Ruthin

By train

Take a train to Wrexham, Chester, or Rhyl and then a bus to Ruthin.

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. From Wrexham to Ruthin, head northwest on St. Giles Way toward Town Hill; this should take about 35 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. Following this path to get a fantastic view of Ruthin Castle and Clwydian Range, as you head under the stone bridge and back into town. It should take approximately an hour and stretches for just over a mile around Ruthin's historic town and parkland area.
There is also the option to travel around town by bus 73, which stops at Ruthin Tesco, Market Square, St Peters Square, Tyn y Parc, Porth y Dre and Trem y Foel.

• Ruthin Gaol

  phone: +44 1824 708281
  address: Clwyd St, LL15 1HP
  A Pentonville Style, Victorian age gaol. William Hughes was the last person to be hanged here.

• NantClwyd HouseGrade 1 Listed Building, oldest timbered house in Wales.

• The Squareincluding 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.

• Ruthin Craft Centrethis 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.

• Cae Ddolis 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.

• Moel FamauWalk up to the Jubilee Tower.

• Llandegla Mountain Bike Centre

  address: Coed Llandegla Forest

• Visitors Information Centrepick up leaflets on walks and activities, including the outlying villages

The pretty town of Ruthin has a variety of independent traders many housed in historic buildings converted into shops. Although a small town visitors have a choice of buying brand labels or items bespoke to the shop. Shops vary in size from quaint wool shops to major supermarkets.

• Elfair

  phone: +44 1824 702575
  address: 18 Stryd Clwyd
  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.

• Ruthin Book Shop

  address: 3 Upper Clwyd St

• Patchwork Paté

  phone: 0845 123 5010 (high cost number)
  address: 17 Lon Parcwr Industrial Estate, Ruthin LL15 1NJ
  Patchwork Paté is a multi award winning business. It is a food company based in the small town of Ruthin that specialises in Paté. The company also produces other foods such as soups, chutneys and even ice cream. There is a factory and a store on site that sells all of the products.

• On the Hill

  phone: +44 1824 707736
  address: 1 Upper Clwyd St
  A good restaurant: very busy, but excellent food. Not much room between tables, however!

• W & G Jones

  phone: +44 1824 702619
  address: 57 Well St
  A family-owned cafe serving tea, coffee, cakes, snacks and hot meals cooked to order.

• Panda Garden

  address: 8 Well St
  Chinese food.

• Leonardo's

  phone: +44 1824 707161
  address: 4 Well St
  won many awards for excellent home made pie recipes, three amazing chefs.

• FinnsKebab shop and Bar Llaeth amongst others.

• Myddelton Grill On The Square

  phone: +44 1824 707842
  address: St Peter's Square, LL15 1AA

• Shop Nain

  phone: +44 1824 703572
  address: 6 Well St
  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

Ruthin has a good range of pubs: from the Park Place to the plush Wetherspoons. The Three Feathers has recently (November 2013) changed ownership and been refurbished. Also in the town are the Boars Head, Corporation Arms (refurbished in 2014 and renamed as Cock 'o' Rhudd Din), Wine Vaults and the Farmers Arms.

• Three Pigeons Inn

  phone: +44 1824 703178
  address: Graigfechan, LL15 2EU
  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.

• Ruthin Castle

  phone: +44 1824 702664
  address: Castle Street, LL15 2NU
  A four-star hotel with restaurant and spa - built upon the original 13th century Castle.

• The Castle Hotel

  address: St Peters Square
  very popular

• Morning Star Innlimited accommodation but very comfortable

• Clwydian Holidays

  phone: +44 7766 694514
  address: Graig, Llanelidan, LL15 2TB
  Log cabin glamping in a rural setting with panoramic views toward the Clwydian Mountain Range.

Denbigh, Llangollen, Llandudno or Snowdonia National Park are good places to go next.

• Cerrigydrudion