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Eryrys

Eryrys is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, located at approximate grid reference SJ203578, five miles south of Mold.

Eryrys
Eryrys · Janet Graham
The place

Eryrys is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, located at approximate grid reference SJ203578, five miles south of Mold. The village is built on the limestone formation of Bryn Alyn and many limestone outcrops can be seen close by. At 355m above sea level, Eryrys is one of a number of villages with a valid claim to be the highest in Wales; others include Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham, and Garn-yr-Erw, Torfaen.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Eryrys

6 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.

  1. 01
    Bryn Alyn

    Bryn Alyn is a hill and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Denbighshire, North Wales, and forms part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bryn Alyn lies in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, to the east of the River Alyn, with the valley of Dyffryn Alyn separating it from the main range of the Clwydian hills.

    1.3 km · hill (408.3m) in Denbighshire · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Moel Gyw

    Moel Gyw is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales and forms part of the Clwydian Range. It is situated just to the south of Moel Famau and Foel Fenlli.

    3.4 km · hill (467m) in Denbighshire · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Berres' Church

    St Berres' Church, Llanferres, is in the village of Llanferres, Denbighshire, Wales on the A494 road between Mold and Ruthin. It is an Anglican church in the Bro Famau Group of Churches, the Mission Area of Mold, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph.

    3.1 km · church in Llanferres, Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Garmon's Church

    St Garmon's Church is in the centre of the village of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the diocese of St Asaph, the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd.

    2.2 km · church in Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial

    Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.

    1.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Graig Quarry

    Graig Quarry is a limestone quarry that includes a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is located near Mold in the former county of Clwyd, now Denbighshire, north Wales.

    1.2 km · limestone quarry now a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Wales · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Eryrys

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 34 km · Manchester (MAN), 66 km · Birmingham (BHX), 121 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Eryrys
    76 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £8–11
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Eryrys
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–17
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Eryrys
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Eryrys

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 Eryrys. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    238 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    299 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    302 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    338 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    361 km

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Around it

Next door to Eryrys

Eryrys is 33 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.