Country Life
Cheshire
Cheshire is a beautiful rural county with some wonderful villages. Most of the industry is in the North adjacent to the Mersey. Towns in the east of Cheshire form Manchester's most affluent commuter belt with some of the UK's highest property prices outside the Home Counties. Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, reputably the UK's wealthiest resident lives at Eaton Hall near Chester. www.visitcheshire.com
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is largely a rural county which has tourism and agriculture as the main industries. It covers an area which runs from the North Wales coastal resorts of Rhyl and Prestatyn down through the Vale of Clwyd, south as far as Corwen and the popular tourist town of Llangollen. Along the way it takes in the historic towns of Rhuddlan, Denbigh and Ruthin, each with its own castle, and the tiny cathedral city of St. Asaph. The A55 Expressway gives speedy links to the Irish ferry routes at Holyhead, airports at Manchester and Liverpool, and the major UK networks. There are also direct train services from Rhyl to Cardiff (three and half hours), London (three hours) and other major UK towns and cities.
Flintshire
Flintshire, which is home to moneysupermarket.com, has Cheshire to the east, Denbighshire to the west and Wrexham to the south. The market town of Mold has a world class theatre, Theatr Clwyd. Hawarden, which borders Ewloe, is rich in history. It has two castles; one given by William the Conqueror to his nephew Hugh 'the Loop' Lupus, the other the home of four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone. Caerwys is one of the smallest towns in Britain with a Royal Charter.
Wrexham
Wrexham is an up and coming area which has recevied huge regeneration investment over the past few years. On the outskirts villages such as Rossett, Marchwiel, Erddig, Erbistock and Bangor on Dee boast riverfront locations and a rich heritage, while Wrexham itself has much shopping and nightlife.
The Snowdonia National Park
The Snowdonia National Park, which has the evocative Welsh name of 'Eryri' meaning ' the place of the eagles', is an area of outstanding natural beauty covering 838 square miles and containing some of the most magnificent scenery in the country: www.snowdoniaguide.com
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