Overlooked by the lumpy outline of the Clwydian hills, Ruthin is a town stuffed with history — a ruined castle; St Peter’s Church; a beguiling jumble of old buildings tumbling down from the market square; even reports of ghostly wailings at the ATM (where the gallows were once located) — but it is far from a stuffy historical town. This is an impressively dynamic little community working hard to adapt and thrive in the 21st century.
“Everything we do is about ensuring that our young people want to stay here or at least come back after university,” says Gavin Harris, a local hotelier and former mayor. The industrial estate is a proud part of the town, where you’ll find everything from the civil engineering pioneers