north wales

St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, North Wales. St Winefride's Well has been a site of pilgrimage for over 1,300 years. It has survived the Reformation and the Puritan zeal to destroy ‘Popish’ shrines. It is still visited by pilgrims today, not just from Wales but across Europe. It has been...

Criccieth, an unspoilt sea side town with a ruined castle. Criccieth is a typical sea side town with a strong Victorian feel to it. It grew rapidly once the railway arrived in 1867 and has been popular ever since. It is an attractive place to stop with a range of old fashioned family owned...

An attractive Victorian sea side resort which is still popular today. Set on the North Coast of North Wales, Llandudno is often described as the Queen of Holiday resorts. It is dominated by the massive limestone bulk of the Great Orme and still retains much of its Victorian grandeur. It was...

Medieval town walls, a ruined castle and an Elizabethan Town House. Visitors to North Wales speed along the A55 and through the Conwy tunnel without a glimpse of the town. Long gone are the days of bottlenecks through Conwy when all traffic had to negotiate Telford’s narrow suspension bridge...

A delightful garden on the edge of Snowdonia. Bodnant Garden is described as one of the most spectacular and admired gardens in Britain with their laburnum walk, so have a reputation to live up to. They have been on our list of places to visit for many years, so we were a bit concerned that...