Ruthin / North Wales

Ruthin Castle

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Reservations opening times

Monday to Friday: 8.00am-8.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am-5.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am-4.00pm

Local Attractions

The town of Ruthin
In addition to its attractive architecture and mediaeval street patterns, Ruthin has a wide range of quality, specialist shops, plenty of places to eat and drink, and the Ruthin Craft Centre. With Ruthin placed at the foot of the Clwydian Range, which is a designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty", the visitor is never far from a pretty walk or a magnificent view. Annual events include the Ruthin Festival (a week-long annual music festival) and the Ruthin Flower Show (large carnival parade, classic & vintage cars and motorbikes, craft and other stalls, Shire Horses and Shetland Ponies, visiting Queens, Majorettes, celebrity guests and the large horticultural show). Ruthin Gaol was built in 1775 and has recently been redeveloped and restored as a visitor attraction and as a home for the County Archives at a cost of over £1 million.

Snowdonia National Park
An hours drive away at 3560ft (1085m), Snowdon is the tallest mountain in Wales. The Snowdon Mountain Railway was built in 1896 and can take you to within 66ft of the summit, or you can walk up if you wish (if you have enough time, are fit enough, and are suitably equipped!). Weather permitting, trains run daily from mid-March to October. The summit is the destination between May and October, but from mid-March to mid-May, the trains stop at Clogwyn or Rocky Valley. The trains start at Llanberis, which offers spectacular views, the Welsh Slate Museum the Llanberis Lake Railway, the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre and the Dinorwig Power Station which is built into the Elidir Fawr Mountain.

The city of Chester
The historic city of Chester is also just a short drive away. It was still a military centre in the Middle Ages, when it was a stronghold against the rebellious Welsh and in the 17th century, when it was embroiled in the Civil War. Chester has unique character in its two-tiered galleries of shops, The Rows, and traditional black and white buildings which have been restored and re-developed to provide easy access to Chester's main shopping streets. At the Grosvenor Museum you can explore Roman life in Chester, explore the past and present wildlife of Chester, imagine life in the past in the Period Houses, admire the glitter and craftsmanship of the Chester Silver Collection and take a trip through the ages in Chester's unique Timeline presentation. Chester Cathedral has been a place of worship for over 1000 years and has beautiful monastic cloisters and garden.