Denbigh

Worth seeing in and around Denbigh

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Denbigh Castle

   Denbigh Castle and town walls were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282. The lands were granted to Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who began to build a new walled town, colonised by immigrants from England, protected by a substantial castle and surrounded by deer parks for hunting.

   600 m · Grade I listed castle in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Foxhall Newydd

   Foxhall Newydd is a Grade I listed country house, roughly 1 kilometre to the southeast of Henllan, Denbighshire, north Wales. The house, planned in a symmetrical H-plan, commenced construction under John Panton of Denbigh in 1592.

   2.7 km · Grade I listed building in Denbighshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Leicester's Church (remains)

   Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but financial difficulties meant work stopped in 1584.

   400 m · grade I listed building in Denbigh, Denbighshire · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Hilary's Chapel

   St Hilary's Chapel is a former church in Denbigh, Denbighshire, north Wales, of which only the tower remains. The town's garrison church, it lay to the north Denbigh Castle.

   400 m · ruined church in Denbigh, Wales · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Dyfnog's Church

   St Dyfnog's Church is a small church in the village of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch in Denbighshire, Wales. The church stands on the western edge of the Llanrhaeadr Hall estate, and its setting was developed by the estate in the 18th and 19th centuries as The Dingle.

   4.1 km · church in Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Marcella's Church

   St Marcella's Church was the original parish church of Denbigh, in Denbighshire, Wales. Located about a mile east of the centre of the town, the church is dedicated to Saint Marchell, a Welsh saint of the 5th/6th centuries.

   1.8 km · church in Llanfarchell, Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Plas Clough

   Plas Clough is a country house and Grade II* listed building at Denbigh, North Wales, built by Sir Richard Clough and begun about 1567. Just to the north of the built-up area of Denbigh, one mile from the town centre, the house is set back on the west side of the A525 road to St Asaph, on a slight rise, about one mile south of Trefnant, and is surrounded by park land.

   1.5 km · country house in Denbigh, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Central Park

   Central Park is an association football stadium in Denbigh, Wales. It was opened in 1963 and has been the home ground of Denbigh Town ever since.

   500 m · football stadium in Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Town Hall, Denbigh

   Denbigh Town Hall, is a municipal building in Crown Lane, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. The structure, which is the meeting place of Denbigh Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

   200 m · Grade II* listed building in Denbighshire. Listed structure in Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Gwaenynog

    Gwaenynog is an estate about 1 km to the south-west of the town of Denbigh, Wales. Its origins are mediaeval when it was built as a house for the Myddelton family.

    2.1 km · building in Denbigh, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Denbigh Castle

   Built as part of Edward I's 13th-century campaigns against the Welsh.

2. 02
   Denbigh Friary

   Now an ancient monument, it was founded in the late 13th-century by the Carmelite order.

3. 03
   North Wales Hospital

   The North Wales Lunatic Asylum was the first psychiatric institution built in Wales; construction began in 1844 and completed in 1848 in the town of Denbigh.

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Things to do

Theatr Twm o'r Nant. Local amateur dramatics, some professional shows, and monthly independent cinema courtesy of Denbigh Film Club. Golf, Denbigh Golf Club, Bryn Morfydd. Resort and Country Club and the excellent 9-hole pay-as-you-play and driving range in Trefnant Denbigh Gliding Club. Just outside town. Horse riding. Couple of equestrian clubs nearby. Summer league.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Glass Onion Cafe

   A place to meet, eat and find out all that Denbigh and the Vale has to offer.

2. 02
   Ji Binc

   Vale Street.

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Getting to Denbigh

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 78 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 128 km

Stations

Denbigh railway station, 400 m · Bodfari railway station, 5.5 km · Trefnant railway station, 4.4 km · Llannerch railway station, 6 km

• Liverpool → Denbigh

  39 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £6–8
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Denbigh

  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Denbigh

  128 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £15–20
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Denbigh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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