Attractions near Ellesmere
Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse (6 Miles)*
There's a warm welcome at Bangor-on-Dee Races throughout the year. Set in glorious countryside beside the River Dee this perfect country course provides exciting racing with top trainers and jockeys at every meeting.
Erddig Hall, Gardens & Country Park (9 Miles)*
Erddig is a very special place. It is a unique family home that has captured the way of life of a bustling household community during the early years of this century.
Llangollen Railway (12 Miles)*
Part of the Ruabon to Barmouth line, the railway runs 7.5 miles along the Dee Valley through outstanding Welsh scenery, with hidden views over the valley and its surroundings.
Cholmondeley Castle Gardens (12 Miles)*
Cholmondeley Castle Garden is said by many to be among the most romantically beautiful gardens they have ever seen.
Llangollen Motor Museum (13 Miles)*
See the cars that Grandad used to drive.
Valle Crucis Abbey (13 Miles)*
The evocative ruins of Valle Crucis lie in green fields beneath Llangollen's steep-sided mountains. In medieval times, this was a remote spot (ideal for the austere Cistercian monks, who deliberately sought out wild and lonely places).
Hodnet Hall Gardens (13 Miles)*
Winner of the Christies Historic Houses Association "Garden of the Year" Award for 1985, and subject of numerous BBC radio and television programmes.
Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental Museum (14 Miles)*
Shropshire Regimental Museum houses the collections of the four Shropshire Regiments - King's Shropshire light Infantry, Shropshire Yeomanry, Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery and 4th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry TA.
Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley's House) (14 Miles)*
Rocks, Romans, China and Costume, Mediaeval Shrewsbury and Shropshire Wildlife.
Coleham Pumping Station (15 Miles)*
Magnificent Renshaw beam engines in 1901 pumping house.
Haughmond Abbey (15 Miles)*
The extensive ruins of the 12th century Haughmond Augustinian Abbey can be found at Shropshire's Upton Magna.
Beeston Castle (17 Miles)*
Beeston Castle offers one of the most spectacular castle views in England. On a clear day from Beeston Crag, 350 feet above the Cheshire Plain, you can gaze across 8 counties.
Attingham Park (18 Miles)*
Attingham Park was built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Berwick. It has a picture gallery by John Nash, magnificent Regency interiors and collections of silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings.
Dorfold Hall (18 Miles)*
Dorfold Hall is a Jacobean country house built in 1616 for Ralph Wilbraham. The house has beautiful plaster ceilings and panelling. The 18 acres of garden reflect four centuries of gardening fashion.
Cheshire Military Museum (19 Miles)*
An interesting, innovative and attractive museum in a Grade I Listed Building on the very edge of the Castle in Chester. It is always developing new ideas to interpret the stories of the men of four famous regiments connected with Cheshire.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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