Ogof Llyn Parc

#3983 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Ogof Llyn Parc usually known as Pool Park is a cave on Esclusham Mountain above Wrexham, Wales, that has a 100 metres entrance shaft, normally descended by winch to the mine levels. Further caving and two ladders reaches the natural cave levels in which there are streamways. ()

Length: 2.49 miDepth: 1411 ftCoordinates: 53°2'53"N, 3°7'16"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Ogof Llyn Parc – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Erddig, Valle Crucis Abbey, Bersham Ironworks, St David.

5 miE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Erddig, Wrexham
127 min walk • Erddig Hall is a Grade-I listed National Trust property in Wrexham, Wales. Standing 2 miles south of Wrexham town centre, it comprises a country house built during the 17th and 18th centuries amidst a 1,900 acre estate, which includes a 1,200-acre landscaped pleasure park and the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.
4.9 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Museum, Monastery
Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen
126 min walk • Valle Crucis Abbey is a Cistercian abbey located in Llantysilio in Denbighshire, Wales. More formally the Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Valle Crucis it is known in Welsh both as Abaty Glyn Egwestl and Abaty Glyn y Groes.
4 miE
Museum, Historical place
Bersham Ironworks, Wrexham
101 min walk • Bersham Ironworks were large ironworks at Bersham, near Wrexham, Wales. They are most famous for being the original working site of John Wilkinson.
3.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St David, Rhosllannerchrugog
94 min walk • St David's Welsh Church, Rhosllannerchrugog, is in Broad Street, Rhosllannerchrugog, in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The church was built in 1892 to a design by Douglas and Fordham of Chester. It consists of a nave and a north aisle. It was intended to have a chancel and a steeple at the northeast, but these were not built at the time.
4.9 miE
Science museum, Museum, Entertainment
Techniquest Glyndwr, Wrexham
124 min walk • Wrexham Glyndŵr University is a public research university, in Wales, with campuses in Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as professional courses. The university had 6,045 students in 2019/20.
3.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Eglwyseg
101 min walk • The Eglwyseg valley is an area to the north east of Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales; it is within the boundaries of Llantysilio Community. The name also refers to a widely scattered hamlet in the valley.
2.5 miE
Park
Nant Mill, Wrexham
63 min walk • Nant Mill is a country park in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is managed by Wrexham County Borough Council and named after a historic corn mill located on the site.
0.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Dydd Byraf
23 min walk • Ogof Dydd Byraf is a cave which extends under Esclusham Mountain in north-east Wales from its entrance in the south face of the Minera Limeworks quarry.
4.9 miSW
Ruins of a cross from the Middle Ages
Pillar of Eliseg
125 min walk • The Pillar of Eliseg – also known as Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd in Welsh – stands near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales.
3.7 miSE
53°0'41"N • 3°3'21"W
Stiwt, Wrexham
95 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
2.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
World's End
53 min walk • World's End is a narrow vale located between Wrexham and Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales. It lies at the head of the Eglwyseg Valley, enclosed by the cliffs of Craig y Forwyn, Craig y Cythraul, and Craig yr Adar.