Erddig View Traditional Cache
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Welcome to our series of caches around the Erddig Estate, Wrexham. The property and gardens are owned and maintained by the National Trust.
Erddig house was originally completed in 1687. It was designed by Thomas Webb and built by Joshua Edisbury, High Sheriff of Denbighshire. In 1718 the house was sold to John Mellor, Master of the Chancery. The enlarged house was later passed on to Simon Yorke, his nephew, upon John’s death. The house stayed in the Yorke family for 240 years until the last Squire of Erddig, Phillip Yorke, gave it to the National Trust in 1973. The Yorke family held an unusually close relationship with their servants over the years. Today’s visitor can see many of the outbuildings, and family rooms with a huge array of equipment and items from the Yorke collection.
The Grade I listed walled gardens were landscaped by William Eames in the late 1700s and are renowned as one of the most important surviving 18th century gardens in the UK. Today it is home to the National Ivy Collection and boasts a yew walk and parterre. Near the entrance you can see some examples of the espaliered fruit trees. The property has many ancient and rare apples, pears, plums and apricots.
This group of caches will take you on some of the 13 miles of footpaths around the parkland areas. We frequently visited here during our years at Wrexham walking the dogs and enjoying some extremely pleasant days. Cycling is also welcome in the parkland however not all of the caches are accessible on this mode of transport.
Erdigg has also recently become the home to the 4 horses making up the North Wales Police mounted unit.
There are a few places to park around the area. The 2 spots we’ve used are located at N53.02.253 W003.00.443 and N53.01.590 W003.00.268. If using the later parking spot by the main hall please take note of the closing time. We reckon it’ll take 2 – 2.5 hours to locate the caches.
Much of the area can get muddy particularly after rain so wellies / boots recommended.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SIGN THE LOGBOOK WHEN YOU FIND THIS CACHE. WE WILL DELETE ANY LOGS WHERE THIS REQUIREMENT HAS NOT BEEN MET AS IT IS THE PROOF THAT YOU HAVE FOUND IT.
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