I'm planning a visit to north wales later this year and the air museum is somewhere im hoping to…read moreget to again. My last visit last summer I was surprised to see the addition of a harrier jet. The collection of aircraft many of which you can sit in makes this museum an instant hit with adults and children alike. The relics from crashed aircraft from north wales are very interesting and the gift shop has plenty of selection.

Very cool tour. Mark Waite the tour leader and owner is a great guide and makes the entire…read moreexperience well worth the price of admission. We saw many things just as they were left when the mine owners shut it down for the final time in 1970 - many remnants dating back to the early 1900's and earlier. We decided on the 4 hour tour and glad we did. The 2 hr tour would have gone by too quickly - but by the 4th hour your ready for it to end. Maybe a 3hr tour would be just right. But regardless, it was a great experience - and really enjoyed learning about slate mining and seeing so many cool authentic tools, blasting caps, nitro glycerin tubes, 100 yr old cigarette packs, newspapers, etc. Remember to dress warm, even though it might be 70º outside, it's like 48º inside the mine.

Great place have been going here since I was a little boy, very informative and amazing to see the…read moreold locomotives

Under the Dinorwig slate quarry is this fantastic museum. Housing the largest waterwheel on…read moremainland Britain. Slate splitting exhibitions and various film shows. Quarrymens housing showing the differences in living standards throughout the ages. Very interesting AND free entrance.

If you think of mining in Wales you normally think of huge slag heaps and grey countryside. Think…read moreagain when you think of gold mining. Dolaucothi is a small site in terms of mining but exceptionally pretty, overlooking the Cothi Valley. Workings in the mines date from Roman times but mining has taken place here as recently as the 1930s. Guided tours will take you through the workings of the mines and show the conditions that were endured. If you have an energectic group you may well find that your guide is prepared to take you on an extended tour which will take in parts of the mines above ground too. For children there is a gold panning set up. The site is suitable for children who are old enough to walk themselves through the tunnels and stairs - it's not suitable for very young children. All must wear hard hats (provided). Although this is true mining and the tunnels quite small in places it is not a very deep mine and shouldn't prove too problematic. A campsite is available on the site with 35 pitches. The shop sells Welsh gold (more expensive than foreign gold).

Thanks to the Ordnance Survey maps, walking your way all over the United Kingdom is pretty easy…read more These maps are so intricately detailed that they manage to capture every last church with a steeple as well as every pub in even the most far flung reaches of Great Britain. After walking around Wales (shout out to Sugar Loaf Mountain!), we were in our cottage one night and turned on the telly to find a program on about the Centre For Alternative Technology. The next day we hopped in our Ford Festiva and made our way there, not realizing how tiny many of the roads we'd need to take were and how much that would add to the total trip. Three hours into a trip we thought would take half that, we arrived at the Centre For Alternative Technology (CAT) which is built on a former slate quarry. True to their mission, "CAT aims to 'inspire, inform, and enable' people to live more sustainably" through education on and demonstration of solar, wind and hydro power as well as organic agriculture and even alternative sewage systems through compost toilets! There's lots to see and do here for kids and adults alike, from swinging on the eco adventure playground to guided tours with knowledgeable environmentalists. Don't miss the gift shop which has an impressive selection of green books (purported to be the largest of its kind in the UK) and even unique accessories like the Celtic knot ring I picked up here.

I recently visited the centre on a weekday. I can imagine it can get quite busy during a weekend. I…read morearrived by car. You can get a discount if you travel by train and then bus. I little difficult if you want to spend some time there. When you arrive you can take the water lift / railway to the top where everything is. Everwhere is well signposted. I got the impression that it had been designed for visitors but now it has been taken over by Academics. All the visitors appeared to be students, teachers or on a course. The different areas dont appear to have been updated for some time. Some have not really had time spent on them since being put together. The food was good in the cafe, however tables were occupied by students using the area as desks. Yes worth a visit but didnt feel I want to become a member. Think I would see the same next time I went.

Amazing location, had the pleasure of attending a wedding here and from the beautiful castle…read moreitself, the gardens were also so well cared for it was the perfect venue; however inside the museum is an absolute wonder and the staff are very helpful, knowledgeable and really work to help you enjoy your visit and get the most out of your time there in this historical place. Would highly recommended and is located very central to Shrewsbury town centre

I always feel like I scare people away when I go sightseeing. This was another place where my…read moreparents and I were the only people we saw during our entire visit here! Luckily, it had stopped raining long enough for us to tour the grounds and take a look around. There were beautiful flower gardens and veiws from the tower. We did not go inside so I'm not sure if you're even able to get inside, and if you are, what it is like inside.

A museum to 'the man who won the war' - that is the first world war - and friend and mentor to…read moreWinston Churchill. The chap who kicked off the welfare state, his 1909 budget was life-changing for many. Rather than being buried in Westminster Abbey he chose to be buried next to his beloved river Dwyfor, nearby this museum, which includes the house he was brought up in. An eye-opener.

The museum itself is quite small and old fashioned, but you can learn some interesting things about…read moreLloyd George. Much more interesting is the house he lived in, which has been restored to a period look.