Plas Glyn y weddw, North Wales
We are both very proud to be Welsh so it only made sense to get married in our most cherished country: Cymru.
So for you anglophones, it’s time to polish up on your Welsh!
Our nearest and dearest will be gathered where Huw grew up on the Llyn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llyn) at the oldest art gallery in Wales by the sea.
Despite only growing up 5 miles away, Huw found Plas Glyn Y Weddw by chance while charging his mobile steed, at one of two electric car charging points in North Wales. Upon seeing the venue, Huw felt ‘a smile form within himself’ and immediately knew he would marry Claire here.
Plas Glyn Y Weddw (which translates to The Dower House in the Vale)will host us all for the day and night.
A history of love and art
Plas Glyn y Weddw was built in 1857 for Elizabeth Jones Parry, widow of Sir Love Jones Parry of Madryn and became an art gallery in 1896 following her death.
It is the oldest art gallery in Wales and despite a period of being turned into flats (the enemy of art, culture and beauty) the venue now exhibits a range of art from Welsh artists and beyond.
The current exhibition is ‘Youths’, a suiting parallel, for while we may not be the youngest bride and bridegroom, there’s nothing that makes one feel as young as falling in love and knowing it.
How to get here
It depends where you start off from!
The A55 expressway brings you form the main motorways (M6 etc) along the North Welsh coast, then head down to the Llyn past Caernarfon. Or meander up the “welsh superhighway” of the A470 that winds through the Cambrian mountains. This offers a more leisurely drive with waterfalls and lakes for picnics.
There are two train routes.
Via the London to Holyhead (Irish Ferry route) that stops in Bangor (then progressing by taxi for 30 miles).
2. Or, by one of the most beautiful train rides in the world, the Shrewsbury to Pwllheli “not express” that wends along the mountains and coasts.