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Things to do in Llangollen

Once an important stop for travellers heading to and from London on the A5, Llangollen, situated on the banks of the River Dee is today a lively town with a range of places to visit, stay, eat and shop.

It lies clasped tightly in the narrow Dee Valley, between the Berin and Eglwysbach mountains. Along the valley’s floor, the waters of the River Dee cut a wide arc around the base of Castell Dinas Bran, a conical tor surmounted by the evocative ruins of a native Welsh castle, built in the 1230s, above the town of Llangollen.  Believed to have been built in the 1260s on the site of an Iron Age hillfort. Translate as ‘crow’s fortress’ the castle would have provided a far reaching view over Llangollen.

The Dee licks the angled buttresses of Llangollen’s weighty Gothic bridge, which has spanned the River since fourteenth century. The bridge that stands today dates from the 16th century. The bridge was originally built for pack horses and has been widened on a number of occasions to accommodate the road traffic. 

The Church of St Collen was founded in the 6th century and has Medieval hammer beam roofs, from one of the finest roofs in Wales. The church dates back to the 13th Century however much of what stands today was part of the renovation in 1864. The Ladies of Llangollen memorial can also be found in the church grounds.