Manchester Airport 1 hr 6
Horseshoe Falls (23 min)
Horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam, with lush surrounds & picnic spots. Tŷ Mawr Country Park (14 min) Shropshire Sculpture Park (16 min)
Sculpture, art, and park Valle Crucis Abbey (24 min)
Remains of a circa-1201 home to Cistercian monks, with picnic tables, a pond & a cafe. Chirk Aqueduct (9 min) Horseshoe Pass (27 min)
Horseshoe-shaped mountain pass with scenic mountain views, plus a cafe at the road's highest point. Plas Newydd Historic House & Gardens (20 min)
A 14th-century country house rebuilt in Victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. National Trust - Chirk Castle (12 min)
Medieval bulwark with grand 18th-century state apartments, suits of armour and manicured gardens. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (13 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, with water from Horseshoe Falls and boat rides. Whittington Castle (13 min)
This community-owned 12th-century castle features a tearoom, bookshop, tours & regular events. Park Hall The Countryside Experience (13 min) Castell Dinas Brân (24 min)
Hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier Iron Age hillfort. Llangollen Railway Station (20 min)
Standard-gauge railway following the River Dee through an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. National Trust - Erddig (24 min)
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden. | 
