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Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:05 am
by linell
Go to Blists Hill Pete, a Victorian Town at Ironbridge, you would love it, much bigger and better than the BC one at Dudley:-
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attrac ... rian_town/Linell.
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:23 am
by Antie Em
Have to agree with this Lin. We took the kids last year and couldn't get them out. We're definitely going again this summer.
Maggie
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:25 pm
by snoopysue
Have you been away yet Pete? If so how was it?
We stayed at the Premier Inn in Kingswinford, was okay. We'd rung up to ask if it was possible to check in early as we were going to a wedding that started at 2pm, same as check in. They said if they weren't busy we could, then they rang us back before we left to say we could check in an hour early - we hadn't expected that!!
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:59 pm
by peterd
dont go till july but away before then else where
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:47 pm
by peterd
Rob wrote:Yeah Pete good idea Mally! If you go to Ironbridge can you take a picture of that hotel on or near the bridge what's it called... The Tontino or something like that.
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:08 pm
by Lulu
snoopysue wrote:I forgot one of the obvious places
Chirk Castle (also NT I think is okay), and then if you don't mind heights then there's the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct at Froncysyllte one of Telford's engineering masterpieces. You could also take the A5 up towards Llangollen, it takes you through the Horseshoe Pass, great views.
You're also not too far from Theatre Clwyd, which does have some good plays on (and dead easy parking!), that's just a stone's throw from where I grew up.
Pontcysyllte, if you can stand the heights.
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:59 am
by snoopysue
We were there last year, I couldn't walk over it - only managed about 5 meters!
It might have been better if there was no one else on it, but it was busy the day we were there!
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:35 pm
by nessa
We had a long weekend at Chester 2 weeks ago, I thought Winchester was a lovely city but Chester was so much more, the walk around the walls, and the roman history were brilliant. my husband also enjoyed the cheese shop followed by the whiskey shop, I enjoyed all the shops!! We also had a day at Conwy castle hard work on the legs but well worth it, along with Chirk castle. On the way up to Chester we stopped at Blist Hill museum well worth a visit.
Nessa
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:51 pm
by Lulu
snoopysue wrote:We were there last year, I couldn't walk over it - only managed about 5 meters!
It might have been better if there was no one else on it, but it was busy the day we were there!
My Husband couldn't even set foot on it. When we went to London and crossed the Millennium Bridge, which is only a low footbridge, I suddenly found myself on my own as he sprinted off to get to the other side.
Re: Oswestry & Chester
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:10 pm
by snoopysue
nessa wrote:We had a long weekend at Chester 2 weeks ago, I thought Winchester was a lovely city but Chester was so much more, the walk around the walls, and the roman history were brilliant. my husband also enjoyed the cheese shop followed by the whiskey shop, I enjoyed all the shops!! We also had a day at Conwy castle hard work on the legs but well worth it, along with Chirk castle. On the way up to Chester we stopped at Blist Hill museum well worth a visit.
Nessa
I grew up 20 minutes drive from Chester, so I know all about the shopping! It is good.
Conwy is also worth a visit, as is Bodnant Gardens just up the valley from Conwy. We were in Conwy last summer, my other half thought the little fishing boats quaint - there's nothing like them in Denmark. We used to buy fish from Keith the Fish when I was a child - we could see there was a plaque commemorating him in the harbour.