort during coronavirus lockdown

June 16, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

The country may have been on lockdown since March, but landscape maintenance at Old Oswestry hillfort has been boosted by the arrival of a new […]

PRESS RELEASE: Outcry as Historic England’s defence folds over major housing development in setting of one of Britain’s outstanding hillforts

May 4, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

– Historic England deals late blow to community’s 8-year fight to save the setting of one of Britain’s outstanding Iron Age hillforts from housing development […]

PRESS RELEASE: Council website struggles under weight of objections to hillfort development with Shropshire-born academic and TV personality Mary Beard giving boost to campaign

April 20, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

The renowned academic, Professor Dame Mary Beard, has added her voice to nationwide concerns over major development in Old Oswestry hillfort’s historical setting. The Much […]

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 […]

Volunteers’ Day, Tuesday 18 February

February 9, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

Get involved with your hillfort. Join our volunteers’ session carrying out landscape maintenance. We’ll be clearing overgrowth on the western side around the ponds on […]

Open Evening, Mon 17 Feb at The Hermon

February 9, 2020 Old Oswestry 0

A reminder about the Old Oswestry open evening with English Heritage at The Hermon on Mon 17 Feb. Plus Volunteers’ Day helping with light maintenance […]

Guidance to Objecting/Deadline 19th Nov 2019

October 24, 2019 Old Oswestry 0

Objecting to the reconsultation on Phase 1 & 2 housing development in setting of Old Oswestry hillfort    * Deadline Extended to Tuesday, 19th November 2019 […]

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 […]

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