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I'm Gary Bainbridge and I'm here in the
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heart of north east Wales I'm gonna
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share with you the must see and must do
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things in this remarkable historical
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cultural and beautiful part of the world
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we can start our journey and must do
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things looking at the waterways and the
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canals in Llangollen they are a
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masterpiece of engineering built by two
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remarkable gentlemen Thomas Telford and
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they created a network of canals which
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enabled the Industrial Revolution to
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happen in this part of the world
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it brought raw materials and then was
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able to take away mass-produced goods
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the highlight is the World Heritage Site
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which is the aqueduct of pont source s
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care it's the world's highest
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navigatable aqueduct this magnificent
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ribbon of water through the air is over
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120 feet above the river d and came into
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service in 1805 is very popular for
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selling canal barges over and walking
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across and you do need a head for
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Heights because it's very higher but it
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is a magnificent structure absolute must
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must do the next key site which is
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linked to the canals is the horse-shoe
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Falls this was a structure that was
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created to help divert water from the
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river D into the canals it's a great
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place to go dig in summer the other
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thing I recommend linked to the canals
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is an institution that's been going for
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over 130 years that's back in Pangolin
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the horse-drawn canal boat tours you can
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go on tours which lasts just 45 minutes
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you can go on tours which will take you
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to the Horseshoe Falls which lasts two
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hours and even get a motorized trips
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from here which will take you right to
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the aqueduct travelogue the aqueduct and
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head back by bus the canals were
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extremely successful but they were
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decimated with the introduction of the
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railway now there's a great heritage
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railway known as the clan golan steam
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so the original train line came into
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service in the 1860s it eventually
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closed down in 1965 some volunteers
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gathered together and in 1975 they
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started running a small section on the
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track a full track which is now 10 miles
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which runs between Clem : and Cowan only
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really came into full service in 1990
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there are five stops along the way
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between the starting and ending point
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one things I recommend is you can also
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book to have cream tea on board or you
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can actually book a picnic on board
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which you collect at the station
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and have on board it's really great fun
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make sure that you sit on the platform
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side when you leave the main station
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because all the great scenery is on that
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side so my next tip is as we head
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towards the sea is explore some of the
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castles and stately homes on your way to
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the coast first of all they're going to
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recommend that you go to as it's pretty
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magnificent and quite near Llangollen is
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Air Hague it was lived in by the York
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family for over 250 years and was handed
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over to the National Trust in the 1970s
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it has one of the biggest collections of
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furniture artifacts and memorabilia from
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any family of any National Trust
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property it is packed and jammed full
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with original furniture paintings
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photographs and artifacts probably one
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of the most impressive places to visit
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is chuck castle and was originally built
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by the english to help reinforce and
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keep control over the welsh it was
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actually lived in by the middleton
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family for over 450 years with a short
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break between the world wars when they
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leased it out inside the castle again is
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a massive collection of furniture
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fixtures and artifacts and of course
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like so many stately homes and castles
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it is a National Trust property about an
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Engelen is the next stop as you head
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towards the coast and this is bottle
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with an from after the First World War
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run up to the 1980s it operated as a
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private girls school once the school
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closed down if the council took it over
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and has spent time reconstructing it and
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bringing in a large collection of
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artwork by Welsh artists and it's a
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great stop on your way towards the coast
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so after exploring the waterways and the
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steam trains and then heading on and
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looking at all the beautiful castles and
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stately homes I recommend you head
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towards the beautiful beaches of
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pristine these are three beaches that
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are over five miles long there big sandy
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beaches the tide goes out really really
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fast you can walk for ages before you
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people go there they build sandcastles
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because a nice sandy beach they go
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cycling they go walking they go running
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it really is a great place to go in
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north east Wales there is a huge amount
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to do of course all around
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is incredible landscapes and scenery so
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if you're into walking cycling there are
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plenty of spaces plenty of open spaces
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and beautiful seen me to just head out
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on walks and even all of the stately
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homes and the castles have walking
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routes that you can head off out on so
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of course there's huge amounts of
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activities within the whole northeast
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wells area but for me my passion is
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culture its transportation its stately
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homes and I found a huge amount to do
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hopefully you found that helpful and
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interesting I'd love it if you did if
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you watch many more of my tips for
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travellers videos which are designed to
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help you make much more of your precious
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travel time and money on both land and
