Manchester Airport 1 hr 10
Gwrych Castle (17 min)
Castle, ruins, château, history, and middle ages Pont y Ddraig Harbour Bridge (5 min) Rhyl Beach (6 min) Marine Lake (8 min) Eirias Park (19 min)
50-acre park since 1921 with a sports complex/leisure centre, plus a picnic area, lake & playground. Rhaeadr Dyserth Waterfall (14 min)
A trail leads over & behind this waterfall, surrounded by a picnic area, seasonal cafe & restrooms. SeaQuarium Rhyl (4 min)
This seaside aquarium features over 30 exhibits with a range of species & an outdoor cove for seals. Traeth Pensarn (10 min) Welsh Mountain Zoo (22 min)
Conservation zoo with lovely views, housing rare animals like red pandas, tigers and snow leopards. Manorafon Farm Park (13 min) Rhyl Miniature Railway (7 min)
Historic steam-engine powered miniature train, circa 1911, offering 1-mi. rides around Marine Lake. SC2 Rhyl (16 min) Little Orme (25 min)
Craggy headland with rugged limestone cliffs, a sea-bird sanctuary & a scenic walking path. Denbigh Castle/ Castell Dinbych (24 min)
Ruined fortress from the Middle Ages, with a triple-towered gatehouse & views from the ramparts. Rhuddlan Castle / Castell Rhuddlan (11 min)
Ruins of a symmetrical, 13th-century turreted stronghold overlooking a defended river gate. | 
