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Bodelwyddan

St Margaret’s Parish Church is known as the Marble Church, and was built between 1856 and 1860 by Lady Willoughby de Broke as a memorial to her husband. The landmark white spire is of local limestone, while inside is an arcade made of 14 different types of marble. In the churchyard are buried several Canadian soldiers from a nearby camp who were shot for mutiny in 1918.

Opposite the eye-catching church stands Bodelwyddan Castle, a magnificent Victorian country house and estate that occupies the site of a 15th-century house. The castle is the Welsh home of the National Portrait Gallery, and, as well as the wonderful collection of Victorian portraits on display, visitors can see furniture on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum and sculptures from the Royal Academy. Anyone tiring of the glorious pieces exhibited here can relax and play with one of several hands-on Victorian games and inventions in the gallery, while outside are picnic tables, an adventure playground, maze, terrace café and secret woodland walk. A hands-on science centre is the latest attraction.

18th and 19th-century landscaped parkland surrounds the castle and here, too, is an Arts and Crafts walled garden originally planted by TH Mawson, with some redesign work undertaken by H Moggridge in 1980. One of the many interesting features here is a ‘centrally heated’ garden wall – a high brick wall with built-in fireplaces and flues to keep frost at bay.