Manchester Airport 55 min
Park Hall The Countryside Experience (14 min) National Trust - Chirk Castle (12 min)
Medieval bulwark with grand 18th-century state apartments, suits of armour and manicured gardens. Horseshoe Pass (19 min)
Horseshoe-shaped mountain pass with scenic mountain views, plus a cafe at the road's highest point. National Trust - Erddig (12 min)
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden. Chirk Aqueduct (12 min) Llangollen Railway Station (12 min)
Standard-gauge railway following the River Dee through an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Horseshoe Falls (16 min)
Horseshoe-shaped waterfall artfully created by a low dam, with lush surrounds & picnic spots. Alyn Waters (12 min)
Expansive green space offering wooded & riverside trails, a playground, visitor centre & cafe. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (6 min)
19 arch feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, with water from Horseshoe Falls and boat rides. Whittington Castle (15 min)
This community-owned 12th-century castle features a tearoom, bookshop, tours & regular events. Plas Newydd Historic House & Gardens (14 min)
A 14th-century country house rebuilt in Victorian times and remodelled in the 1930s. Valle Crucis Abbey (16 min)
Remains of a circa-1201 home to Cistercian monks, with picnic tables, a pond & a cafe. Tŷ Mawr Country Park (5 min) Castell Dinas Brân (15 min)
Hilltop ruins of a 13th century castle built on the site of an earlier Iron Age hillfort. | 
