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Ewloe

Ewloe is a village and electoral ward in the community of Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales.

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Ewloe is a village and electoral ward in the community of Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales. It is close to the county's border with Cheshire, England. The Ewloe electoral ward had a population of 5,420 at the 2011 Census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ewloe

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.

  1. 01
    Hawarden 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.

    1.8 km · medieval castle in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ewloe 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.

    2 km · Grade I listed Welsh-built castle near Ewloe, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Gladstone'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.

    1.2 km · residential library in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hawarden 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.

    2 km · 18th-century house in Hawarden, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Wepre 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.

    2 km · public park in Flintshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St 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.

    1.3 km · church in Hawarden, north Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Jubilee Bridge

    The Jubilee Bridge is a double leaf rolling bascule bridge which spans the River Dee at Queensferry, Wales.

    3 km · bridge in Queensferry, north Wales · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton

    St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton, is in the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building.

    2.4 km · grade II listed church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Mark's Church, Connah's Quay

    St Mark's Church, Connah's Quay is in the town of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the mission area of Borderlands, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph.

    3.8 km · grade II listed church in Flintshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Buckley Claypits and Commons

    Buckley Claypits and Commons is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales. It is an important reserve for the great crested newt.

    2.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in 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 Ewloe

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 21 km · Manchester (MAN), 54 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 118 km
Stations
Shotton railway station, 2.7 km · Buckley railway station, 3 km · Hawarden railway station, 900 m · Hawarden Bridge railway station, 3.3 km · Sandycroft railway station, 3.3 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ewloe
    63 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £7–10
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ewloe
    120 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £13–17
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Ewloe
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–17
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ewloe

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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).

From Wikivoyage: Chester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    250 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    303 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    334 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    358 km

If you know how people move in Ewloe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ewloe

Ewloe is 23 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Buckleytown and community in Flintshire, Wales3.4 km
  • Queensferrytown and community in Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom2.5 km
  • Connah's Quaytown and community in Flintshire, Wales, UK3.3 km
  • Shottontown and community in Flintshire, Wales2.2 km
  • Hawardenvillage and community in Flintshire, Wales1.8 km
  • Northop Hallvillage in Flintshire, United Kingdom3.1 km