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Amenities and Attractions
ON THE DOOR STEP
- Situated on a no through road with lane leading to footpaths across open fields
- Lots of quiet lanes and footpaths to walk and cycle
- Garden games for loan
- Barbecue and garden furniture
WITHIN 1 MILE
- Corner shop/Newsagent/Off-licence and Pub
- Offa’s Dyke
- The Old Racecourse
- Iron Age Hill fort
WITHIN 2 MILES
- OSWESTRY tourist information, 24hr. Petrol
- Town centre with many of the usual and more unusual shops
- Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Somerfield supermarkets
- Tennis courts, lawn bowls and crazy golf in the Cae Glas park
- Leisure centre with squash courts, badminton courts, fitness suite and swimming pool
- Riding stables
- Large number of pubs and restaurants all price bands and styles including - of course - the exceptional Walls restaurant!!
WITHIN 5 MILES
- Chirk Castle & gardens (National Trust)
- Large garden centre
- Fly fishing for trout including lines for children
- Countryside farm park
- 3 Golf courses and a driving range
- Paint-balling and Go-cart racing
WITHIN 25 MILES
- Powys Castle and Erddig House & gardens (National Trust)
- 3 bigger swimming pools with waterslides at Wrexham, Plas Madoc and Welshpool
- Theatre Clwyd Arts Complex and Gallery
- Multi-screen cinemas at Wrexham and Shrewsbury
- Excellent shopping in both Shrewsbury and Chester
- Chester also has an exceptionally good zoo and is a great place to walk around and look at the Roman remains, good museums
- 2 Steam railways, at Llangollen and Welshpool
- Ten-pin bowling at both Chester and Shrewsbury
- Many gardens and garden centres, i.e. Hodnet, The Dingle (outside Welshpool)
- Canoeing at Llangollen
- Horseracing at Bangor-on-Dee and Chester
WITHIN AN HOUR'S DRIVE
- Hawkstone Park grottos, follies and walks and two golf-courses
- Cheshire Oaks Retail Park Outlet Village and Blue Planet Aquarium
- Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham
- Ironbridge and Blists Hill Victorian working museum
- Ice Skating and shopping at Telford
WITHIN 2 HOUR'S DRIVE
- West and North coast of Wales with great beaches and castles, fantastic scenery in Snowdonia National Park
- Several important National Trust Properties including the spectacular Bodnant Gardens near Conwy
- Dry Ski slope at Llandudno
- The famous Italianate village of Portmerion
- Ludlow with racecourse and several Michelin starred restaurants
This list is not comprehensive and is not meant as an endorsement but we have visited all the places on this list and have enjoyed them. Please check opening times of attractions before setting out.
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