30 Minute Walk with the Pooch

Hi Lucy here, you can’t live in Wrexham and have never visited Alyn Waters, that would be a crime but for all those outside of Wrexham I thought I’d share my Alyn Waters Country Park walk with you. If I was a tour guide, which I’m not, this would be a place I’d insist you go before or after visiting Hope Mountain.

Think of this area as a big old country park split into two by the River Alyn. You don’t need a map once you are there, just walk the paths it is amazing.

Follow My Walk

On Tuesday I started my walk from the Gwersyllt side, but you can start from Llay or the Mold Road which is the main entrance.

If you are driving you can, like me, use the free car park on the Gwersyllt side of the park, there is a main pay and display carpark but I have lived around here too long to know you don’t really need to pay to park with it being so accessible from all different areas of Wrexham. This is probably not what Wrexham Council would want me to tell you though.

The pathways around the whole of the park are very well maintained, perfect for everyone. It was very quiet at the time of my walk around 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon. I have been down on weekends before and it can get pretty busy mid week is always quieter. 

Dogs Paddling in the Water

I walked the route past the river which is always so popular on a summers day, full of families and dogs having a paddle. Throughout the park there are different pathways and shortcuts so I suggest if you are a first time visitor, enjoy the walk and venture around the different pathways, some are circular, some are through the woods and see where they lead you, you can’t get lost.

There is a variety of grassland, wild orchards, specieis of birds and insects like the river Kingfisher, or the native grass snake not that I’ve seen either of these but people have and you could too. I think it’s a special part of Wales and I hope you choose to do my walk someday soon.

Love Lucy & Pooch X