Plas yn Yale with amazing mountain views 4StarWTB

Get away from it all and gaze at stunning views of beautiful mountains. Family-friendly farm holiday. Relax on the decking of the new summer house or enjoy the thrill of the 20m zip-wire in the garden. This cosy 4-star accommodation is set in 200 acres of parkland and woodland for you to explore. Follow a guided trial from your front door to a panoramic 360 vantage point in 20mins with views of the Vale of Clwyd. Family-friendly. 2 miles from Llandegla Mountain Bike Centre. Parking 2/3 cars The space Accommodation; Downstairs - direct access to a large child-friendly enclosed garden with panoramic mountain views and garden furniture. Kitchen, with dining table - fully equipped to ensure ease of catering, including a dishwasher, microwave, electric cooker, fridge, slim chest freezer, washing machine/dryer, ironing facilities, Dualit Expresso machine, cafetiere and toaster, etc. Tea towels and dishcloths are supplied. Sitting room - Free-standing oil stove, Satellite TV (freesat) with Samsung Internet TV (Netflix subscription included). Two double sofas. iPod docking station. DAB radio. WiFi (av speed 4.5Mb/s) Downstairs Cloakroom with WC Upstairs: Bathroom: Double-ended bath (taps in the middle) chrome mixer power shower over bath. Wash hand basin and WC (personal towels are supplied) 2 Bedrooms. The bedroom with the king-size bed has a 32" wide wall mounted flat screen TV 1 bedroom with a king-size bed, one bedroom with two single beds (3.25m by 3.55m). Due to the old character of the house, the bedrooms on the 1st floor are interlinked; it is necessary to go through the bedroom with the kingsize bed to reach the bedroom with the 2 single beds. All beds are Laura Ashley Victorian style and are already made up on your arrival. Towels provided. Highchair & Wooden cot available - please let us know beforehand Woodchip sourced from managing woodland on farm is fed into a Biomass Boiler which heats the whole house. Guest access Large enclosed garden - wooded in one part with a 20 metre zip wire between 2 trees - climb onto a platform and slip away! Ample parking. Large enclosed garden - family friendly. Unrestricted access to 35 acres of bluebell woodland and 150 acres of farmland. A courtesy footpath from the house takes you to a vantage point at 1,300ft with panoramic view of the Vale of Clwyd (as seen in the picture opposite with sheep in the foreground). Plas yn Yale / Plas yn ial, is the ancestral home of Elihu Yale, who in 1718 helped to establish the famous Yale University in Connecticut, USA, which was named after him. Most Welcome - Children and Babies - cots, high chairs and stair-gates are available on request, but please bring your own cot bedding. Sorry no pets Other things to note Top 10 things to see & do whilst at Plas yn Yale / Plas yn ial 1.Walk to the highest point at Plas yn Yale / Plas yn ial for a stunning 360 degree view of the Vale of Clwyd 2.Visit Chirk Castle (National Trust) - the Kids will love the spiral staircases and dungeon - (25mins drive) 3.Visit Erddig (National Trust) – Like ‘Downton Abbey’ you get to see the servants quarters 4.Cycle the 'Black run' at the Llandegla Mountain bike centre (5 mins drive away – you can hire bikes there too 5. Walk the roman city walls of the City of Chester (40mins away) 6.Go to Ruthin to see 3 new attractions; the Goal, the Craft Centre and Nant-Clwyd House (20mins away) 7.Spend a whole day at Chester Zoo (45mins away) Full day required 8.Dine at the Corn Mill, Llangollen, which has a decking on the River Dee;....stand on the bridge and look upstream to see the Mill 9.Visit the Horseshoe falls just beyond Abbey Cruises Abbey – follow the Brown tourist signs. This is where Thomas Telford syphoned water from the River Dee to create the Shropshire union canal. 10.Walk up to Castell Dinas Bran (the Castle high on the hill above Llangollen. History of the House and the 'Yale' connection Plas yn Yale is the ancestral home of the Yale family. A notable members of the family include Linus Yale who in 1840 began designing and manufacturing a series of bank locks in America, which developed into the world-renowned 'Yale Lock' company manufacturing locks and security systems. The house is also known by its Welsh name Plas yn iâl: translated as ‘Hall in iâl’ The house is situated in the iâl valley; iâl means fertile in Welsh and is pronounced ‘yal’. During the Conquest of Wales by Edward I, Iâl was taken very early on and added to the county of Shropshire, anglicised as Yale. However, it remained Welsh in culture and retained Welsh laws and customs until the reinstatement of Yale in Wales by decree of the Statute of Rhuddlan.