Manchester Airport 1 hr 8
Whittington Castle (12 min)
This community-owned 12th-century castle features a tearoom, bookshop, tours & regular events. Castell Dinas Brân (28 min)
Hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier Iron Age hillfort. Shropshire Sculpture Park (19 min)
Sculpture, art, and park Plas Newydd Historic House & Gardens (24 min)
A 14th-century country house rebuilt in Victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. Park Hall The Countryside Experience (16 min) Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (17 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, with water from Horseshoe Falls and boat rides. Horseshoe Falls (27 min)
Horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam, with lush surrounds & picnic spots. Alyn Waters (26 min)
Expansive green space offering wooded & riverside trails, a playground, visitor centre & cafe. Valle Crucis Abbey (28 min)
Remains of a circa-1201 home to Cistercian monks, with picnic tables, a pond & a cafe. Chirk Aqueduct (14 min) National Trust - Chirk Castle (19 min)
Medieval bulwark with grand 18th-century state apartments, suits of armour and manicured gardens. National Trust - Erddig (24 min)
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden. Llangollen Railway Station (24 min)
Standard-gauge railway following the River Dee through an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Castle Farm Holidays Shropshire (8 min) Tŷ Mawr Country Park (18 min) | 
