Things to See

While you are walking the Path, you might find time to visit the castles and other buildings of interest along the National Trail. Here is a selection of places to visit, and many of these have their own website, so you can read about them before you go.

	Offa’s Dyke Visitor Centre, Prestatyn Beach
	St Asaph Cathedral
+	Rhuddlan Castle
+	Denbigh Castle and town walls
	Penycloddiau Hill Fort
	Moel Arthur Hill Fort
	Jubilee Tower, Moel Famau
	Moel Famau, a site by John Cronin
	Moel Fenlli Hill Fort
	Llangwyfan Forest
	Llanarmon yn Ial
+	Valle Crucis Abbey and the Pillar of Eliseg
	Castell Dinas Bran
*	Llangollen Railway
*	Plas Newydd House, Llangollen
	Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
*	Chirk Castle (National Trust)
	Tower at Lake Vyrnwy
	Pictures of Montgomery canal, including the Vyrnwy Aqueduct
	Montgomery Canal
*	Powysland Museum
*	Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
*	Powis Castle (National Trust)
	Beacon Ring Hill Fort
	Llanymynech Lime Kilns
	Leighton Hall, Powys
+	Montgomery Castle
	Montgomery town
*	Old Bell Museum, Montgomery

	Clun Castle
	OFFA’S DYKE CENTRE and EXHIBITION, KNIGHTON
	Knighton Town
*	Spaceguard Centre, Knighton
	Burfa Hill Fort
	Kington Walking Festival
	Kington Museum
*	Hergest Croft Gardens
	Hay Bookshops
	Brecon Beacons Park Society
	Llanthony Priory
	Longtown Castle
	Grosmont Castle
	Skenfrith Castle
+	White Castle
	Monmouth Castle and Monnow Bridge
	Kymin Naval Temple (National Trust)
	St Briavels Castle (Youth Hostel)
	Tintern Old Railway Station Visitor Centre
+	Tintern Abbey
	Wintours Leap – Lower Wye Valley viewpoint
+	Chepstow Castle
	Chepstow town walls and bridge
	Visitor Centre and TIC, Chepstow
	Severn Estuary

Admission charges: + CADW / English Heritage * Other

Taken by Judith Barnes at grid reference SJ235480, a few hundred metres above the Path, which emerges from the woodland in the foreground and continues towards Llandegla

St Michael's Llanfihangel Ystum Llewern — St Michael’s Llanfihangel Ystum Llewern