Chirk is a compact border village in the county borough of Wrexham in northeast Wales, sitting where the wooded Ceiriog Valley meets the lowlands of Shropshire. It’s best known for the medieval Chirk Castle, and for the waterways that thread the area - the village lies beside the River Ceiriog and the Llangollen Canal, with the striking Chirk Aqueduct nearby and the UNESCO‑famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct a short distance away.
Today Chirk combines a small local economy of light industry and services with tourism and outdoor recreation; canal boating, walking and cycling are popular, and the village is also a commuter stop on the Shrewsbury–Chester line. Its mix of industrial heritage, attractive countryside and easy road and rail links gives it a quietly distinctive character on the edge of Wales.
Postcode districts covering Chirk
Most populated places nearby
- Chester 18.9 miles
- Chester Castle 18.4 miles
- Shrewsbury 19.8 miles
- Wrexham 8.3 miles
- Buckley 16.2 miles
- Flint 21.6 miles
- Hawarden 17.7 miles
- Rhosllannerchrugog 4.9 miles
- Oswestry 5.7 miles
- Oswestry Rural 7.2 miles
- Brymbo 9.5 miles
- Nantwich 24.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Chirk South Ward 0.5 miles
- Chirk Bank Built-up area 1 mile
- Chirk North Ward 1.1 miles
- Weston Rhyn Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Rhoswiel Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Froncysyllte Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Cefn East Ward 2.3 miles
- St. Martins Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Acrefair and Cefn-mawr Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Llangollen Rural Parish 2.8 miles
- Acrefair North Ward 3.1 miles
- Cefn Parish 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Chirk
LL14 5HY, LL14 5PA, LL14 5NG, LL14 5PU, LL14 5BP, LL14 5LH, LL14 5PR, LL14 5BS, LL14 5EZ … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 28.6 miles
- Manchester Airport 43.3 miles
- Chirk Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Gobowen Railway Station 3.2 miles
- Wrexham Bus Station 8 miles
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Schools in Chirk
- Ysgol Y Waun Primary
Local points of interest
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 2.2 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 4.5 miles
- Valle Crucis Abbey Archaeological site 6.1 miles
- Erddig Country house 6.4 miles
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 6.7 miles
- Aston Hall Estate 7.7 miles
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 8.1 miles
- Whattal Castle Historic site 10 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 10.1 miles
- Poulton Abbey Historic site 14.2 miles
- Berwyn Mountains 15.1 miles
- Eaton Hall Estate 15.3 miles