Manchester Airport 1 hr 15
Plas Newydd Historic House & Gardens (17 min)
A 14th-century country house rebuilt in Victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. Chirk Aqueduct (17 min) Whittington Castle (24 min)
This community-owned 12th-century castle features a tearoom, bookshop, tours & regular events. Horseshoe Pass (26 min)
Horseshoe-shaped mountain pass with scenic mountain views, plus a cafe at the road's highest point. Tŷ Mawr Country Park (22 min) Llangollen Railway Station (20 min)
Standard-gauge railway following the River Dee through an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. National Trust - Erddig (32 min)
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden. Pistyll Rhaeadr (43 min)
240-ft. mountain waterfall accessed by a footpath, with a tearoom, B&B & campsite at its base. Horseshoe Falls (20 min)
Horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam, with lush surrounds & picnic spots. Valle Crucis Abbey (22 min)
Remains of a circa-1201 home to Cistercian monks, with picnic tables, a pond & a cafe. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (21 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, with water from Horseshoe Falls and boat rides. Castell Dinas Brân (24 min)
Hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier Iron Age hillfort. National Trust - Chirk Castle (20 min)
Medieval bulwark with grand 18th-century state apartments, suits of armour and manicured gardens. Pistyll Rhaeadr(Waterfall) (43 min) | 
