St Oswald's Church

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St Oswald's Church stands on the highest point in the market town of Malpas, Cheshire, England, on or near the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is recognised as being one of the best examples in Cheshire of a late 15th to early 16th-century church. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St John, Threapwood, and Holy Trinity, Bickerton. Alec Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches. ()

Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 53°1'10"N, 2°46'1"W

Location

14 Church StMalpas SY14 8NU EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1948 860922

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St Oswald's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cholmondeley Castle, St Chad's Church, Maiden Castle, St Alkmund's Church.

4 miNE
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Cholmondeley Castle
103 min walk • Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens, it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby.
6.3 miNW
Church
St Chad's Church, Holt
161 min walk • St Chad's Church, Holt, is in the town of Holt, Wrexham County Borough, Wales overlooking the River Dee and the Wales–England border. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Alyn, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph. The church is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
3.6 miN
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle
92 min walk • Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort, one of many fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age, but one of only seven in the county of Cheshire in northern England.
4.8 miSE
Church
St Alkmund's Church
123 min walk • St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. It stands at an elevated position in the centre of the town. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England which has designated it a Grade I listed building.
2.3 miE
Church
St Chad's Church
58 min walk • St Chad's Church is on Chester Road in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.5 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Shropshire Way
89 min walk • The Shropshire Way Main Route is a waymarked long distance footpath running through the English county of Shropshire. It runs 202 miles around the interior of the county in two loops centred on Shrewsbury, with an additional spur to Whitchurch.
2.6 miE
Church
St Chad's Chapel
67 min walk • St Chad's Chapel is an isolated church in the scattered community of Tushingham in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. The only approach to the chapel is on footpaths across fields from the A41 road.
4 miN
Church
Brown Knowl Methodist Church
102 min walk • Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England.
4.1 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum
Stretton Watermill
106 min walk • Stretton Watermill is a working historic watermill in Stretton, Cheshire, England. It is owned and administered by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
5.1 miN
Church
All Saints Church
131 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Harthill, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. As of 2010 the church is being converted into a community facility for the village and locality.
5.5 miNW
Church
St Mary'[s
140 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the civil parish of Coddington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.