Browsing local attractions within 25 miles of Cottage Breaks Wales

Plasglasgwm, Penmachno, BETWS-Y-COED, Conwy, LL24 0PU, (9 miles, 14kms), Tel: 01690 760181, Email, www.snowdonia-guides.co.uk

High quality activity breaks in the mountains of Snowdonia. Fully guided activity experiences including mountaineering, hill walking, scrambling, climbing & mountain biking.

Castle Street, RUTHIN, Denbighshire, LL15 1DP, (18 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01824 709822, Email, www.nantclwydydre.co.uk

Wales' oldest timbered town house, recently restored to reflect 7 periods of its history and development. Visitors can walk back in time from the 1940's to 1435.

Awelon, Llwyn-y-Rhos, Llanrhaeadr, DENBIGH, Denbighshire, LL16 4NH, (15 miles, 24kms), Tel: 01745 890453, Email, www.clwydian-walking-holidays.com

We specialise in accompanied walking tours of the Clwydian range, which forms a 35 km north-south chain of undulating hills extending to 160 sq.km and rising to 554 metres at the summit of Moel Famau in the centre of the area.

DENBIGH, Denbighshire, LL16 3NB, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01745 813385, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Begun by Henry de Lacy in 1282, with the support of King Edward I, the site is dominated by an impressive triple-towered gatehouse, the link between defended town and castle ward.

Crown Lane, CONWY, Conwy, LL32 8AN, (10 miles, 17kms), Tel: 01492 593413

Established 1882. Devoted to the visual arts in Wales, with over 120 artist members, open all year with a changing exhibition programme of contemporary and traditional paintings and sculptures, plus talks, demonstrations and workshops.

BEDDGELERT, Gwynedd, LL55 4NE, (17 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01766 890595, Email, www.syguncoppermine.co.uk

Self-guided audio-visual tours through the old workings on foot. Winding tunnels and large colourful chambers with magnificent stalactite and stalagmite formations. A rare opportunity to explore tunnels abandoned in 1903.

MENAI BRIDGE, Isle of Anglesey, LL59 5EA, (19 miles, 30kms), Tel: 01248 715046

A community project to celebrate the two famous bridges, the rich marine environment, the outstanding natural beauty of the Menai Straits and the story of the people of the area through the last centuries.

LLANBERIS, Gwynedd, LL55 4TA, (16 miles, 26kms), Tel: 01443 336000

Probably built by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth ('the Great') early in the thirteenth century, the castle is dominated by a massive round-towered keep, still standing up to 50 feet.

Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, DENBIGHSHIRE, LL18 5SB, (16 miles, 26kms), Tel: 01745 590414, www.bodrhyddan.co.uk

Historic gardens include a formal Victorian parterre designed by W A Nesfield.

c/o Coronation Cottage, Rug, Nr. CORWEN, Denbighshire, LL21 9BT, (18 miles, 29kms), Tel: 01443 336000, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Small parish church with well-preserved eighteenth-century fittings. Includes impressive medieval wall paintings.

Llanfrothen, PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, Gwynedd, LL48 6SW, (18 miles, 30kms), Tel: 01743 241181, www.brondanw.org

Edwardian garden created by Sir Clough William-Ellis.

Castle Street, Rhuddlan, RHYL, Denbighshire, LL18 5AD, (15 miles, 24kms), Tel: 01745 590777

Rhuddlan may not be as well known as some of North Wales castles, yet it shares much in common with its illustrioius neighbours. Like Caernarfon and Conwy, it was built as one of the 'iron ring' of fortresses by Edward I.

Nant Francon, Bethesda, Gwynedd, LL57 3LZ, (12 miles, 19kms), Tel: 01492 596909, Email, www.ogwen.co.uk

Panoramic Ogwen Falls or Rhaeadr Ogwen, as it is known in Welsh, is the site where the Ogwen River, emerging from Llyn Ogwen, begins its journey along the rugged Nant Ffrancon valley to the sea.

Great Orme, LLANDUDNO, Conwy, LL30 2XG, (14 miles, 22kms), Tel: 01492 870447, Email, www.greatormemines.info

Uncovered in 1987 during a scheme to landscape an area of the the Great Orme, the copper mines discovered below the ground represent one of the most astounding archaeological discoveries of recent time.

12 Vaughan Street, LLANDUDNO, Conwy, LL30 1AB, (13 miles, 21kms), Tel: 01492 879201, Email, www.mostyn.org

Oriel Mostyn is one of the most beautiful galleries in Britain showing exhibitions by major artists from Wales and the world.

Tyn y Coed Farm, Glan Conwy, Conwy, LL28 5TN, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01492 580689, Email, www.conwypottery.com

Carol Morris' ceramics have slowly evolved over many years of living and working in the Conwy Valley.

Gwydir Uchaf, LLANRWST, Conwy, LL26 0PN, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01492 641687, Email, www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

A lovely little 17th-century family chapel in the woods above Llanrwst, noted for its remarkable painted ceiling.

Marine Lake, Wellington Road, RHYL, Denbighshire, LL18 1AQ, (15 miles, 24kms), Tel: 01352 759109

Britain's oldest miniature railway - train rides around Marine Lake since 1911. Museum with interactive touch screen, gift shop and toilets.

LLANBERIS, Gwynedd, LL55 4TT, (16 miles, 26kms), Tel: 0844 4938 120, Email, www.snowdonrailway.co.uk

Britain's only public track and pinion mountain railway runs from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon at 3,560ft, the highest mountain in England and Wales.

Sandbank Road, Towyn, Abergele, Conwy, LL22 9LD, (14 miles, 22kms), Tel: 01745 351112, Email, www.funfair-hire.com

If you are looking for maximum entertainment in Towyn North Wales, then Knightlys funfair and amusement park is your answer.

Bodnant Food Centre, Tal y Cafn, Conwy, LL28 5RP, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 01492 651106, Email, www.beeswales.co.uk

Our visitor centre and apiary within the perimeter of Bodnant Welsh Foods are both informative and fun. In the heart of Conwy valley an area strong with beekeeping heritage that thrives to this day.

Penmon, Beaumaris, LL58 8RW, (18 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01443 336031, Email, cadw.wales.gov.uk/

Remains of the priory dating from the thirteenth century, when the house became part of the Augustinian order. The origins of the site are traditionally associated with St Seiriol in the sixth century.

CORWEN, Denbighshire, LL21 9BT, (18 miles, 29kms), Tel: 01490 412025

A rare example of a little-altered private chapel of the 17th century.

Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UR, (18 miles, 28kms), Tel: 01248 382828, Email, www.pontio.co.uk

Bodelwyddan, RHYL, Denbighshire, LL18 5YA, (12 miles, 20kms), Tel: 01745 584060, Email, www.bodelwyddan-castle.co.uk

Family fun - collections from 3 national museums, exhibitions, events, extensive grounds, interactive exhibits, Victorian toys and games room, house quiz and free audio guide.

Main Road, TREFRIW, Conwy Valley, North Wales, LL27 0NQ, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01492 640462, Email, www.t-w-m.co.uk

Weaving and hydro-electric turbines can be viewed, plus an opportunity to purchase pure wool products. Mill in same family since nineteenth century.