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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...