Manchester Airport 1 hr
Valle Crucis Abbey (18 min.)
remains of a circa-1201 home to cistercian monks with picnic tables a pond & a cafe. Llangollen Railway Station (14 min.)
standard-gauge railway following the river dee through an area of outstanding natural beauty. Gobowen (4 min) National Trust - Erddig (17 min.)
massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12 000-acre garden. British Ironwork Centre (10 min.)
decorative ironwork centre showcasing items from suits of armour to animal sculptures and lamps. Park Hall The Countryside Experience (7 min.) Shropshire Sculpture Park (10 min.)
gorillas sculpture and art Castle Farm Holidays Shropshire (10 min) Castell Dinas Br n (18 min.)
hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier iron age hillfort. Roundabout (3 min) Chirk Aqueduct (5 min.)
canal T Mawr Country Park (8 min.)
park Poachers Pocket (6 min) Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (7 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by thomas telford with water from horseshoe falls and boat rides. Plas Newydd House Museum U0026 Gardens (14 min.)
a 14th-century country house rebuilt in victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. Horseshoe Falls (17 min.)
horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam with lush surrounds & picnic spots. The Lion Quays (4 min) Whittington Castle (7 min.)
this community-owned 12th-century castle features a tearoom bookshop tours & regular events. | 
