At the heart of Medieval Conwy stands Plas Mawr, the "Great Hall", built between 1576 and 1585 for the Welsh merchant, Robert Wynn. This richly decorated building is an architectural gem, possibly the best preserved Elizabethan townhouse in Great Britain. It dominates the town of Conwy with its gatehouse, stepped gables and lookout tower. This "worthy plentiful house" is especially noted for the quality and quantity of its ornamental plasterwork, now fully restored to its original splendour. Plas Mawr's authentic period atmosphere is further enhanced by furnishings, many original to the house, based on an inventory of the contents in 1665.The interior with its elaborately decorated plaster ceilings and fine wooden screens, reflects the wealth and influence of the Tudor gentry in Wales.
Bangor is a cathedral city of some 18,000 people situated by the Menai Strait in North Wales opposite the Island of Anglesey. The cathedral was built c. 1500 and the University was founded in 1884. The St Deiniol Golf Club (Bangor) was established in 1906.Designed by James Braid, the course offers a fine test of golf. Situated on "Bangor Mountain", this heathland course provides magnificent views of Snowdonia, the Great Orme, Puffin Island and the Menai Strait. Overall, a great place to be. The St Deiniol Golf Course is open all year round. Visitors and parties are especially welcome. The golf course is a full 18 holes: some long, some short, some visible, some not so visible, but all with a certain challenge that the keen golfer will enjoy.
This mature Course was designed in the late 1880s by Sir Richard William Bulkeley and measures a deceptive 5.596 Yards in length and is created on mature heathland. The Par 68 Course threads it’s way cunningly through natural hazards, a river defends three of the holes as it meanders down to the Menai Straits. Baron Hill is free of Bunkers and we are sure once you have played it you will be glad of this bearing in mind each hole is carefully defended by natural hazards such as Oak, Ash Trees, elevated greens and of course the odd Gorse bush! Baron Hill is a thinking golfers course where every club in the bag will be required to breach its defences and the watch word is very much ‘Course Management’.
The best part of every family seaside holiday is a safe, clean beach for the children. Rhyl offers three miles of golden sands and Prestatyn has four miles of sands divided between three great beaches; Ffrith Beach, Central Beach and Barkby Beach. Our seasonal lifeguard patrols at Rhyl give added reassurance for the safety of your children. As records show that Rhyl and Prestatyn summers are hotter and sunnier than the UK average, what better place to take advantage of such a wealth of beaches? Rhyl is everything that is lively and exciting about the seaside, with a buzz created by such visitor attractions as the SeaQuarium, where you experience a stroll along the seabed surrounded by sharks, rays and other ocean creatures.
Regarded as one of the most picturesque course in Wales with the magnificent backdrop of Gwrych Castle, The delightful 18 hole Parkland Course boast many enviable features. The course was established in its present position in 1968 to the historic grounds of Gwyrch Castle with magnificent coastal views. Abergele Golf Club has maintained its reputation by ensuring that innovative enhancements are made at every opportunity. This is clearly highlighted by the completion of a huge project which say construction of new greens to the latest USGA standards by course architect David Williams of Golf Design and reconstruction work supervised by G. Shiels & Associates.
Our magnificent championship links course is the most northerly course in Wales, situated off the coast road A548, on the east of the town upon unspoilt links land. It enjoys a temperate climate and its seaside nature ensures that golfers can play the greens all year round. It is a course for all seasons and standards of player, offering a memorable examination of players' golfing standard. The prevailing south-westerly winds are a feature and a low shot is often a very useful addition to the player's repertoire. The course is mostly flat and easy walking. As befits its status, it is a challenge and, with a par of 72, measures 6808 yards from the championship tees.
We play in Bangor, North West Wales (not Bangor, Northern Ireland, or Bangor on Dee, which is near Wrexham. Or Bangor, Maine either!). Our Bangor lies on the Menai Straits as the A5 crosses onto Anglesey and is about approximately 50 miles west of Chester. Now playing in the Welsh Premier Football League, Bangor City is one of the most successful teams in the history of Welsh football, having won our national league twice and the Welsh Cup no less than five times. Bangor has also represented Wales in Europe in nine campaigns, playing matches in Italy, Norway, Spain, Poland, Iceland, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Romania and, most recently, Latvia.
"An un-discovered gem" is how one visitor once described St.Melyd Golf Course. It is one of Wales’ best kept golfing secrets. This mature and beautifully presented parkland course is situated at the foot of Prestatyn hillside. It is bordered to the East by the picturesque Bishopswood and to the West commands panoramic views of the sea, the Great Orme and Snowdonia. To ignore St.Melyd because it is not an 18 hole course would be a mistake. Visitors are rewarded with a true test ofgolf. The front and back nines have separate tees offering a variety of fine holes.