Ogof Dydd Byraf

#3265 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. It was originally discovered and explored in 1964 by the Wrexham Caving Club, before they were merged into the North Wales Caving Club. ()

Discovered: 1964Length: 2461 ftCoordinates: 53°3'37"N, 3°6'49"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Ogof Dydd Byraf – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bersham Ironworks, Caergwrle Castle, St David, Techniquest Glyndwr.

3.9 miSE
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.
4.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Caergwrle Castle, Caergwrle
116 min walk • Caergwrle Castle, also known as Queen's Hope in scholarly texts, is located in the town of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales. It was built by the Welsh under Dafydd ap Gruffydd in service to Edward I of England.
4.1 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St David, Rhosllannerchrugog
105 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.
4.5 miE
Science museum, Museum, Entertainment
Techniquest Glyndwr, Wrexham
116 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.
2.4 miSE
Park
Nant Mill, Wrexham
62 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 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Llyn Parc
23 min walk • 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.
4.1 miSE
53°0'41"N • 3°3'21"W
Stiwt, Wrexham
106 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.7 miNW
Church
St Garmon's Church
121 min walk • St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, is in the centre of the village of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the diocese of St Asaph, the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
World's End
76 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.
4.6 miE
Nightlife
Turf Hotel, Wrexham
118 min walk • The Turf Hotel is a public house in Wrexham, Wales, located on the corner of Wrexham AFC's Racecourse Ground.
2.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ruabon Moors
54 min walk • Ruabon Moors are an area of upland moorland in Wales to the west of Ruabon and Wrexham. They lie partly within Wrexham County Borough and partly within Denbighshire.

Ogof Dydd Byraf

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Ogof Dydd Byraf – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)