Back Roads Great Britain (Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

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Along Offa’s Dyke
This drive takes the visitor from the English borders over
Wenlock Edge and around the Long Mynd, an ancient hog’s-
back ridge, into the beautiful Welsh countryside. The route
now runs parallel to Offa’s impressive but ultimately ineffective
dyke, heading north to the estuary of the River Dee. On the
way, the drive winds past the remains of once-mighty castles
and still grand country houses, and Thomas Telford’s fabulous
feat of Victorian engineering, the aqueduct on the Llangollen
Canal at Pontcysylite. There are cultural and spiritual highlights,
too. See a copy of William Morgan’s first translation of the
Bible into Welsh in the Cathedral at St Asaph and the “Jesse
Tree” window of St Dyfnog’s Church, and experience the
tranquillity of St Winefride’s Well in Holywell.
BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN
ACTIVITIES
Learn about old rural crafts at Acton Scott Farm Museum
Look out for rare red kites hovering over Powis Castle
Be pulled by a historic steam locomotive through the Welsh
countryside on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
Clamber up to Castell Dinas Bran for the astonishing views
Glide over the 37-m (121-ft) high Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
in a canal barge
Step through 600 years of housing history in Ruthin
Follow a nature trail in the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle
Take the healing waters at the Lourdes of Wales, Holywell
Above Ruins of Denbigh Castle, overlooking the
surrounding countryside, see p166
Below Bodenham’s, one of many striking half-
timbered buildings in Ludlow, see p162