Make Magical Memories
There is just so much history, culture, industrial heritage and lots more within easy reach. Here are just a few ideas for things to see and do:
“ MY WAL E S
1 Cross the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct at Trevor by canal boat or on foot if you’ve a good head for heights because it’s 40 metres above the Dee Valley below. It’s a World Heritage Site too.
2 Potter about at Gladstone's Library in Hawarden. It’s the National Memorial to Victorian Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone and contains 32,000 of his own books - and best of all, it looks like Hogwarts!
3 Fall in love with Plas Newydd at Llangollen.
“North Wales has always been an inspiration to me. Its spectacular countryside is magical at any time of year.
I try and get back there whenever I can. The area is well known for its vibrant cultural offer.
A perennial favourite is the International Musical Eisteddfod at Llangollen. It attracts the best music and folk dance from across the world to compete in friendly competition. The atmosphere is simply unique.
You should also make time to see live theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold. They showcase superb performances all year including dance and concerts.
The area features great hotels and attractions too. Don’t miss the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. It’s a World Heritage Site that will make you believe that canal boats float in the air. Pure theatre!”
Mark Evans, West End actor, singer, dancer & choreographer
Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby - aka the Ladies of Llangollen - set Regency tongues wagging when they eloped together.
Even straight-laced William Wordsworth visited their Gothic fantasy at Plas Newydd.
4 Enter Erddig by the back door and step into the ultimate ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ stately home run by the National Trust.
5 Explore Flint Castle. Shakespeare wrote about it. Turner painted it, and 2,300 men took 7 years to build it. Edward I started Flint Castle in 1277 and didn't stop until he'd created an "iron ring" of castles all along the North Wales coast.
6 Make your way to St Winefride's Well at Holywell visited by pilgrims for the last 1,300 years including Henry V, who wanted to say thanks for Agincourt.
You can still take a dip in the healing waters.
7 Follow Offa's Dyke National Trail, which passes through the Clwydian Range on an epic 177- mile journey from Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow to Prestatyn, where you can dip your aching feet in the Irish Sea.
It’s named after, and often follows, the spectacular Dyke which King Offa ordered to be constructed in the 8th century, probably to divide his Kingdom of Mercia from rival kingdoms in what is now Wales.
8 Watch horse racing at Bangor- on-Dee where it all started more than 150 years ago.
It’s the only racecourse in Britain without a grandstand.
The place is so special that it was thriller writer Dick Francis's favourite course.
The course is so popular that it stages National Hunt meetings 10 months of the year.
9 Linger in Llangollen, a delightful town in Dee Valley where you can enjoy steam railway trips or visit the International Eisteddfod in July for its annual celebration of music and dance in July plus fabulous concerts.
10 Go straight to Ruthin Gaol, where prisoners were fed on gruel, worked on treadmills and forbidden to speak to each other.
Stay In Wales
• Best Western Cross Lanes Hotel (p48)
• Best Western Llyndir Hall Hotel (p47)
• Days Hotel Chester North (p50)
• Ruthin Castle (p57) • Soughton Hall (p46)
Stay on the Border
• Grosvenor Pulford (p45) • The Farndon (p50)
Want to know more?
Contact our Tourist Information Centres...
Llangollen T: 01978 860828 E:
llangollen@nwtic.com
Mold T: 01352 759331 E:
mold@nwtic.com
Wrexham T: 01978 292 015 E:
tic@wrexham.gov.uk
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