Accommodation; Downstairs - direct access onto a large child-friendly enclosed garden with a summer house & decking. All with mountain views.
Kitchen fully equipped to ensure ease of catering, including a dishwasher, microwave, electric cooker, fridge, slim chest freezer, washing machine/dryer, ironing facilities, Dualit Expresso machine, cafetiere and toaster, etc. All you need to bring with you is food ( and wine!)
Sitting room - Free-standing oil stove, Satellite TV (freesat) with Samsung Internet TV (Netflix subscription included). Two double sofas. Blue tooth DAB radio. WiFi (av speed 4.5Mb/s).
Downstairs Cloakroom with WC.
Upstairs: Family bathroom: Double ended bath (taps in the middle) chrome mixer power shower over bath. Wash hand basin and WC (personal towels are supplied)
2 Bedrooms . Master bedroom with king size bed has a 32" wide wall mounted flat screen TV second bedroom with two single beds (3.25m by 3.55m).
Due to the old character of the house, the bedrooms ore inter-linked; You go through the master bedroom to reach the second bedroom with the 2 single beds.
All beds are Laura Ashley Victorian style and are already made up on your arrival. Towels provided.
For our younger guests a highchair and wooden cot can be provided. Just let us know beforehand. Stairgates are permanently in place at the top anb bottom of the stairs. Blackout blinds are in place on both bedroom windows.
Guest access
Large enclosed garden - wooded in one part with a 20 metre zip wire between 2 trees - climb onto a platform and zip away! Ample parking. Large enclosed garden - family friendly. Summerhouse with decking & BBQ
Unrestricted access to 35 acres of bluebell woodland and 150 acres of farmland. A footpath from the house can take you to a vantage point at 1,300ft with panoramic view of the Vale of Clwyd (as seen in the picture opposite with sheep in the foreground). Plas yn ial, is the ancestral home of Elihu Yale, who in 1718 helped to establish the famous Yale University in Connecticut, USA, then named after him.
Most Welcome - Children and Babies - cots, high chairs and stair-gates are available, but please bring your own cot bedding.
No dogs sorry
This is a working family farm and so we're usually on hand to greet guests.
Neighbourhood overview;
One of only 8 Protected Landscapes in Wales this 35km chain of heather clad hills and limestone cliffs form a spectacular gateway to North East Wales.The Clwydian Range forms a 35km north – south chain of undulating hills extending to 160 and rising to 554 metres at the summit of Moel Famau in the centre of the area. The hills stretch from the Vale of Clwyd in the west to the foothills of the Dee Estuary to the east; from Prestatyn Hillside in the north to the Nant y Garth pass in the South.Seen at its best from the Vale of Clwyd, the open heather moorland of the high ridge dominates the small hedged fields and coppice woodland of the lower slopesIn places, limestone rock outcrops are exposed in attractive wooded escarpments and on the fringes of the area, highly fertile farmland gives a soft pastoral foreground to the hills. The Offa’s Dyke National Trail follows almost the entire length of the ridge crest.
Getting around; You will definitely need a car
Top 10 things to see & do whilst at Plas yn ial;
1.Do nothing more than stroll around the farm or picnic in the 35 acres of bluebell filled woodland
2.Visit Chirk Castle (National Trust) - the Kids will love the spiral staircases and dungeon - (25mins drive)
3.Visit Erddig (National Trust) – Like ‘Downton Abbey’ you get to see the servants quarters
4.Cycle the 'Black run' at the Llandegla Mountain bike centre (5 mins drive away – you can hire bikes there too
5. Walk the roman city walls of the City of Chester (40mins away)
6.Go to Ruthin to see 3 new attractions; the Goal, the Craft Centre and Nant-Clwyd House (20mins away)
7.Walk to the highest field at Plas yn ial for a stunning view of the Vale of Clwyd
8.Spend a whole day at Chester Zoo (45mins away) Full day required
9.Dine at the Corn Mill, Llangollen, which has a decking on the River Dee; on the bridge and look upstream to see the Mill
10.Visit the Horseshoe falls just beyond Abbey Cruises Abbey – follow the Brown tourist signs. This is where Thomas Telford syphoned water from the River Dee to create the Shropshire union canal.
11.Walk up to Castell Dinas Bran (the Castle high on the hill above Llangollen.
12. Drive through open heather moorland (5mins drive from Plas yn ial)