Things to do in Wrexham

Chirk Castle near Wrexham in Denbighshire is a remarkable Edwardian castle of 1295 that has remained continuously occupied since its construction, making it the only medieval castle in Wales still inhabited today and one of the oldest continuously occupied castles in Britain. Built by Roger Mortimer as part of Edward I's ring of Iron castles consolidating the conquest of north Wales, the castle was sold to Sir Thomas Myddelton in 1595 and has been the Myddelton family home ever since. The interior reflects the tastes and accumulations of over four hundred years of continuous occupation, with magnificent state rooms furnished with seventeenth-century tapestries, portraits and furniture of exceptional quality. The formal gardens with their spectacular yew hedges and ha-ha, and the wider parkland of the Chirk estate, are among the finest in Wales. The National Trust manages the castle and gardens, which are among the most significant heritage properties in north Wales.