Bangor-on-Dee/Bangor Is-y-coed

Traffic crosses the River Dee at Bangor-on-Dee (Bangor Is-y-coed in Welsh) on a narrow five-arched bridge of red sandstone. The bridge is Grade I listed, medieval in origin and restored in 1658, with refuges in the parapets for people on foot. Long before that, Bangor had an important monastery, founded around 560; Bede wrote that about 1,200 of its monks were killed at the Battle of Chester in the early 600s. The parish church, built around 1300, is named after St Dunawd, the monastery’s founder. The racecourse south-west of the village has held jump racing since 1859, and has no grandstand. The churchyard yews at neighbouring Overton-on-Dee are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales.