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Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle is a Grade I listed castle located in , , , 1.5 mi from , now owned and run by the National Trust.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chirk railway station and Chirk Tunnel.

Railway station
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serves the town of , , . 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. is situated 1 mile east of Chirk Castle.

Tunnel
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is a canal tunnel near , . It lies on the , immediately northwards of the . It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside. is situated 1 mile east of Chirk Castle.

Bridge
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The is a Grade II* listed railway viaduct over the between and . The viaduct carries the Shrewsbury–Chester line from the Welsh town of in historic Denbighshire from the north to the English village of in , to the south. is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Chirk Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronygarth and Chirk Bank.

Village
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is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near in , England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the local government community.

Hamlet
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is a small village in , England. The industrial town of is to the north, over the border in , with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chirk Castle.

Village
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is a large village and civil parish in , England. It lies between the towns of , in Wales, and , in England. The civil parish, which also includes , 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. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chirk Castle.

Chirk Castle

Latitude
52.93504° or 52° 56′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.08979° or 3° 5′ 23″ west
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
Open location code
9C4RWWP6+23
Geo­Names ID
6286868
Wiki­data ID
Q3306356
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Chirk Castle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chirk Kasteel”
  • Basque: “Y Waun gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Y Waun”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Chirk”
  • Catalan: “Castell Y Waun”
  • Catalan: “Chirk Castle”
  • Cebuano: “Chirk Castle”
  • Chinese: “奇克城堡”
  • Danish: “Chirk Castle”
  • Dutch: “Chirk Castle”
  • French: “château de Chirk”
  • French: “Château de Chirk”
  • German: “Chirk Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת צ’ירק”
  • Italian: “castello di Chirk”
  • Italian: “Castello di Chirk”
  • Japanese: “チャーク城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chirk Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Chirk Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castell y Waun”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Chirk”
  • Portuguese: “Chirk Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Чирк”
  • Swedish: “Chirk Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell y waen”
  • Welsh: “Castell y Waun”
  • Western Panjabi: “چرک قلعہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “چرک ‍قلعہ”

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