Ruabon Moors

At the southern edge of the moors the cliffs of Eglwyseg Rocks overlook the River Dee and the Vale of Llangollen.

Ruabon Moors are part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, hosting a wide variety of plant and animal life.

Where there are outcrops of limestone on the surface a number of scarce plants can be found such as prickly sedge, dark red helleborine and rigid buckler-fern.

The area is also home to black grouse and a major conservation programme has caused their population to increase in recent years.

The area has been modified by human activity since prehistoric times when people built cairns and cleared the original forest.