@@TheOakFamTravel Yes nice here im from another town with a castle not far from conwy called Caernarfon you probably know of it were king charles got made the prince of wales back in 1969
Only a few,of those black and white buildings in Chester are really Tudor. Most are mock-Tudor, built by the Victorians, a couple of centuries ago. But a few are from the 1500s. Underneath some of the shops you’ll find some big Roman columns. You used to be able to go into this old-fashioned ladies clothes shop and ask to see the old ruins. The shop assistants always used to joke that visitors didn’t mean them! Lo and behold! Two flights of stairs down and you were back in Roman Britain.
The castle at Llangollen (Castell Dinas Bran) is a Welsh castle ie built by the Welsh royalty, whereas Conwy Castle is an English-built castle, built by the English King Edward 1 to subjugate the Welsh. It has great town walls and has UNESCO World Heritage status.
Anyone who is born within the walls of Conwy is known as a Jackdaw. And not going to Snowdon was the correct decision with the weather in Llandudno like that. Also around Llandudno there are wooden sculptures of "Alice in Wonderland". And also there are copper mines which are only 4000 years old.
@@mariapierce2707 Also they missed the smallest house in Britain when they were in Conwy. And also just below Conwy castle next to the road bridge is the Rail bridge built by Robert Stephenson and in-between them is the suspension bridge built by Thomas Telford.
Great to see you visiting places off the main tourist route for foreign visitors, there are so many beautiful places in the uk and such a shame that visitors only do the brochure choices which are overpriced and crowded . Caernarfon and Harlech castles are a must see if you’re in Wales again.
What you were calling "the outer wall" is the town wall. Not only did the English build the castle, but a whole town for their supporters to live in, complete with its own walls.It's not near the sea by accident. All of Edward I's castles in North Wales were built near the coast, so that they could be supplied by sea.
the black white is called. Tudor Style. Sometimes it is original sometimes it is replica called Mock-Tudor. Timber buildings used to be plentiful in Britain until the ship building era.
The white buildings with black beams in Chester are from the Elizabethan period (think Shakespeare/Elizabeth I time) and there are examples elsewhere in England, including Stratford-Upon-Avon (Shakespeares birth place). Enjoyed your video.
You pronounce Welsh names much better than most of us English do. Even down to the double 'L' , 'Thlan' not 'Clan' as most English say them !! Well done, yep Wales is lovely.
*North Wales, not Northern Wales. "Gogledd Cymru" as we say here. As a rule, if you see the letter "C", it is always a "hard C sound " (always pronounced with a 'K, like the word "Climate or Crematorium), as oppsoed to a soft C sound like "celery" or "cereal" etc. Also a 'dd' ("double D") is always pronounced as "th". So "Gogledd Cymru" (North Wales) becomes "gog-leth-cwm-ree".
As a gog, I prefer "northern Wales". There is no geographically defined area called "North Wales". No border between the north and the south. We're all one country. Just like there is no "North England", there shouldn't be a "North Wales".
I live near Llandudno, there's a cool story about a local warrior called Ednyfed Fychan who in a battle against the Earl of Chester cut off 3 lords heads and presented them to Llywelyn the Great, the Prince of Wales, from then on his family crest had 3 heads on it, the remains of his house called Llys Euryn are on the side of a hill a few miles from Llandudno. I love Conwy castle, it is stunning and I'd strongly advise anyone to visit Llangollen during the amazing International Eisteddfod they have there every year, which is mind-blowing!
Arundel Castle is nearly 1,000 years old and in equally stunning countryside within a picture-postcard town. It’s also a lot more in tact inside and out. You won’t believe it when you see it. It’s incredible, like a castle in a fairytale.
There are actually lots of towns on a par with Chester for Tudor buildings, cathedrals and castles, many of which were once Roman towns - for example, Durham (an absolute must-see), Arundel (a castle to die for) and Chichester. That’s just for starters. Also, you’ll find similar scenery to Wales in the Westcountry, especially Exmoor National Park (on a clear day you can see across the Bristol Channel to the Brecon Beacons in Wales).
I live in Wrexham, which is half way between Chester and Llangollen. We have a great rivalry with Chester. Look us up on Ryan Reynolds’ TV series “Welcome to Wrexham”. I’m glad to hear and see your enjoyment of my homeland. Well done with the pronunciation of the Welsh placenames btw.
The most notable thing about Llangollen is the annual International Eisteddfod. It is a week-long festival of music, dance, the arts, and culture which has been attracting tens of thousands from throughout the world since its inception 75 years ago. It was initially designed to bring together youth in friendly musical competition from the countries which had been at war for six years. It is in June every year. BTW, the biggest and most famous of Edward's castles in Wales is at Caernarfon.
