Places to visit near Trevor: Chirk Castle & more
Visitors to Trevor can choose from 3 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory. What there is to see lies just outside: 8 places within 5 km of its edge. Among them, 2 are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by Cadw. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 2 of the places on the list. Drive 10 km to reach Wrexham Cathedral.
Around Trevor: where to begin
Beyond Chirk Castle, there are 2 museums, a castle and an abbey or priory.
Castle · National TrustChirk Castle4 km outside town, to the south
CastleCastell Dinas Brân3.1 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or priory · CadwValle Crucis Abbey5 km outside town, to the west
Historic houseTrevor Hall300 m outside town, to the west
MuseumPlas Newydd3.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumLlangollen Motor Museum4.7 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
The map shows most of the 8 nearby to the west.
The dashed line is Trevor’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
The two biggest groups: castles or historic places (4) and museums or galleries (3).
Green: inside Trevor. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by Cadw (Chirk Castle and Valle Crucis Abbey).
Place by place
Here are the 8 places within 5 km of its edge.
7Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings are on Trevor’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Trevor →
Further away
Wrexham Cathedral (10 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
CathedralWrexham Cathedral10 km northeast
CastleHolt Castle Ruins19 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageBeeston Castle32 km northeast
CathedralChester Cathedral28 km northeast
CastleWhittington Castle13 km southeast
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle15 km north
Castle · English HeritageChester Castle27 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustErddig Hall8.4 km northeast
Castle · National TrustPowis Castle36 km south
Castle · CadwCastell Dinbych32 km northwest
Castle · CadwCastell y Fflint31 km north
ZooChester Zoo31 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Trevor (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Questions about Trevor’s attractions
What is there to see near Trevor?
No attraction is mapped inside Trevor itself. Within 5 km of it are Chirk Castle, Castell Dinas Brân, Valle Crucis Abbey and Trevor Hall.
Does Trevor have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Trevor: Plas Newydd, Llangollen Motor Museum and Llangollen Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Trevor?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Trevor, 2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Trust and 1 by Cadw (Chirk Castle and Valle Crucis Abbey).
What are the best-known days out near Trevor?
Within 40 km: Wrexham Cathedral (10 km), Holt Castle Ruins (19 km), Beeston Castle (32 km), Chester Cathedral (28 km).
Where are Trevor’s historic buildings listed?
Trevor has 8 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Trevor when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (19)
- Chirk Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Dinas Brân: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valle Crucis Abbey: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Hall: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plas Newydd: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llangollen Motor Museum: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llangollen Museum: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrexham Cathedral: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holt Castle Ruins: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beeston Castle: TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Cathedral: Stephen Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whittington Castle: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caergwrle Castle: Clint Heacock, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erddig Hall: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powis Castle: Alexander Forst-Rakoczy, CC BY-SA 2.0 at, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Dinbych: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell y Fflint: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Zoo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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