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Ty Hyll -The Ugly House. (Pictured) Visit this historical
building, learning about its legends and how it was
built. The woodland and wildlife garden are open all
day every day for you to explore. Cafe on site.

Swallow Falls This waterfall on the Afon Llugwy has
become a familiar natural celebrity over the past 100
years and has featured on film, postcard and canvas.
You can’t miss them . . . all those dratted buses full of tourists. To go down to the falls costs £1.50
and only takes coins.

Betwys-y-coed

Trefriw Woollen Mills manufacture Welsh tapestry bedspreads, tweeds and travelling rugs from the
raw wool. See them being woven on a power loom (Monday – Friday, mid-Feb. – mid-Dec. except
for Bank Holidays) and view the water-powered turbine which generates electricity to power the
mill. Shop on site opens all year.

Go Below Underground Adventures runs guided adventure trips into the spectacular underground
world of an abandoned slate mine. Brave a series of challenging activities and abseil, climb and
zip line through cavernous chambers and over forgotten blue lakes.

Gwydyr Forest Park. Since Victorian times, generations of visitors have walked the woodland
paths and fished the clear waters of the rivers here. Today, waymarked walking trails allow visitors
to explore this landscape of lakes, forests and mountains and to learn about its mining history.
There is also a mountain bike trail (which is graded red as it is only suitable for proficient riders), a
forest garden and a waymarked walk to Swallow Falls.

Fairy Glen and Conway Falls. A circular, half-day riverside walk about 4.4 km (roughly 2.7 miles)
long and suitable for families with children, but unsuitable for prams/pushchairs, wheelchairs.

Llangollen

Plas Newydd From 1791 to 1831 this was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen – now, now, don’t
get the wrong idea. They were, in fact, a couple of upper-class Anglo-Irish women who preferred
to dress as men. These days that would hardly raise an eyebrow but back then it might have been
regarded as just a bit scandalous.

In fact it seems they were generally well accepted and entertained many of the rich and famous of
the day including William Wordsworth who, after visiting, wrote a sonnet about the experience.
The house today is considerably grander than it was in their day, but the garden is much as they
designed it.

Llangollen Bridge was built in the 16th century replacing an earlier structure built by the local
bishop, John Trevor. It has been widened and lengthened over the years but is now a scheduled
ancient monument.

Llangollen Railway is a heritage railway located beside the historic Dee Bridge and journeys 10
miles through the picturesque Dee Valley to the town of Corwen. The line follows the River Dee,
classed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), for its entire length.

Castell Dinas Bran A place of myths and legends involving King Arthur, the Holy Grail and even
the brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea, who supplied the burial chamber after the crucifixion of
Jesus of Nazareth. It’s also a great walk – not too hard a climb if you take it easy, with superb
views looking up to the Horseshoe Pass and the soaring limestone cliffs of the Eglwyseg Rocks,