Borderlands,
North Wales, UK |
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The North Wales borderlands stretch from Snowdonia National Park
in the west to the English border in the east. The area encompasses
some beautiful countryside, from the heather-clad Clwydian hills
to the lush Dee Valley and lovely Ceiriog Valley in the south.
In the Dee
Valley is the town of Llangollen, famous for being the venue of
the International Musical Eisteddfod and popular with holiday-makers
all year round. Two miles north of Llangollen in a beautiful pastoral
setting
are the medieval ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey. With a history of
turbulence due to its frontier position, the area contains many
other places of historic interest, from ancient hillforts to the
castles of Rhuddlan, Flint, Denbigh, Dinas Bran and the Marcher
fortress of Chirk.
South of the
seaside resorts along Wales' north coast the impressive National
Portrait Gallery is housed in Bodelwyddan Castle, and further
east, near the town of Wrexham, is the much-visited Erddig Hall.
The tiny city of St Asaph is home to Britain's smallest cathedral,
while the sacred waters of Holywell by the Dee Estuary have attracted
pilgrims since the seventh century. Near Wrexham, the Clywedog
Trail offers an insight into the old iron and lead mines of the
area.
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