Manchester Airport 1 hr 6
Valle Crucis Abbey (6 min)
Remains of a circa-1201 home to Cistercian monks, with picnic tables, a pond & a cafe. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (8 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, with water from Horseshoe Falls and boat rides. Alyn Waters (23 min)
Expansive green space offering wooded & riverside trails, a playground, visitor centre & cafe. Horseshoe Falls (6 min)
Horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam, with lush surrounds & picnic spots. Plas Newydd Historic House & Gardens (15 min)
A 14th-century country house rebuilt in Victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. National Trust - Chirk Castle (16 min)
Medieval bulwark with grand 18th-century state apartments, suits of armour and manicured gardens. Castell Dinas Brân (5 min)
Hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier Iron Age hillfort. Llangollen Motor Museums (4 min)
Small, quirky showcase of vintage autos, motorcycles & memorabilia, plus a gift shop. Tŷ Mawr Country Park (12 min) Pistyll Rhaeadr (59 min)
240-ft. mountain waterfall accessed by a footpath, with a tearoom, B&B & campsite at its base. Chirk Aqueduct (17 min) National Trust - Erddig (23 min)
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden. Horseshoe Pass (9 min)
Horseshoe-shaped mountain pass with scenic mountain views, plus a cafe at the road's highest point. Llangollen Railway Station (3 min)
Standard-gauge railway following the River Dee through an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. | 
