Chirk



Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun) is a town in the county borough of Wrexham, North Wales. The town is on the Welsh border near Oswestry.

By road
Chirk is on the A5 London to Holyhead trunk road, close to its junction with the A483 Swansea to Chester road.

By rail
is on the Shrewsbury to Chester line.


 * Wrexham and Shropshire Railways operate a direct link from London Marylebone via Banbury and Walsall/Birmingham (Tame Bridge Parkway Station).
 * Arriva Trains Wales operate direct services to Chirk from Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Chester, Wrexham, Holyhead.

By boat
Chirk Marina is located on the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.

Go next

 * Oswestry
 * Ellesmere
 * Llangollen