North Wales Links

When did you last check your smoke alarm? North Wales Fire and Rescue Service is offering you a FREE smoke alarm and installation service. This home fire safety check will help to keep you safe from fire. Statistics show that you are six times more likely to die from a fire in the home if [...]

Caergwrle Castle, also known as Queen’s Hope in scholarly texts, is located in the town of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales. It was the final castle to be built by Welsh rulers before the loss of Welsh independence in 1283. Construction of the castle began in 1277, after King Edward I gave the lordship of Hope [...]

The streets and buildings of Barmouth will become a stage later this month, with the audience following performers round significant locations in the town’s history. The production, For Mountain, Sand & Sea, has been created by artist Marc Rees for the National Theatre Wales and opens in the Gwynedd seaside resort on 25 June. http://alturl.com/kmwj

There’s a new walk and history trail coming to Mold in Flintshire soon to celebrate one of the counties most often missed specimens of heritage and history, Bailey Hill motte and Bailey Hill castle in Mold. “A motte is a mound, often artificial, topped with a wooden or stone structure known as a keep. The [...]

The investiture of The Prince of Wales, during which the 20-year-old Prince received the insignia as the 21st Prince of Wales from The Queen, took place on 1st July 1969, at Caernarfon Castle in front of 4,000 guests inside the medieval walls. Thousands more were in the dry moat and outside the castle, and millions [...]

The Met Office confirmed that the temperature in North Wales on May 23rd, 2010, matched that of Greece as themometers soared to  31.2 degrees fahrenheit in direct sunlight recorded in Wrexham, and 25 degrees in the shade in Hawarden, in the county of Flintshire. As crowds flocked to the beaches, other North Wales attractions benefitted [...]