Top 8 Hidden Gems Things to do in Llangollen, Wales

River Active Llangollen ltd. are the only white water activity company based directly on the river Dee in Llangollen North Wales catering for rafting and kayaking activities that can offer a full 364 days a year of natural river that offers consistent access to all our facilities for our participants.

Covid-19 Update ~ Plas Newydd Tearooms will be open 10AM - 4PM daily. The Gardens and Grounds are open daily and free to explore! Plas Newydd Historic House will unfortunately be closed until further notice. Home of the ‘Ladies of Llangollen’ Miss Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler captured the imagination of Regency society when they ran away and set up home together in Wales. Visit their extraordinary gothicised home and hear of the stream of famous visitors they received. Learn how they won the hearts of local people and turned a simple cottage into a fantasy of oak carvings and stained glass. Stroll through the gardens they developed and try homemade cakes in the tea rooms.

Here at Llangollen Wharf we run 45 minute and 2 hour Horse Drawn Boat Trips towards the Horseshoe Falls and 2 hour motor boat trips across Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. We have a Tea Room at the Wharf serving breakfasts, light lunches and afternoon tea. Home made cakes are our speciality. We also have self drive Dayboats for hire.

A visit to this fascinating site evokes the lives of the Cistercian monks Cistercian monks loved all things austere. Solitude ruled absolute. Finding this remote yet magical location must have at least raised a smile or two amongst the serious-minded bretheren. Building work got underway in 1201. Seven centuries later and the abbey is one of the best preserved in Wales. The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.