The Seven Wonders of Wales

Pistyll Rhaeadr

Is the tallest waterfall in Wales. Located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, it is formed by the Afon Disgynfa river. It passes over a 240-foot (75 m) Silurian cliff-face, after which the river is known as the Afon Rhaeadr. Pistyll Rhaeadr, whose name means the "spring of the waterfall", it is a site of special scientific Interest. The 19th century author George Borrow remarked of the waterfall, "I never saw water falling so gracefully, so much like thin, beautiful threads as here".

Wrexham Steeple

Is the 16th-century tower of St. Giles church.

Overton yew trees

Are ancient yew trees in the churchyard at St Mary's in Overton-on-Dee.

St Winefride's Well

Is a holy well located in Holywell, in Flintshire in North Wales. It is the oldest continuously operating pilgrimage site on Great Britain.

The healing waters have been said to cause miraculous cures, since some Christians believe Saint Winefride had her severed head rejoined to her body at that location in 660. The spring is said to have risen from the location where her decapitated head fell before she was resurrected by her uncle, Saint Beuno.

The holy well is known as "the Lourdes of Wales" and is mentioned in an old rhyme. It has been a pilgrimage site since the 7th century.

After a shrine was established in Shrewsbury around 1138, it and St Winefride's Well became important destinations of pilgrimages. Some of the structures at the well date from the reign of King Henry VII, or earlier. Later King Henry VIII caused the shrine and saintly relics to be destroyed, but some have been recovered to be housed at Shrewsbury and Holywell.

James II is known to have visited the well with his wife Mary of Modena, after several failed attempts to produce an heir to the throne. Shortly after this visit, Mary became pregnant with a son, James.

The Jesuits have traditionally supported the holy well.

Llangollen

Is a small town in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee, which is famous for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the Llangollen Canal (whose Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is nearby), and the Llangollen Railway.

According to an anonymous rhyme, the bridge over the Dee is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales.

To the south of the town is Plas Newydd ("New Place" or "New Hall"), where the Ladies of Llangollen (Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler) lived.

Above the town to the north is Castell Dinas Bran. The area nearest to the castle is known as the Panorama Walk, and a monument to local poet I.D. Hooson (from the nearby village of Rhosllanerchrugog) can be found there.

Beyond the castle is the limestone escarpment known as the Eglwyseg Rocks. The outcrop continues north to the area known as World's End.

Llangollen hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1908.

In 2002, the Rainhill locomotive trials were restaged in Llangollen.

In 2002, as part of a publicity effort, many local businesses agreed to accept the Euro during the week of the Eisteddfod, which attracts many European competitors. Three years later, there are still several establishments in Llangollen, which continue to accept the Euro, but most have ceased to do so.

Gresford bells

All Saints' Church in the village of Gresford near Wrexham is one of the most beautiful churches in the whole of Wales. Perched above the vale of the Alyn, still on a pillar of coal, its tower with most notable peal of bells has dominated the skyline for centuries. Its architecture internally warmed with wood, lit by mediaeval stained glass, it thrills but does not overawe.

Snowdon

Is the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest British mountain south of the Scottish Highlands. Its summit is known as Yr Wyddfa (meaning "the tumulus". The English name Snowdon comes from Saxon "Snow Dun", meaning "snow hill".

It is located in the Snowdonia National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) in the county of Gwynedd. The whole park is very popular with tourists, especially for hiking, and Snowdon is one of the greatest attractions. As the highest peak in Wales, Snowdon is one of three mountains climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge.

Snowdon offers some of the most extensive views in the British Isles, on exceptionally clear days, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales are all visible, as well as 24 counties, 29 lakes and 17 islands. The view between Snowdon and Merrick (southern Scotland) is the longest theoretical line of sight in the British Isles at 144 miles (232 km).

Snowdon has six ridges, these are steep and rocky to the north and east, shallower and grassy, but more remote to the south and west. There are many cwms formed by glaciation in the ice age, some filled with lakes.

Subsidiary summits include Garnedd Ugain (1,065 m), the knife-edge summit of Crib Goch (923 m), Y Lliwedd (898 m) and Yr Aran (747 m).