A sunshine return to Chirk Castle

2nd June 2023.

Jun 03, 2023

2nd June 2023.

Monday’s proposed trip became Wednesday’s cancellation which became a beautiful return to Chirk Castle on Friday 2nd June, and a hat-trick of visits since this time last Summer. Then it was an early morning raid when barely open, let alone to the public, and I stalked the grounds alone before I returned at the height of last Summer’s heat-wave. Yesterday, when all our troubles seemed so far away, my beautiful Beatles loving son and I had a quite splendid stroll around the gardens of this 13th Century “Magnificent Medieval Fortress of the Welsh Marches”.

But you simply can’t visit the Welsh town of Chirk without seeing its world famous and world heritage status canal aqueduct too which at 710 feet long and 70 feet above the River Ceiriog below is the “sister” aqueduct to its more famous sibling just along the Llangollen Canal at Pontcysyllte, for two centuries the tallest navigable canal in the world. As an added extra, we’ll start from the aqueduct before marvelling at the gardens that surround the town’s incredible castle.

So kick off your shoes, pour yourself a glass of wine or break into those chocolate biscuits you’ve stored secretly in the cupboard, and I hope you enjoy this pictorial stroll in beautiful Wales.

Say hello to “Dorothy” (and her shy passenger!) as she traverses the Llangollen Canal 70 feet in the sky! To the right is the imposing viaduct.

710 feet long and 70 feet from the River Ceiriog below, ladies and gentlemen, the World Heritage status Chirk Aqueduct.

Chirk Aqueduct from on high as “Dorothy” moors before tackling the long, dark and imposing “Chirk Tunnel” beneath this image. 4 miles west in this direction will take you to the “sister” aqueduct at Pontcysyllte. Separate article, coming soon!

Chirk Aqueduct from the “Viewing Platform” and I know it’s just a straight piece of canal but it is 70 feet in the sky and rather beautiful in its own way. Or maybe it’s just me!

The “Inner Courtyard” of the castle, and a busy Friday in some magnificent sunshine.

Chirk Castle and the “walled” gardens surrounding the entrance.

The gardens at Chirk Castle are magnificent and this picture, together with others here, simply won’t do the splendour of the setting any justice whatsoever!

“Flower of Fancy”, one of four nymphs found within the gardens of the castle.

View from the beginning of the main garden area with the site of the old tennis courts (tennis courts!) to your right.

So good, I had to capture the same image again.

View over the shoulder of “Vanishing Dream”.

“The Meadow” inside the grounds of the Castle.

**“During the 1920’s Lord Howard de Walden modified the “Hawk House” to keep his collection of birds”.**

**“This area is carpeted with daffodils in the Spring…”**

Big man. Small penis. Even smaller castle.

A sunshine farewell to Chirk Castle — Part 1.

A sunshine farewell to Chirk Castle — Part 2.

A sunshine farewell to Chirk Castle — Part 3.

Thanks for reading. If you enjoyed this pictorial stroll, tell your friends! If you really enjoyed it, tell your enemies too! Anyway, here are my three most recently published articles that can be found within my “UK Travel” library:

Fish and Chips in Ironbridge
31st May 2023.medium.com

Beautiful Nantwich
A sunny Sunday in Cheshire, 28th May 2023.medium.com

Easy as Wrenbury on a sunny Sunday morning
Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal, 28th May 2023.medium.com

A sunshine return to Chirk Castle

2nd June 2023.

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