Ruthin Castle Hotel
Ruthin, Clwyd

Ruthin Castle is the ideal place to stay when you want to tour North Wales, Mid Wales, and the North West of England. Nowhere can a visitor enjoy the 'Regal' splendour of the principality of Wales in such comfort or in such verdant surroundings as they can at Ruthin Castle. Ruthin Castle provides hotel accommodation, a restaurant and bar, medieval banquets, and the ideal location for your business conference or wedding and reception. Currently under ongoing decorative refurbishment, no disruption to the guests is expected.

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Ruthin is located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the Castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of the River Clwyd (which became painfully apparent on several occasions in the late 1990s -- new flood control works costing £3 million were inaugurated in autumn 2003). The name 'Ruthin' comes from 'rudd' or red and 'din', the Welsh word for fort, and refers to the colour of the old red sandstone which forms the geologic basis of the area, and from which the castle was constructed in 1277-1284.