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Riversdale House, Llangollen
Llangollen, North East Wales
- Sleeps 6
- 3 bedrooms
- 3 bathrooms
Adults-only Victorian townhouse B&B in central Llangollen, opposite the steam railway.
From£100 per night
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Llangollen is small enough to cross on foot in ten minutes. The Dee runs through the middle of it under a bridge that has stood since 1345, and the main street climbs away from the river on the north bank.
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Wild Pheasant Hotel & Spa, Llangollen
Llangollen, North East Wales
- Sleeps 60
- 47 bedrooms
- 47 bathrooms
- Pets welcome
A 47-room hotel and spa on Berwyn Road at the edge of Llangollen, with two restaurants, gardens and free parking.
From£90 per night
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Woodhey Guest House, Wrexham
★★★3-Star
Wrexham, North East Wales
- Sleeps 14
- 7 bedrooms
- 5 bathrooms
A Victorian guest house on Sontley Road, Wrexham, with seven rooms — five of them en suite — and breakfast cooked to order.
From£40 per night
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On the southern edge of the town, up a lane behind the last of the terraces, stands a black-and-white house called Plas Newydd. Two Irishwomen lived in it for fifty years and made it one of the most visited addresses in Wales.
Behind everything the hills rise steeply. Castell Dinas Brân sits on its cone above the north side, and the Berwyn moors fill the view south. The canal runs east from the wharf, level the whole way.
In April 1778 Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby left Ireland together rather than be married off to men chosen for them. They came from County Kilkenny. Eleanor was thirty-nine when they went and Sarah was twenty-three.
After two years of moving about they took a cottage on the edge of Llangollen in 1780 and stayed for the rest of their lives. Sarah's servant Mary Caryll came with them and never left either, and the three of them ran the place between them.
They spent fifty years making the house what they wanted: Welsh oak panelling, pointed Gothic arches, stained glass in the windows and a library they filled themselves. They became known simply as the Ladies of Llangollen, and the name has stuck for two hundred years.
Half of literary Britain came up the lane to call. Wordsworth and Byron made the trip, and so did Shelley, Walter Scott and the Duke of Wellington. Eleanor died in June 1829 and Sarah in December 1831, two and a half years after her.
All three of them, Mary Caryll included, lie together in the churchyard of St Collen's in the middle of the town. The church stands a few minutes from the bridge and you can walk in and find the graves easily enough.
The grounds at Plas Newydd stay open all year and cost nothing, and the lawns in front are the best place in the town to sit for an hour. The house opens on a season and charges, so check the days first.
The rest of the town is a short walk in any direction. The canal towpath starts above the houses and runs east, flat the whole way, so you can eat out in the evening and get back without touching the car.
If you would rather go up than along, the path to Castell Dinas Brân leaves from the north side and climbs steeply to a ruin a thousand feet up. Allow a couple of hours there and back, take proper shoes, and expect no shelter on it.
B&Bs in Llangollen — your questions answered
- Can you visit Plas Newydd?
- The grounds are open all year and free, and the lawns in front are a good place to sit. The house itself opens seasonally and charges, so check the days before you climb the hill to it.
- Who were the Ladies of Llangollen?
- Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, two Irishwomen who left County Kilkenny together in 1778 rather than be married off. They settled here in 1780 and lived at Plas Newydd for fifty years.
- Are B&Bs in Llangollen dog-friendly?
- Many take dogs. The canal towpath is flat and easy going on a lead, and the hill paths above the town are open ground. Check the listing before you book.
- What is there to do in the evening?
- The town is small and nearly all of it sits within a few minutes' walk, so you can eat out and get back without the car. The bridge over the Dee is where people stand afterwards.
- Is breakfast included?
- Generally yes, and each listing states its own terms. Several of these rooms look out over the Dee, which is worth asking about when you book because it is not always obvious from the photographs.
- Is there parking?
- The places out along the valley road generally have their own. In the middle of the town you are more likely to be using a public car park, so check the listing if you are driving in.
- What is there to see within a short walk?
- Plas Newydd on the southern edge, St Collen's church and the graves of the Ladies in the middle, the bridge over the Dee, and the canal wharf above the town. All four are inside fifteen minutes on foot.
- How much does a B&B in Llangollen cost?
- From £90 a night, with most between £90 and £100. July is the dearest month, because the town gave over the 7th to the 12th of it to the Eisteddfod in 2026.
A small town you can cross on foot, with the Dee through the middle of it, Plas Newydd on the southern edge and the canal running east from the wharf. Most owners here take your booking themselves.
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