| check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. parking is available. set on an acre of gardens, this refined 1672 stone mansion is less than a mile from the rhyl railway station and the coast, and a mile from performances at the pavilion theatre. breakfast is included, and there's a fine-dining restaurant with a bright, glass-enclosed dining room. a dark, oak-panelled lounge offers a library. upscale rooms with period details and patterned quilts feature en suite bathrooms, tea and coffeemaking facilities, flat-screen tvs and free wifi
Manchester Airport 1 hr 6
Hilbre Island (1 hr 2)
This 11.5-acre tidal island features several houses, a bird observatory & an old telegraph station. Rhaeadr Dyserth Waterfall (8 min)
A trail leads over & behind this waterfall, surrounded by a picnic area, seasonal cafe & restrooms. Pont y Ddraig Harbour Bridge (6 min) Marine Lake (5 min) Rhyl Beach (5 min) SeaQuarium Rhyl (13 min)
This seaside aquarium features over 30 exhibits with a range of species & an outdoor cove for seals. Welsh Mountain Zoo (24 min)
Conservation zoo with lovely views, housing rare animals like red pandas, tigers and snow leopards. Gwrych Castle (19 min)
Castle, ruins, château, history, and middle ages Eirias Park (21 min)
50-acre park since 1921 with a sports complex/leisure centre, plus a picnic area, lake & playground. Point of Ayr Lighthouse (20 min)
Lighthouse and estuary Nova Prestatyn (12 min) Rhyl Miniature Railway (5 min)
Historic steam-engine powered miniature train, circa 1911, offering 1-mi. rides around Marine Lake. Denbigh Castle/ Castell Dinbych (20 min)
Ruined fortress from the Middle Ages, with a triple-towered gatehouse & views from the ramparts. SC2 Rhyl (14 min) Rhuddlan Castle / Castell Rhuddlan (6 min)
Ruins of a symmetrical, 13th-century turreted stronghold overlooking a defended river gate. | 
