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Town in Wales
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Ruthin (Welsh: Rhuthun) is a town in Denbighshire, Wales and has some of the finest black and white buildings in Wales. Ruthin School is located in the town and is one of the oldest independent schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1284.
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A Pentonville Style, Victorian age gaol. William Hughes was the last person to be hanged here.
Nantclwyd-y-Dre
Grade 1 Listed Building, oldest timbered house in Wales.
including the 'Seven Eyes' aka 'Myddleton Arms', with its famous windows. Apparently it's called 'The Eyes of Ruthin', except by anyone who's ever been there.
This was allegedly going to become a petrol station for Tesco, but instead, they knocked down the old grey shed-like building, and replaced it with an expensive new grey shed-like building. Apparently, the architect intended the roof to emulate the pattern of the Clwydian range that lies behind it. However, Moel Famau looks nothing like an aircraft hangar.
It is nice on a sunny day. Picturesque park with lake and activities for children including a zip wire, swings and slides. Lake with ducks and swans; picnic tables available. Car parking at the park.
Walk up to the Jubilee Tower.
One Planet Adventure
Pick up leaflets on walks and activities, including the outlying villages.
A good restaurant: very busy, but excellent food. Not much room between tables, however!
A family-owned cafe serving tea, coffee, cakes, snacks and hot meals cooked to order.
Chinese food.
It has excellent home-made pie recipes, three amazing chefs.
Kebab shop and Bar Llaeth amongst others.
Excellent licensed restaurant and cafe, good value for money. Gift and card shop set in historic house. Visit the display relating to the first printing of the Welsh National Anthem which took place in this building
This houses an extensive beer terrace, with wonderful views over the Vale and a large car park. It also contains a very popular restaurant that serves high quality food, and there are also camping facilities and self-catering apartments on offer. These apartments each sleep up to 7 people.
A four-star hotel with restaurant and spa - built upon the original 13th century Castle.
limited accommodation but very comfortable
Log cabin glamping in a rural setting with panoramic views toward the Clwydian Mountain Range.
A Welsh bookshop with a wide selection of Welsh books for all ages. Also Welsh CDs, DVDs, crafts, t-shirts and many other things from Wales.
Patchwork Paté is a food company that specialises in paté. The company also produces other foods such as soups, chutneys and ice cream. There is a factory and a store on site that sells all of the products.
By car
Llangollen is 20 minutes away over the Horse Shoe Pass. To travel from Chester to Ruthin, head southeast on Northgate St. toward King St. With little traffic, the voyage should take around 40 minutes.
Ruthin is a small enough town to be able to get around by walking. For an easy walk around the town, start at the car park at the end of Clwyd Street, then walk towards the fields with the river on the right.
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