I am glad you visited Chester. Its such an Historic City. It seems to me that when people from oversees visit here its always London, Or close to it. But its so expensive. I live close to an Historic town called Ormskirk in Lancashire. Its next to the boarder of Liverpool. From my location you can visit The places you have in a day. The City of York can even be visited within a day, But a long day though. Cumbria and the lakes can be visited in a day. Manchester is only an hour away. The town of Southport and Blackpool are close by also. As a Brit, If i was visiting i would choose somewhere close to my present location. But would give it at least 2 weeks. Or it would be too much and exhausting. Am i biased. Hell yes. I love Britain's rural lands and its History.
No offence, genuinely, your videos are excellent, but I do wish Americans would stop telling people that places are 'the best' when they've hardly been anywhere else😱 Chester is beautiful the cathedral.is beautiful, but you need to see York Minster, York or Canterbury Cathedral and a whole lot of others before you can say that........I'll let you off though because although I live in London I come from.Manchester...👍👍 😉I used to live in Chester, it's the most complete Elizabethan town you can find, Stratford Upon Avon too....but that's not old to us😂😂😂Old is Roman or Anglo Saxon. Scone with breakfast....very weird 😂 but you obviously love what you're doing ....it shows...👍😃
Hi. I used to live in Wrexham and a few other near by places. I used the term northern wales to speak in terms of foreigners. This video wasn’t made for locals lol.
My middle name is llewellyn which is what the last prince of Wales was calld and yes I speak Welsh but am half English so I'm 100%white British and proud of both cultures and tbh Welsh,English,Scots and Irish have bin sleeping with each other so I very much doubt any of us r pure bred but mongrels r best👊😁❤...also my friend u have an attraction nxt to u every morning 😉
Very shocked you said you don't have ancient historia site in the USA. You have plenty but as they are generally Native American sites the European imagrant decendents have generally ignored them
In your opinion, its possibly the best English Town??... how many have you actually been too? And you dont have anything from the roman empire in the USA?...... you dont fuckin say....
Hi I have been to quite a few English towns seeing as I used to live there! Chester is one of my favs. It is ok if it isn't one of your favorites though.
Welcome to Wales🏴 and thanks for the nice video of Wales it nice to see Americans know about wales😊
It is one of my favorite places!
@@TheOakFamTravel Yes nice here im from another town with a castle not far from conwy called Caernarfon you probably know of it were king charles got made the prince of wales back in 1969
Only a few,of those black and white buildings in Chester are really Tudor. Most are mock-Tudor, built by the Victorians, a couple of centuries ago. But a few are from the 1500s. Underneath some of the shops you’ll find some big Roman columns. You used to be able to go into this old-fashioned ladies clothes shop and ask to see the old ruins. The shop assistants always used to joke that visitors didn’t mean them! Lo and behold! Two flights of stairs down and you were back in Roman Britain.
How interesting!
@@mariapierce2707 have you been to south wales yet?
@@thedisabledwelshman9266 no not yet but certainly plan to in the future.:>)
Really enjoyed this video and channel ,have a lovely weekend debs fan xx 🤗......
Your pronunciation of Welsh places is excellent! Fair play
Thanks! haha it is not easy but it is beautiful
Yes Matt he did really ok, chwara teg!😊
Glad you enjoyed North Wales, good pronunciation of Llandudno! My hometown Conwy really is special.
my stomping ground. glad you had a good time 🏴
The castle at Llangollen (Castell Dinas Bran) is a Welsh castle ie built by the Welsh royalty, whereas Conwy Castle is an English-built castle, built by the English King Edward 1 to subjugate the Welsh. It has great town walls and has UNESCO World Heritage status.
Shwmae, you did pretty good at pronouncing the Welsh words.👍
Da iawn.
Thank you!!! helped that I lived there for a little bit
Anyone who is born within the walls of Conwy is known as a Jackdaw. And not going to Snowdon was the correct decision with the weather in Llandudno like that. Also around Llandudno there are wooden sculptures of "Alice in Wonderland". And also there are copper mines which are only 4000 years old.
Wow...thx!
@@mariapierce2707 Also they missed the smallest house in Britain when they were in Conwy. And also just below Conwy castle next to the road bridge is the Rail bridge built by Robert Stephenson and in-between them is the suspension bridge built by Thomas Telford.
