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Llangollen Wales

Should you be planning to drive to Llangollen, do make sure you leave enough time. Whether you’re coming from Wrexham or Chirk in the east, or Snowdonia in the west, the roads are of the sinuous, single-carriageway sort to make haring along at pace highly inadvisable. But equally pertinently, as the River Dee snakes its way alongside you through the north Welsh hills, you’ll want to be able to take in the scenery. This is a very eye-catching part of the world.

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