Chirk Castle
Chirk Castle is a building in Chirk, Wrexham, Wales. Chirk Castle is situated nearby to the village Bronygarth, as well as near the hamlet Chirk Bank.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chirk railway station and Chirk Aqueduct.
Chirk railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk railway station serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line that is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside. Chirk railway station is situated 3,800 feet east of Chirk Castle.
Chirk Aqueduct
Bridge
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. Chirk Aqueduct is situated 1 mile east of Chirk Castle.
Chirk Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Chirk, Wales. It lies on the Llangollen Canal, immediately northwards of the Chirk Aqueduct. It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside. Chirk Tunnel is situated 4,100 feet east of Chirk Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bronygarth and Chirk Bank.
Bronygarth
Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronygarth is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near Oswestry in Shropshire, England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the Glyntraian local government community.
Chirk Bank
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England. The industrial town of Chirk is to the north, over the border in Wales, with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the River Ceiriog.
Weston Rhyn
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England. The civil parish, which also includes Bronygarth, Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had a total population of 2,668 at the 2001 census, rising to 2,850 at the 2011 Census.
Chirk Castle
- Type: Building
- Location: Chirk, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.93333° or 52° 56′ northLongitude
-3.08333° or 3° 5′ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
9C4RWWM8+8MGeoNames ID
2653130
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