@@paulrowlands3850 this is good to know! Thank you. Wales is just lovely. ❤
Great to see you visiting places off the main tourist route for foreign visitors, there are so many beautiful places in the uk and such a shame that visitors only do the brochure choices which are overpriced and crowded . Caernarfon and Harlech castles are a must see if you’re in Wales again.
It definitely helped that I used to live there!
What you were calling "the outer wall" is the town wall. Not only did the English build the castle, but a whole town for their supporters to live in, complete with its own walls.It's not near the sea by accident. All of Edward I's castles in North Wales were built near the coast, so that they could be supplied by sea.
Hey Oak Fam! New subscribers here! Not sure how we found y’all but absolutely love your editing!
To visit Llangollen without viewing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is almost a crime!! However, nice to see other non tourist areas in a video. Good job!
the black white is called. Tudor Style. Sometimes it is original sometimes it is replica called Mock-Tudor. Timber buildings used to be plentiful in Britain until the ship building era.
The white buildings with black beams in Chester are from the Elizabethan period (think Shakespeare/Elizabeth I time) and there are examples elsewhere in England, including Stratford-Upon-Avon (Shakespeares birth place). Enjoyed your video.
Yep!
Good to research what you are looking at…a quick google search these days!
You pronounce Welsh names much better than most of us English do. Even down to the double 'L' , 'Thlan' not 'Clan' as most English say them !! Well done, yep Wales is lovely.
Helps to learn from the Welsh!!!
*North Wales, not Northern Wales. "Gogledd Cymru" as we say here. As a rule, if you see the letter "C", it is always a "hard C sound " (always pronounced with a 'K, like the word "Climate or Crematorium), as oppsoed to a soft C sound like "celery" or "cereal" etc. Also a 'dd' ("double D") is always pronounced as "th". So "Gogledd Cymru" (North Wales) becomes "gog-leth-cwm-ree".
As a gog, I prefer "northern Wales". There is no geographically defined area called "North Wales". No border between the north and the south. We're all one country. Just like there is no "North England", there shouldn't be a "North Wales".
I live near Llandudno, there's a cool story about a local warrior called Ednyfed Fychan who in a battle against the Earl of Chester cut off 3 lords heads and presented them to Llywelyn the Great, the Prince of Wales, from then on his family crest had 3 heads on it, the remains of his house called Llys Euryn are on the side of a hill a few miles from Llandudno. I love Conwy castle, it is stunning and I'd strongly advise anyone to visit Llangollen during the amazing International Eisteddfod they have there every year, which is mind-blowing!
Surprised you didn't visit the aquaduct, spectacular place with narrow boats travelling across
Arundel Castle is nearly 1,000 years old and in equally stunning countryside within a picture-postcard town. It’s also a lot more in tact inside and out. You won’t believe it when you see it. It’s incredible, like a castle in a fairytale.
There are actually lots of towns on a par with Chester for Tudor buildings, cathedrals and castles, many of which were once Roman towns - for example, Durham (an absolute must-see), Arundel (a castle to die for) and Chichester. That’s just for starters. Also, you’ll find similar scenery to Wales in the Westcountry, especially Exmoor National Park (on a clear day you can see across the Bristol Channel to the Brecon Beacons in Wales).
I live in Wrexham, which is half way between Chester and Llangollen. We have a great rivalry with Chester. Look us up on Ryan Reynolds’ TV series “Welcome to Wrexham”. I’m glad to hear and see your enjoyment of my homeland. Well done with the pronunciation of the Welsh placenames btw.
Yes I actually used to live in wrexham for a little bit!
8:00 "Amazing Views"........I see what you did there, and I agree 😃
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If you want castles and sea in North Wales look up Caernarfon castle and Harlech castle. The latter was much closer to the sea when first built
Almost made our agenda, just did not have the time! next time for sure!
The most notable thing about Llangollen is the annual International Eisteddfod. It is a week-long festival of music, dance, the arts, and culture which has been attracting tens of thousands from throughout the world since its inception 75 years ago. It was initially designed to bring together youth in friendly musical competition from the countries which had been at war for six years. It is in June every year. BTW, the biggest and most famous of Edward's castles in Wales is at Caernarfon.
Hi Guy’s hope you had a great time in north wales 🏴 Hello from Anglesey🏴
We sure did!
