A teenage boy whose body was discovered in a lake near a UK castle has been identified publicly for the first time today. Libya-born student Ashamekh Bortata, from Liverpool, was tragically found ...

The body of a 17-year-old boy has been found in a lake near a castle in North Wales. Emergency services were scrambled to Chirk Castle in Wrexham on Tuesday afternoon after a report that a teenage boy ...

A winter’s hard work by artist Matthew Wood at Chirk Castle is now on display. Matthew spent the winter months hard at work trying to capture views of Chirk normally unseen by visitors, as well as ...

An archaeological dig at 13th Century Chirk Castle is trying to determine the age of Britain's longest ancient monument. Offa's Dyke runs 177 miles (285km) from Chepstow to Prestatyn and takes its ...

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Chirk Castle has a rich history and this makes us the ideal venue for the thousands of school children we welcome to Chirk Castle each year covering subjects from the Tudors to Victorian Christmas.

Items being cleaned include a silk settee and books dating to the 16th Century Housework taking three months to complete has started at Chirk Castle. Four conservation experts have begun the ...

A NEW straw castle attraction is coming to the UK this summer as part of a series of activities being planned for the holidays. With the school break starting next week, parents everywhere will be ...

An archaeological dig at 13th Century Chirk Castle is trying to determine the age of Britain's longest ancient monument. Offa's Dyke runs 177 miles (285km) from Chepstow to Prestatyn and takes its ...