How to Find Us

Welcome to the Location section, here you will find useful information on how to find us, where to park and local information (accommodation etc..........)

 Llangollen is located in North East Wales and is quite close to the Welsh/English border as shown on the Map below: -

Did you know that Llangollen is only a 90 minute drive from Birmingham. Other typical driving times are: - Manchester - 80 Mins Crewe - 60 Mins Shrewsbury - 45 Mins Chester - 40 Mins Preston - 90 Mins Worcester - 120 Mins Derby - 120 Mins Stoke - 80 Mins Liverpool - 60 Mins Gloucester - 140 Mins Oxford - 160 Mins Northampton - 140 Mins Leeds - 120 Mins

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Travelling by Car: -

Llangollen is on the A5, A539 and A542, and is well signposted from surrounding areas. From the Midlands, follow the M54, and then the A5 and A483. From the Manchester / Liverpool / Chester area, follow the M56, M53, A54 and A483 to Wrexham, and then signs along the A539 to Llangollen. 

Carrog which is our current Western terminus, is located further West along the A5. To find the station, turn off the A5 at Llidiart y Parc following the sign for Carrog.

In addition to the  image above,  larger scale maps can be found on the  multimap website by clicking on the following links to
maps for  Llangollen  or Carrog.

Other useful sites to help plan your route are: -

The AA has a route planner on its website which can be located at  www.theaa.com 

 The RAC also has a route planner on its website which can be located at www.rac.co.uk 

Travelling by Rail: -

The nearest network station is 5 miles from Llangollen at Ruabon (National Rail can be contacted by phone on 08457 484950, there is also a website which can be found at www.nationalrail.co.uk ) We will be running an hourly bus service between Ruabon and Llangollen on each day of the Gala.  This service will coincide with  the arrival/departure of the hourly Arriva Trains service at Ruabon.  The Arriva Trains website can be found at www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk .  Our hourly bus service will operate between 9am and 6pm on Friday & Saturday and 10am to 6pm on the Sunday. 

Travelling by Bus: -

Bus services do operate to and from Llangollen.  For more information about routes and times please ring 0870 6082608.

Alternatively you might like to try looking at the following sites which may contain useful information on Bus services in the area: -

UK Public Transport Information Site (www.traveline.org.uk)

Bryn Melyn Limited (Local Bus company which runs services between Llangollen and the surrounding area)