I am glad you visited Chester. Its such an Historic City. It seems to me that when people from oversees visit here its always London, Or close to it. But its so expensive. I live close to an Historic town called Ormskirk in Lancashire. Its next to the boarder of Liverpool. From my location you can visit The places you have in a day. The City of York can even be visited within a day, But a long day though. Cumbria and the lakes can be visited in a day. Manchester is only an hour away. The town of Southport and Blackpool are close by also. As a Brit, If i was visiting i would choose somewhere close to my present location. But would give it at least 2 weeks. Or it would be too much and exhausting. Am i biased. Hell yes. I love Britain's rural lands and its History.
boarder ??????????????????????????????whats that is it similar to a border
@@josephberrie9550 Ha. My big fingers on pad keyboard .
Try Ludlow. It's said to be the most beautiful town in England.
No offence, genuinely, your videos are excellent, but I do wish Americans would stop telling people that places are 'the best' when they've hardly been anywhere else😱 Chester is beautiful the cathedral.is beautiful, but you need to see York Minster, York or Canterbury Cathedral and a whole lot of others before you can say that........I'll let you off though because although I live in London I come from.Manchester...👍👍 😉I used to live in Chester, it's the most complete Elizabethan town you can find, Stratford Upon Avon too....but that's not old to us😂😂😂Old is Roman or Anglo Saxon.
Scone with breakfast....very weird 😂 but you obviously love what you're doing ....it shows...👍😃
Hi, Brady here, I actually used to live in England and Wales. Lived in several different places all over the country 😊
"most complete Elizabethan town ..." Try Lavenham.
a like Port Merion, Bamburgh Castle
Have never been to Wales but would love to. I can’t find a tour that focuses inky on wakes for like a full week.
Don't be afraid to do your own tour!
@@TheOakFamTravel I wish. I don’t drive.
We don't say Northern Wales in the UK its just North Wales even on maps and road signs.
Hi. I used to live in Wrexham and a few other near by places. I used the term northern wales to speak in terms of foreigners. This video wasn’t made for locals lol.
We *should* say northern Wales. We're all one country. It's not like North and South Korea.
Yes I agree Chester is very beautiful, but I prefer York,
Several beautiful places all over the country!
I would recommend that any visitors undertook a Roman tour of Britain.
Great advice!
Nice ❤❤
My home town conwy!
You're not that annoying for American tourists, must be the two years in Manchester
gee thanks lol
My middle name is llewellyn which is what the last prince of Wales was calld and yes I speak Welsh but am half English so I'm 100%white British and proud of both cultures and tbh Welsh,English,Scots and Irish have bin sleeping with each other so I very much doubt any of us r pure bred but mongrels r best👊😁❤...also my friend u have an attraction nxt to u every morning 😉
You need to visit Porthmadog and Anglesey
Have yet to check out Anglesey but it is on the list for sure!!!
Scone with English Breakfast?! Strange combination
I lived in the north for a while and it didn’t seem odd to me!
@@TheOakFamTravel I associate scones with afternoon tea, English breakfast with - erm, well, breakfast. All goes down same way suppose.
Chester is a City. xx
Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is the the highest mountain in England AND Wales and is only surpassed in the UK by Scottish peaks.
Ben Nevis is on this list! Already did Scoffel Pike
And it's not "Mount Snowdon". There *is* a Mount Snowdon, but it;s in Canada. Here, it's just Snowdon. (Or, as you rightly point out, Yr Wyddfa).
Should went to Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare town
Another excellent choice
"All the white buildings" those are called tudor houses from the 15th century built around 1450s
Well that's a first lol, a scone with breakfast
When I lived in the north it was pretty common. Especially with tea.
@@TheOakFamTravel with a full breakfast? I've eaten scone for breakfast (UK here) but not with a full breakfast too :)
Tattie scone, perhaps.
You had a scone for breakfast? Now that’s just odd.
I guess on tour you get it when you can. I grew up in Devon, from lunchtime onwards any time is jam n cream time.
@@russcattell955i same with chips!!!
The scone police are out, judging people’s time of day food choices. 🙄
Very shocked you said you don't have ancient historia site in the USA. You have plenty but as they are generally Native American sites the European imagrant decendents have generally ignored them
Which major ones come to mind?
love your individual spelling of immigrant
@josephberrie9550 Sorry, but being dyslexic i think I do well until ignorant people point it out
The background music spoils your channel, especially when you are talking.
Chester is A City not a Town . If your gona do a video get it right.
In your opinion, its possibly the best English Town??... how many have you actually been too?
And you dont have anything from the roman empire in the USA?...... you dont fuckin say....
Hi I have been to quite a few English towns seeing as I used to live there! Chester is one of my favs. It is ok if it isn't one of your favorites though.
England stole Chester from Wales many moons ago but its ok we forgive you by good neighbours
Well, England stole *everywhere* from Wales... ;) But we stole Wrexham from England, so...