Buckley
Worth seeing in and around Buckley
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hawarden Old Castle
Hawarden Old Castle is a Grade I listed medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. The castle's origins are indeterminate and the oldest fortifications on this site may date back to the Iron Age, later being used as a Norman Motte-and-bailey castle which was reportedly destroyed and replaced in a short period during the 13th century.
4.5 km · medieval castle in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Ewloe Castle
Ewloe Castle is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales. The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Princes of Wales, was abandoned at the beginning of the invasion of Wales by Edward I in 1277.
3.9 km · Grade I listed Welsh-built castle near Ewloe, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Gladstone's Library
Gladstone's Library, known until 2010 as St Deiniol's Library, is a residential library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. Gladstone's Library is Britain's only Prime Ministerial Library and serves as the national memorial to William Ewart Gladstone. It is home to a large collection of printed items and archives that reflects Gladstone's main interests in history, literature, theology, and politics.
4.3 km · residential library in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia - 04Plas Teg
Plas Teg is a Grade I listed Jacobean house in Wales. It is near the village of Pontblyddyn in Flintshire, between Wrexham and Mold.
4.3 km · Grade I listed country house in Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Hawarden Castle
Hawarden Castle ) is a house in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. It was the estate of the former British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, having previously belonged to the family of his wife, Catherine Glynne.
4.8 km · 18th-century house in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd is a regional arts centre and producing theatre 1 mile from Mold, Flintshire, in North East Wales. It opened as Theatr Clwyd in 1976, but was known between 1998 and 2015 as Clwyd Theatr Cymru, before reverting to its original name.
3.8 km · arts centre, theatre and cinema in Mold, Wales · Wikipedia - 07Fferm Farmhouse
Fferm Farmhouse is a small Elizabethan manor house, located to the east of Pontblyddyn in the county of Flintshire, Wales. It is listed as a grade I historic building, as 'an exceptionally fine example of a small manorial house', particularly because it retains much of its original sub-medieval detail and layout.
3.5 km · house in Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 08St Mary's Church, Mold
St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, and a Grade I listed building. It belongs to the Deanery of Mold, the Archdeaconry of Wrexham and the Diocese of St Asaph of the Church in Wales.
4 km · Grade I listed church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Wepre Park
Wepre Park is a 160 acres country park near Connah's Quay in Flintshire, Wales. The park is home to Ewloe Castle and contains a playground, outdoor gym, football playing pitches and a visitor centre.
4.4 km · public park in Flintshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden
St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, is in the village of Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. It is the parish church of the rectorial benefice of Hawarden in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph.
4.4 km · church in Hawarden, north Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Buckley
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 120 km
- Stations
- Shotton railway station, 6 km · Penyffordd railway station, 3.2 km · Buckley railway station, 1.9 km · Hawarden railway station, 4 km · Llong railway station, 2.2 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Buckley66 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Buckley110 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £12–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Buckley123 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Buckley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Buckley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inManchester – Manchester Airport, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road every 30 minutes, taking just over an hour via Warrington and Runcorn, and continuing along the Welsh coast to Holyhead (for Dublin ferries).
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Next door to Buckley
Buckley is 26 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Moldtown and community in Flintshire, Wales, UK3.3 km
- Connah's Quaytown and community in Flintshire, Wales, UK6 km
- Shottontown and community in Flintshire, Wales5.4 km
- Penyfforddvillage and community near Buckley, Flintshire, Wales, UK4.1 km
- Northopvillage in Flintshire, Wales5.3 km
- Hawardenvillage and community in Flintshire, Wales4.5 km