Chirk is a Town in the county of Wrexham (Wrecsam).

Chirk postcode: LL14 5EZ

Retail in Chirk

There are great places to visit near Chirk including some great towns and historic buildings.

There are a several good towns in the area around Chirk like Wrexham.

St Giles Church in Wrexham is a great place to visit close to Chirk if you like historic buildings.

Chirk History

There are some historic monuments around Chirk:

• Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge
• Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Middle Sontley to Black Brook Bridge
• Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard, Dudleston
• Offa's Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long, at Careg-y-Big
• Offa's Dyke: Section S of Aberderfyn Road
• Whittington Castle
• Cryn-y-Brain Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: Chirk Castle Section extending NE from Castle Mill
• Wat's Dyke:80m long section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of Oswestry Castle
• Erddig Mound & Bailey Castle
• Offa's Dyke: Chirk Park Section extending NE from the Lake
• Craig-y-Forwyn Cairn
• Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park
• A 1.43km length of the Ellesmere Canal and associated features at Chirk Bank
• Penycae Cairn
• Darland Wood Round Barrows
• Wat's Dyke: section 350m long, 540m east of Weston Farm
• Trefarclawdd colliery remains immediately north of Pottery Cottages
• Offa's Dyke: section 170m south-east of Fron
• Hadfod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow
• Roman military site at Rhyn Park
• Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church
• Ring cairn and Selattyn Tower on Selattyn Hill
• Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long, E of Llawnt
• Bersham Colliery: No 2 Winding Gear
• Croes-Foel Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: section 410m long, E of Llawnt
• Offa's Dyke: section 250yds (230m) long, S of Careg-y-Big
• Offa's Dyke: Caeau-Gwynion Section
• The Holyhead Road: the Chirk Embankment and earlier trackways
• Offa's Dyke: Section N & S of Tan-y-Cut
• Wat's Dyke: 180m long section, 170m east of Pentre-wern
• Two Cairns on Ruabon Mountain
• Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley
• Moated Site near Groesfoel Farm, Rhostyllen
• Offa's Dyke: Section S of Bryn yr Owen Farm
• Wat's Dyke, 420m long section, 190m west of the junction between Preeshenlle Lane and St Martin's Road
• Offa's Dyke: Pentre-Bychan Hall Section, extending 540m S from Bron-Wylfa
• Wat's Dyke: 365m long section, extending from 45m north east of Gate House on Shrewsbury Road
• Wynnstay Colliery Walker Fan House
• Wat's Dyke: 140m long section, 370m south west of Gobowen Station
• Castell Brogyntyn ringwork castle 300m north east of Brogyntyn Farm
• Motte castle adjacent to Oaklands Hall, Chirk Bank
• Offa's Dyke: section one mile 1000yds (2520m) long, N of Llanforda Mill
• Motte castle at Hisland
• Castell y Waun Castle Mound
• Wat's Dyke, 380m long section, immediately east of the Sewage Works
• Offa's Dyke: section 1300yds (1190m) long, N from Careg-y-Big
• Offa's Dyke: Section N & S of Plas-Offa
• Gardden Camp
• Wynnstay Colliery Winding Engine House
• Bryn-y-Castell and a section of Wat's Dyke adjacent to Preeshenlle United Reformed Church
• Offa's Dyke: section two miles 780yds (3930m) long, from the stream W of Brook Cottage, Selattyn, to footpath crossing dyke W of Bron-y-Garth Also in Clwyd: Wales
• Ruabon Mountain Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: section 550yds (500m) long, on Bakers Hill
• Offa's Dyke: Chirk Park Section extending 340m NE of Home Farm
• Eglwyseg Mountain Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: Section extending 120m from Railway to Bronwylfa Road, Legacy
• Creigiau Eglwyseg Round Barrow
• Offa's Dyke: Cadwgan Hall Section, extending from River Clywedog to the Railway
• Pont y Cysylltau
• Offa's Dyke: Section N of Home Farm
• Cefn y Cist Cairn
• Wat's Dyke: 375m long section immediately south of Middleton Road and west of Laburnum Drive
• Orseddwen cairn
• Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort
• Old Oswestry hillfort, and two adjacent sections of Wat's Dyke
• Offa's Dyke: Section from Footpath S of Pen-y-Bryn to Orseddwen
• Pen y Gaer Hillfort
• Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Black Brook Bridge to Pentre-Clawdd
• Cefn y Gader Round Barrows
• Offa's Dyke: Sections N & S of Bryn yr Owen Colliery
• Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, N of Pentre-Shannel
• Cadwgan Hall Mound
• Graig cairn
• Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section
• Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, S of Pen-y-Bryn Also in Clwyd: Wales
• Wat's Dyke, 490m long section, immediately north and south of Preeshenelle Bridge
• Creigiau Eglwyseg Stone Circle
• Offa's Dyke: section 380m west of Pottery Cottages
• Wat's Dyke: 110m long section, 620m south east of Henlle Home Farm
• Eyton Old Hall Moat