National Trust - Chirk Castle

This is a whole day attraction. As you will not only be visiting the castle interior but the grounds and gardens.It is National Trust and has a £15 entrance fee for adults. Parking is free. There is a free shuttle bus to take you to and from the castle, if you do not wish to walk up the winding road to the entrance gate.The interior has people in each section to answer questions. As well as information journals on the rooms history and the items within.The castle is over several levels and even into its dungeon.Great for the family. The castle that is, not the dungeon.

Had a really enjoyable afternoon there, about 5 1/2hrs. There was seating for food when you got there, easy access toilets. The ice-cream was best by the first area rather than in the actual castle grounds. Good park, beautiful gardens, nice rooms in castle though less than I expected. Would go back.

A great day out. Wonderful parkland, woods and formal gardens to walk around. Castle tour inside is worth while and there are two cafes and a shop on site. NT properties are really worth while visiting.

We have never been before but glad we went today. Lots of free parking and a shuttle bus to take you up the hill which was nice. The Gardens were lovely and the castle was nice, not many rooms to look at but enough to spend a few hours with an ice-cream at the end. The volunteers were friendly and the shop well stocked. Beautiful views of the Staffordshire and Cheshire plains.

Great day out. If these walls could talk they would have some great tales to tell. Really enjoyed seeing everything from the dungeon to the stately rooms to the servants room. After a lovely coffee from the cafe it was a lovely walk around the beautiful gardens.If you can get on the guided tour I'd highly recommend it, there is some fascinating stories.There isn't much time to take any photos on the tour but that's ok as you can go back round afterwards on your own and take as much time as you want and as many photos as you want then.

A lovely place to walk around. The castle itself was lovely however if you aren't a national trust member, it would be a bit pricey for a relatively small indoor space to walk around and enjoy.

Brilliant little castle to visit with National Trust membership, well preserved with plenty of history and a nice tour of the castle and museum. Fantastic views for lunch. Just be weary of the walk up the hill although there is a shuttle for those with mobility issues.

Beautiful Castle, beautiful gardens, beautiful Forest, archery games, dogs welcome outside and inside the main centre part of Castle which is all open as it has no roof, outside seating for cafe so dogs are welcome there. interesting history inside the Castle, very interesting costumes to look at and try on, they have a cafe, toilets, disabled access downstairs, although there are stairs which can be very steep if walking up the turrets. No lift available for disabled people unfortunately. However, for disabled people, there is still lots to see around and inside the Castle as well as the gardens, food produce growing Garden's which feed the cafe, and forestry tracks

It was a very rainy day when we visited Chirk Castle and the gardens there. We just missed the castle tour but instead took the garden tour conducted by Marilyn. A very informative session and even though it was very wet, the vastness of the gardens and the amount of work and effort it takes to maintain the grounds was evident. Marilyn was very knowledgeable about the herb gardens and we enjoyed our tour despite the weather.As for the castle, many of the rooms could be better illuminated, which is why I did not rate the castle 5.