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Day of reckoning for Old Oswestry Hillfort
A 10-year battle to protect the landscape of one of Britain’s most important Iron Age hillforts from widely opposed development comes to a head later today.
28 Jul 2023
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Calls for hillfort housing decision to go to planning committee
Campaigners have escalated public concerns over the controversial bid to build housing in the setting of Old Oswestry hillfort.
28 Apr 2023
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Planners are not listening, claim Oswestry hillfort campaigners
Campaigners have slammed the local planning system as they rally against a new bid to build in the setting of Old Oswestry hillfort.
14 Feb 2023
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Excavation carried out at Old Oswestry Hillfort
Volunteers from the Oswestry Heritage Gateway have completed a small excavation at the Iron Age hillfort on the northern outskirts of Oswestry.
10 Oct 2022
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MP visits Old Oswestry Hillfort to hear residents’ concerns over nearby housing bid
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan visited Old Oswestry hillfort earlier this week in response to residents’ concerns over plans for a luxury housing estate in the near landscape setting of the Iron Age landmark.
5 May 2022
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Revised housing plans do nothing to avert terminal damage to Old Oswestry Hillfort, say campaigners
After a two-year silence, developers are mounting a fourth bid to build housing in the landscape setting of one of Britain’s pre-eminent Iron Age hillforts.
7 Feb 2022
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Woolly friends keep conservation efforts going on Shropshire hillfort during coronavirus lockdown
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 breed of helper.
8 Jun 2020
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Outcry as Historic England’s defence folds over major Oswestry housing development
Campaigners are up in arms at news that Historic England has relaxed its concerns over development in the historic landscape of Old Oswestry hillfort.
3 May 2020
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Campaigners make final stand as deadline looms to save hillfort’s landscape
Campaigners are urging people to unite one more time to protect Old Oswestry hillfort’s historic setting as an eight-year fight over development reaches a climax.
9 Apr 2020
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Campaigners braced for new Oswestry hillfort scheme
Campaigners say they are ready to fight on as plans for a 100-house estate in the near landscape of Old Oswestry hillfort have been withdrawn ahead of a new scheme bing submitted.
11 Mar 2020
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TV historian expresses serious concern over Oswestry hillfort housing plans
TV historian and media figure, Professor Michael Wood, has expressed serious concern over plans to build houses within ‘the fascinating historic landscape’ of Old Oswestry hillfort.
31 Jul 2019
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Acclaimed author joins call to protect Oswestry Hillfort landscape from development
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 its setting progress.
17 Jul 2019
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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 War One.
1 Oct 2018
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Rare finds revealed by Oswestry hillfort wildlife survey
A landmark survey has revealed that Old Oswestry hillfort is a magnet for wildlife, including species rarely seen or declining in Shropshire.
14 May 2018
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Policy changes make housing wrong strategy for hillfort landscape, say campaigners
Recent developments in planning and economic policy have raised fresh questions over a housing bid within the archaeological footprint of one of Britain’s most important hillforts.
1 Dec 2017
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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.
23 Nov 2017
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Steep climb in visitor numbers to Shropshire hillfort
A sharp hike in visitor numbers to Oswestry’s Iron Age hillfort has confirmed its impressive heritage stature and tourist appeal.
18 Oct 2017
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Latest five-year housing figures offer chance of hillfort estate reprieve, say campaigners
The latest five-year housing land supply figures offer a chance of Oswestry hillfort estate reprieve, say campaigners.
27 Sept 2017
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Volunteers team up with English Heritage on new hillfort sign
Visitors to a popular Shropshire hillfort are assured of a bright welcome following an initiative involving local residents.
30 May 2017
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Voices set to ring out from Shropshire hillfort at annual heritage hug
Oswestry will be displaying its affection for local heritage and greenspace in a landmark initiative as part of annual celebrations devoted to Old Oswestry hillfort.
17 Jan 2017
