Wilfred Owen Walks

To discover many of the places associated with Wilfred Owen in Oswestry and Shrewsbury download the self-guided town walks brochures and set off on your own journey through his life and times. For the full range of First World War walks around Shropshire visit: –

War Walks

Oswestry

The Wilfred Owen Town Trail will take between 90 and 120 minutes to complete and starts at the magnificent Oswestry railway station where Owen’s father, Tom, worked and finishes near Pals Wilmot, the house in which Owen was born on 18^th March 1893.

Download the Town Trail here: – Wilfred Owen Town Trail

Copies may be purchased at the Oswestry Visitor & Exhibition Centre in Church Terrace.

Shrewsbury

Devised by Keith Pybus, the ‘Tracks to the Trenches’ walk is about 3 miles in length and starts at the town’s impressive railway station, another of Tom Owen’s workplaces. It will lead you to the home of his parents where the fateful telegram was received on Armistice Day informing them of Wilfred’s death and on to the Abbey, where there are two memorials.

Download the ‘Tracks To The Trenches’ brochure here: – ‘Tracks To The Trenches’ Walk