Dee Valley Tourist Guide2.2 - App Store

A tour guide in your pocket. The Dee Valley Tourist Guide app provides tourist information and maps for the Dee Valley covering Llangollen, Chirk, Corwen, Bala and local area including the World Heritage Site centred around Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. First launched in 2012 the Dee Valley app has been fully updated for 2023 to use the most up to date software development technologies.

The Dee Valley is situated in picturesque North Wales, Great Britain. 60 miles from Liverpool, 70 miles from Manchester and 200 miles from London.

The app is informative, easy to use and will enhance your visit to the Dee Valley. There are many places of interest and things to do displayed in the app. We hope you will visit them and get to know the local people, customs, and hear some of the Welsh language spoken.
5 Star - "Just what you need in a guide!"
I'm about to spend 3 days cycling this area. This guide is well thought through, easy to navigate and comprehensive. Well done to all those involved!

5 Star - "Perfect App for Visitors to the Dee Valley in North Wales"
This is perfect for any visitor coming to the Dee Valley in beautiful North East Wales. A useful guide which details many places of interest including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chirk Castle, Castell Dinas Bran, Caer Drewyn Iron Age hillfort within the Clywdian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Plas Newydd former home of 'The Ladies of Llangollen'. This app is perfect inspiration when deciding what to see and do, it is well researched and is full of maps, photo's and useful information such as where to find banks, railway stations, car parks, toilets, chemists. There are so many great places of interest to visit detailed, the biggest difficulty will be fitting them all into you stay in North Wales!
Key app features:
. Fully featured offline mode for low signal areas
. High resolution retina display graphics included
. 179 photographs including 19 superb aerial shots by Kim Price
. 85 facilities such as car parks, leisure and activity centres, petrol stations, libraries, tourist information centres and public conveniences
. 32 featured places including towns, villages and places of interest
. 30 interesting locations including tourist attractions, things to do and points of interest
. 6 annotated online interactive maps (internet connection required)
. Favourites - add places to your favourites list to access and arrange them easily on a separate tab ready for your visit

All text and photographs are available offline. Interactive map features require an internet connection.

The app was written, designed and developed by people who live and work in the Dee Valley. App development by A5 Multimedia Ltd. www.a5multimedia.com

Version History Updated for the latest user interface design.
Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2.2 Feb 11 - Various bug fixes and performance improvements
- Updated: Place and facility information
- Updated: Map pins stand out more in dark mode
- Updated: Additional images shown for some locations
- Updated: The get directions button on facility screens now uses facility location
- New: Photos have been added to the area list / home screen
- New: Interesting locations have been added to place listings
- New: Facilities are now listed for every place
- New: History heading added to some places
- New: Map screen now shows facility locations as purple pins
- New: Text added to all map pins when tapped 2.1 01/07/2023 Version 2.0 of the Dee Valley Tourist guide has been completely re-developed and re-designed. The app update supports the latest devices and is light and dark mode enabled. 2.0 01/03/2023 Major update to support larger screen devices. 1.6 08/26/2019 Information update.
Bug fixes. 1.5.2 07/10/2016 • More iOS 7 bug fixes
• Facebook and Twitter sharing detects missing accounts
• Thanks for your support 1.5.1 11/06/2013 – Beautiful new design for iOS 7
– Performance enhancements
– Information updates 1.5 10/21/2013 New in version 1.4:
• 2013 information updates
• New photos
• Smooth scrolling photo viewer
• Enhanced features for iOS 6 users
• User interface updates
• Performance updates 1.4 05/04/2013 New in version 1.3:
★ iPhone 5 (4-inch screen) updates
★ iOS 6 compatibility updates
★ New tinted status bar on iOS 6
★ Get Directions button now compatible with Maps app on iOS 5 and iOS 6
★ Information updates
★ Performance updates

If you like the app please leave a review on the app store or re-submit your old review for the new version. There is a button to do this on the About Screen within the app. Many thanks. 1.3 10/08/2012 App improvements:
• Improved performance.
• Bug fixes.
• Improved full screen photo viewer:
- double-tap any place photo to open
- rotate-device to view full screen
- double-tap to close viewer

Content improvements:
• Chirk offline street map.
• 28 new ground level photographs.
• Olympic Torch Relay photos from Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
• 19 superb aerial photographs by Kim Price.
• 2 new World Heritage Site area featured places.
• Location updates to facilities and interesting places. 1.2 06/20/2012 == Version 1.1 Updates ===
• Now works with iOS 5.0+
• New app icon
• Text updates to all Facilities
• Libraries added
• More interesting locations
• New photo zoom feature - rotate device to activate
• Send a Tweet from the About screen
• Rate the app from the About screen
• Many other minor updates 1.1 04/18/2012 1.0.0 03/26/2012