Value for commuters in Oswestry
There are just seven properties left on the market at Barratt’s award-winning development Woodland Park in Oswestry. And if you have a property to sell you can part-exchange your way to luxury on this beautiful site. Barratt is offering 100 per-cent part-ex deals which will cut out estate agents’ fees and the hassle of getting caught in property chains.
This prestigious development is situated within walking distance of Oswestry town centre, but in a semi-rural location offering extensive views of the surrounding area. Buyers looking for great value have discovered that property prices in Oswestry are much more reasonable than in say, Cheshire, with Chester a mere 26 miles away. A number of people who work in Chester have moved onto the Woodland Park site recently and now commute.
The remaining properties on the development are spacious detached family homes and include the five-bedroom Malvern; six-bedroom Pendle and the popular six/seven bedroom Sherbourne.
The Sherbourne boasts a spacious and light lounge with french doors to the rear garden, and an attractive and colour-co-ordinated main bathroom. The kitchen features attractive, fitted contemporary units and a breakfasting area for informal dining; whereas, the separate dining room lends itself to creating the right atmosphere for more formal dining occasions.
The homes on offer start at £324,150 and on selected plots, Barratt is offering to pay £1,000 a month towards your mortgage payments until 2010.
Oswestry has a lot going for it. It’s a picturesque town in the North of Shropshire close to the English - Welsh Border. The town retains its vital function as a market and shopping centre serving North West Shropshire and Mid Wales. The narrow passageways link streets that have names which conjure up images of the past: English Walls, Welsh Walls, The Bailey and the Horsemarket.
The origins of the town are uncertain although the town’s market dates back to 1190. The name Oswestry is thought to be a corruption of 'Oswald's Tree' with the legend of Oswald the Christian King of Northumbria who fought a great battle against the pagan King of Mercia - Penda. Oswald was defeated and killed in the battle.
Most of the town centre has been designated a Conservation Area conveying a mixture of architectural styles. There are many old timber framed houses, for example Llywd Mansion on Cross Street, the Heritage Centre, the Blackgate, the Fox Inn and the shops along Beatrice Street. Georgian architecture is also represented particularly around St Oswald's Church where there are a number of imposing town houses complete with grand entrance staircases and front doors.
It has a significant Victorian legacy. Many of the Shop fronts and facades, the many terraced houses and churches and railway buildings reflect this period.
And if you live in the Oswestry area, you’ll never be short of somewhere to go at weekends. Places of interest include: The Old Grammer School, Iron Age Fort, Racecourse Common, Offa’s Dyke footpath and Whittington Castle. Shropshire's largest Mere is at nearby Ellesmere and the magnificent Chirk Castle is just seven miles away.
If you like the sound of life in Oswestry and would like to find out more about the properties available on Woodland Park, the sales office is open between 11am and 6pm seven days a week.
