Chirk
Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun) is a town in the county borough of Wrexham, North Wales. The town is on the Welsh border near Oswestry.
Get in
[edit]By road
[edit]Chirk is on the A5 London to Holyhead trunk road, close to its junction with the A483 Swansea to Chester road.
By rail
[edit]1 Chirk station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester line.
- Wrexham and Shropshire Railways[dead link] operate a direct link from London Marylebone via Banbury and Walsall/Birmingham (Tame Bridge Parkway Station).
- Arriva Trains Wales operate direct services to Chirk from Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Chester, Wrexham, Holyhead.
By boat
[edit]Chirk Marina is located on the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
Get around
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Map of Chirk
See
[edit]- 1 Chirk Castle
- 2 Chirk Aqueduct
- 3 The Ceiriog Valley
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Starfish, 25 West View, ☏ +44 1691 774569. Fish & Chips
- 2 [dead link] The Boathouse, Chirk Marina, ☏ +44 1691 772493.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 The Hand Hotel, Church St, ☏ +44 1691 773472.
- 2 Moreton Park Hotel, Moreton Business Park, ☏ +44 1691 776666.
Connect
[edit]Go next
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| Routes through Chirk |
| Snowdonia ← Llangollen ← | NW  S |
→  Oswestry → Shrewsbury |
| Chester ← Wrexham ← | N  S |
→ merges with  |