Oswestry is a town in Shropshire, England, very close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads. The town is the administrative headquarters of the borough of Oswestry and is the third largest town in Shropshire with a population of 17,110 http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-81&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x&geo=514277697 , after Telford and Shrewsbury.

Oswestry (Welsh: Croesoswallt) is a small local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England. It is the smallest of the five districts of Shropshire in terms of both population and land area.

Oswestry is a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It has been a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1885. It elects one Member of Parliament.