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Gardens In Wales
This is a list of notable gardens in Wales, open to the public either regularly or by appointment. Anglesey * Carreglwyd, Llanfaethlu * Cestyll Garden * Plas Cadnant * Plas Newydd Carmarthenshire * Aberglasney Gardens *Dinefwr Park *National Botanic Garden of Wales * Norwood Gardens *Llwyngarreg Gardens Ceredigion * Cae Hir Gardens * Hafod Uchtryd * Llanerchaeron Clwyd *Bodelwyddan Castle *Bodnant Garden * Bodrhyddan Hall *Bodysgallen Hall *Chirk Castle *Erddig * Gwydir Castle * Happy Valley Gardens * Haulfre Gardens * Plas Teg Glamorgan *Bryngarw Country Park * Bute Park * Cefn Onn Country Park * Clyne Gardens *Dyffryn Gardens *Margam Country Park *Roath Park *Singleton Park * St. Fagans Castle gardens Gwynedd * Parc Glynllifon *Penrhyn Castle * Plas Tan y Bwlch * Plas Brondanw * Plas yn Rhiw *Y Gwyllt, Portmeirion * Treborth Botanic Garden Monmouthshire * Bedwellty House * Dewstow House * High Glanau * Llanover Park * Penpergwm Lodge * Tredegar House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberglasney
Aberglasney House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the River Towy, Tywi valley in the parish of Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is owned and run by Aberglasney Restoration Trust, a Charitable organisation, registered charity. The house is a Listed building, Grade II* listed building and the gardens are listed, also at Grade II*, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Location Aberglasney is located just off the busy A40 road between Llandeilo and Carmarthen town, from Llandeilo. History The site was owned for ten generations of a family which by tradition could trace its origins to Elystan Glodrydd "Prince between Wye and Severn," and Gwenllian, granddaughter of Hywel Dda. After the triumphant return of Henry VII of England, Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, then owner William ap Thomas who was knighted by the king for his service, gained formal responsibilities in both North and South Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirk Castle
Chirk Castle () is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the National Trust. History The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales, guarding the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley. It was the administrative centre for the Marcher Lordship of Chirkland. It was run as a March castle by the Layards Edwardes of Chirk until removed by the Star Chamber when it was taken up by the Myddelton family. The Edwardes coat of arms is preserved in the castle. Edwardes became the Barony of Kensington. The castle was bought by Sir Thomas Myddelton in 1593 for £5,000 (approx. £18 million ). His son, Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, but became a Royalist during the 'Cheshire rising' of 1659 led by George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer. Mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodysgallen Hall
Bodysgallen Hall is a manor house in Conwy county borough, north Wales, near the village of Llanrhos. Since 2008 the house has been owned by the National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, currently used as a hotel. This listed historical building derives primarily from the 17th century, and has several later additions. Bodysgallen was constructed as a tower house in the Middle Ages to serve as defensive support for nearby Conwy Castle. According to tradition, the site of Bodysgallen was the 5th century AD stronghold of Cadwallon Lawhir, King of Gwynedd,Rev. Robert Williams, ''The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconwy and its Neighbourhood'', (1835) who had wide-ranging exploits as far as Northumberland. The ruins of Cadwallon Lawhir's residence are on a woodland knoll above the present Bodysgallen Hall. By 1835 it was a ruin totally overgrown by thorns. According to the ancient record of Caernarvon, Bod Caswallon (Bodysgallen) was one of the townships called '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodrhyddan Hall
Bodrhyddan Hall is a country house in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The present building is a 1690s remodelling of an earlier building dating from the 16th century. It was later upgraded by the architect William Eden Nesfield, who in 1875 added a new west facing entrance front and a service wing and refaced the east front.The hall is built in brick in 3 storeys with some terracotta detail and slate roofs. The west entrance frontage has 5 bays with a 4-storey projecting porch. The side elevations have 9 bays (arranged 2-1-3-1-2), the south front looking over a parterre. Some of the garden features and outbuildings are also listed. The gardens and park are designated Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The house and gardens may be visited by the public. History Bodrhyddan traditionally belonged to the Conway family, descending in the male line until the death of the last male heir, Sir John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodnant Garden
Bodnant Garden () is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to the National Trust in 1949. The garden spans 80 acres of hillside and includes formal Italianate terraces, informal shrub borders stocked with plants from around the world, The Dell, a gorge garden, areas of woodland garden with a number of notable trees and a waterfall. Since 2012, new areas have opened including the Winter garden, Old Park Meadow, Yew Dell and The Far End, a riverside garden. Furnace Wood and Meadow opened in 2017. There are plans to open more new areas, including Heather Hill and Cae Poeth Meadow. The garden is designated Grade I, the highest grade, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Bodnant Garden was visited by over 274,000 people in 2024 and is famous for its Laburnum arch, the longes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodelwyddan Castle
