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Oswestry Town Tourist Information Centre

The Heritage Centre, 2 Church Terrace, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2TE

Oswestry Tourist Information Centre is situated in the English / Welsh border town of Oswestry in Shropshire, close to Wrexham and Llangollen in Wales. Tourist attractions in the area include Castle Bank - the remains of Oswestry’s own castle, the...

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Oswestry Transport Museum (< 1 Mile)

This museum is located in Shropshire and carries a large and interesting archive and collection that is related to land transport. The history of...

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Chirk Castle (7.4 Miles)

Chirk Castle is a good looking piece of architectural history that has been well looked after and restored to a certain extent by the National...

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Ty Mawr Country Park (9.2 Miles)

Ty Mawr Country Park is set in a beautiful location above the River Dee. Farm animals such as donkeys, goats and Jacob sheep graze in...

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Dinas Bran Castle (10.7 Miles)

Dinas Bran Castle is a romantic ruin occupying the summit of a steep hill above Llangollen and the Dee Valley. Built about 1260 by Gruffudd...

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Eglwyseg Rocks (10.7 Miles)

The limestone cliffs and crags of Eglwyseg Rocks are probably the most impressive feature of the spectacular landscape around Llangollen. This striking escarpment of carboniferous...

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Eliseg`s Pillar (10.7 Miles)

Eliseg`s Pillar is the remains of a twenty foot cross erected in the 9th Century by Cyngen, Prince of Powys, as a memorial to King...

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Horseshoe Falls (10.7 Miles)

The Horseshoe Falls is a picturesque, crescent-shaped weir on the River Dee. Designed by Thomas Telford in the early 19th century, it was built to...

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Horseshoe Pass (10.7 Miles)

The A542 road to the Horseshoe Pass offers some of the most spectacular views in Wales as it climbs from Llangollen around a wide valley...

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Llangollen Bridge (10.7 Miles)

According to an old rhyme there are `Seven Wonders of Wales`and Llangollen Bridge spanning the River Dee is one of them. Few visitors crossing the...

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Llantysilio Church (10.7 Miles)

The ancient church of Llantysilio stands in a wooded setting on high ground above the picturesque Horseshoe Falls. It is dedicated to St Tysilio who...

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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (10.7 Miles)

Towering 126 feet above the River Dee, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the highest aqueduct in Britain and a walk along its 1007 feet long towpath is...

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St Collen`s Church, Llangollen (10.7 Miles)

St Collen, a hermit from Glastonbury, founded a church at Llangollen in the 6th Century. It is said he killed a man-eating giantess who lived...

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Valle Crucis Abbey (10.7 Miles)

The remains of Valle Crucis Abbey stand in a lovely, green valley below the Horseshoe Pass. The name means `valley of the cross` and it...

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Chirk Aqueduct (11.8 Miles)

Built between 1796 and 1801, the 70 feet high Chirk Aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop to carry the Ellesmere Canal (now...

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Plas Newydd (13.1 Miles)

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...

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Llangollen Museum (13.8 Miles)

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...

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Llangollen Wharf (13.9 Miles)

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...

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Llangollen Railway (13.9 Miles)

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...

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Royal International Pavilion (14.1 Miles)

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...

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