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| Highlights |  | Events
Including medieval festival, craft fairs, living history, children's events and family Thursdays in summer school holidays. Snowdrop walks in February. 'Victorian Christmas at the Castle' in December. Send sae for details |  | Guided tours
Special interest tours by arrangement (15+), Wed–Fri am only. Connoisseurs' tour, veteran trees, Head Gardener tour, historic laundry tour. Conservation in action and roof-top tours daily from 11, 15 March–2 Nov. Sunrise beind-the-scene tours, 2–17 Feb on open days |  | Country walks
Circular 1¼ml walk through historic parkland, with ancient trees and wild flowers |
About this property
Completed in 1310, Chirk is the last Welsh castle from the reign of Edward I still lived in today. Features from its 700 years include the medieval tower and dungeon, 18th-century servants' hall and 20th-century laundry. There is also a 17th-century Long Gallery and grand 18th-century state apartments, with elaborate plasterwork, Adam-style furniture, tapestries and portraits. In the award-winning gardens are clipped yews, herbaceous borders and a stunning shrub garden, with many rare varieties. Other areas are more informal, with a thatched 'Hawk House' and rock garden. A terrace with stunning views looks out over the Cheshire and Salop plains and leads to a classical pavilion and 17th-century lime tree avenue. The 18th-century parkland provides a habitat for rare invertebrates and contains many mature trees and also some splendid wrought-iron gates, made in 1719 by the Davies brothers.
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