Flint Mountain
Flint Mountain is a small village seated in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway.
Flint Mountain is a small village seated in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. Points of interest include the Coach and Horses pub, and local football club Flint Mountain FC. In mid-2006, the population of Flint Mountain was 1,958.
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Worth seeing in and around Flint Mountain
9 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.
- 01Flint Castle
Flint Castle in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales. The site was chosen for its strategic position in North East Wales.
3.3 km · Grade I listed castle in Flint, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary the Virgin, Halkyn
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Halkyn is to the north of the village of Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of St Asaph.
3.2 km · church in Flintshire, UK · Wikipedia - 03Halkyn Castle
Halkyn Castle is a mansion house in the village of Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales. The house, with its associated stable block, is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.
3.1 km · castle in Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 04Halkyn Common and Holywell Grasslands
Halkyn Common and Holywell Grasslands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Flintshire, north Wales covering Halkyn Mountain and surrounding areas. It lies 4 km north-west of Mold on a plateau about 100–300 m above sea-level.
3.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 05Cae-y-Castell
Cae-y-Castell is a football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Wales. Located on the banks of the Dee Estuary close to Flint Castle, it is the home ground of Flint Town United and is also used by Connah's Quay Nomads and Flint Rugby Club.
3.1 km · football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Top y Fron Hall
Top-y-Fron Hall is a country house in the community of Connah's Quay, Wales. In 1977 it became a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 km · country house in the community of Connah's Quay, Wales · Wikipedia - 07Church Of St Eurgain And St Peter, Northrop
The Church of St Eurgain and St Peter is a parish church located in Northop, Flintshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building.
1.8 km · church in Northop, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 08Soughton Hall
Soughton Hall is a Grade II* listed country house hotel in Sychdyn, Flintshire, Wales. William John Bankes inherited Soughton Hall in 1815.
2.9 km · grade II* country house & hotel in Flintshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 09Gwysaney
Gwysaney Hall is Jacobean house built in 1603 in the community of Halkyn, near Mold, in Flintshire, Wales. In 1952, the Welsh government service Cadw designated the property a Grade II* listed building as a "substantial and well-preserved" example of Jacobean architecture.
3.9 km · building in Halkyn, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Flint Mountain
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 23 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 121 km
- Stations
- Flint railway station, 3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Flint Mountain66 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–10
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Flint Mountain123 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £13–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Flint Mountain117 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Flint Mountain
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 Flint Mountain. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextChester Belfast, via the ro-ro Stena Lines MS Norbay ferry terminal in Twelve Quays, Birkenhead.
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Next door to Flint Mountain
Flint Mountain is 21 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.