There aren’t many gaols with a tea shop and souvenirs but you’ll certainly need refreshments after you’ve visited the endless exhibitions on display at Ruthin...

The largest family run Antique and Craft Centre in North Wales, thousands of quality crafted items from Wales and around the world. Specialists in antiques...

Denbigh Castle is situated just outside of this Welsh town and was one of the most important military strongholds in this area of Wales....

The Minera Lead Mines are an old lead processing works that was excavated and restored in the last decade of the 20th Century. The...

Llangollen Motor Museum is housed in an old slate dressing works a short distance out of Llangollen. The museum contains about 60 vehicles ranging from...

First built in 1277 by Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Caergwrle Castle was taken by Edward I after Dafydd, previously an ally, changed sides to fight against...

Every year, in the first week of July, Llangollen hosts its famous International Musical Eisteddfod in the Royal Pavilion. Over 2000 competitors from more than...

According to legend, this holy spring rose where St Winefride`s head fell after it was cut off by a rejected suitor in the 7th Century....

Basingwerk Abbey started as a Savigniac community but in 1147 merged with the Cistercians. The abbey became quite prosperous after being granted gifts of land...

The Llangollen Railway operates on part of a line that originally ran from Ruabon to Barmouth. It was closed in the 1960s, but now part...

At Llangollen Wharf you can sit and watch the canal boats drift by to and from the marina, then take a leisurely 45 minute horse-drawn...

In Llangollen Museum you can discover the history and legends of this fascinating, small Welsh borderlands town. There are hundreds of artefacts found in the...

In the late 18th Century, two ladies eloped from Ireland and settled in Llangollen at the house now called Plas Newydd. Their names were Sarah...

The Greenfield Valley is now a fascinating, peaceful country park containing reservoirs, woodlands, industrial archaeological sites and ancient monuments. Two hundred years ago, there were...

The Bersham Heritage Centre is in the Clywedog Valley, an area now known for its peace and natural beauty, which was once a hive of...