Denbigh Castle Dinbych

The coast road continues from St Asaph to Denbigh/Dinbych (6mi/10km south of St Asaph), which is dominated by its castle, built in 1282 by Henry Lacy, which is another of the fortresses built for Edward I. The castle was on numerous occasions the scene of decisive skirmishes, including one in 1399, when it was Henry ("Hotspur") Percy's headquarters in his campaign against Owain Glyndwyr, and in 1660, when it was one of the last Royalist bastions, being forced to concede defeat to Cromwell's troops after an 11-month siege.

The statue over the castle gateway is thought to depict Edward I. The town museum, which is housed in the castle gatehouse, exhibits mementos of the Denbigh-born journalist Henry Morton Stanley, who tracked down the missing African explorer David Livingstone by Lake Tanganyika.