Bodelwyddan Castle (), close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. It was associated with the Williams-Wynn family for around 200 years from 1690. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1962 as a "Gothick castellated style in the early C19". Having been opened to the public as a historic house museum, as of mid 2019, it was up for sale and the historic building was closed to the public. By August 2019, the grounds and attractions were also closed, but the nearby hotel (independently operated) was not affected. History The castle was bought from the Humphreys by Sir William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1680 to 1681. The castle was remodeled in 1805 into a Greek Revival style and then reconstructed between 1830 and 1832 by Sir John Hay Williams, who employed the architects Joseph Hansom (inventor of the Hansom cab) and Edward Welch to refurbis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clwyd
Clwyd ( , ) is a preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to the east and Shropshire to the south-east. Powys and Gwynedd lie to the south and west respectively. Clwyd also shares a maritime boundary with Merseyside along the River Dee, Wales, River Dee. Between 1974 and 1996, a slightly different area had a county council, with local government functions shared with six district councils. In 1996, Clwyd was abolished, and the new Principal areas of Wales, principal areas of Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough were created; under this reorganisation, "Clwyd" became a preserved county, with the name being retained for certain ceremonial functions. This area of north-eastern Wales has been settled since prehistoric times; the Roman Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanerchaeron
Llanerchaeron, known as "Llanayron House" to its nineteenth-century occupants, is a grade I listed mansion on the River Aeron, designed and built in 1795 by John Nash for Major (later Colonel) William Lewis as a model self-sufficient farm complex located near Ciliau Aeron, some miles south-east of Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales. There is evidence that the house replaced an earlier mansion. A later owner, William Lewes, was the husband of Colonel Lewis's inheriting daughter. The estate is now in the care of the National Trust. The gardens and the parkland are listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The neighbouring parish church of St Non – also redesigned by Nash – has registers of baptisms and burials dating from 1730 and marriages from 1754. Service facilities Much of the historical value derives from the indifference shown by past owners to the farm and outbuildings, which were allowed to remain unimprov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafod Uchtryd
The Hafod estate, also known as , is a wooded and landscaped estate in the Ystwyth valley in Ceredigion, Wales. Near Devil's Bridge, Cwmystwyth and Pont-rhyd-y-groes, it is off the B4574 road. Hafod estate land was within the boundaries of the Cistercian Abbey Strata Florida (). Originally a hunting lodge for Welsh Chieftains, it became home to the landed gentry and the nobility. In the late eighteenth century, a celebrated landscape was created under the ownership of Thomas Johnes. The estate is in the parish of Llanfihangel y Creuddyn near Llanddewi-Brefi. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn was a chapel-of-ease in the parish. It was rebuilt for Thomas Johnes by James Wyatt in 1801. The estate shares a border along the Ystwyth with that of the Trawsgoed estate. Early history After the dissolution of the monasteries by king Henry VIII (1536–1540) during the English Reformation the abbey's holdings were divided and awarded to new tenants. Some of the Strata Florida lands were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cribyn
Cribyn is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Lampeter and with the villages of Troed y Rhiw, Mydroilyn and Dihewyd to the north. History and amenities Once a thriving community with two pubs, a garage and a post office, it is now largely reduced to a dormitory town or commuter village for Lampeter. The primary school in the village, founded by local hero Gwilym Butler-Wilkins, has maintained its status as primarily Welsh speaking since its establishment in 1876. Cribyn has one of the few Unitarian chapels in Ceredigion, which was established in 1790 by Dafydd Davis Castellhywel and Evan Davies, Cwmbedw. There was an old cottage next to the Nonconformist chapel which was older than the chapel, and a school was held here for many years until the primary school was founded. Four parishes meet in Cribyn, and most parishioners went to the parish church in Llanfihangel Ystrad until the present church was established at the end of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceredigion
Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Aberystwyth is the largest settlement and, together with Aberaeron, is an administrative centre of Ceredigion County Council. The county is the second most sparsely populated in Wales, with an area of and a population of 71,500; the latter is a decline of 4,492 since the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. After Aberystwyth (15,935), the largest towns are Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan (4,184) and Lampeter (2,970). Ceredigion is considered a centre of Culture of Wales, Welsh culture and 45.3% of the population could speak the Welsh language at the 2021 census. To the west, Ceredigion has of coastline on Cardigan Bay, which is traversed by the Ceredigion Coast Path. Its hinterland is hilly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
