Forest bathing in Wrexham

Wrexham's best woodland follows the Clywedog, a small river that drops from the Minera hills through Coedpoeth to the Dee. Plas Power Woods at Bersham are Woodland Trust oak and beech along the river with Offa's Dyke running through them, Nant Mill next door has a council car park and riverside paths, and the Clywedog Valley Trail links them to Erddig, the National Trust estate south of the town with 1,200 acres of parkland and woods. Ty Mawr Country Park at Cefn Mawr sits on the Dee under the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Forest bathing in the Clywedog woods means two or three hours in a small group beside the river, slow, mostly still, with a guide offering a few simple invitations and the water doing the rest. Sessions here are sheltered enough for most of the year. Each guide's profile below gives their dates and prices.

Erddig is the easy start: a National Trust car park, cafe and firm paths from the house down into the woods and the Clywedog valley. Plas Power Woods are quieter, with free parking at Nant Mill and a level path along the river, though the visitor centre there is closed.