Chirk

Chirk (Y Waun in Welsh meaning The Moor) is town with a population of around 4,500 situated between Wrexham and Oswestry. The Wales/England border is immediately south of the town, on the other side of the River Ceiriog.

Chirk Castle, a National Trust property, is a medieval castle. Other attractions in the town include a section of Offa's Dyke and the Chirk Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal, built in 1801 by Thomas Telford.