Halkyn
Halkyn is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor.
Halkyn is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community.
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Worth seeing in and around Halkyn
4 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.
- 01Church 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.
300 m · church in Flintshire, UK · Wikipedia - 02Halkyn 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.
400 m · castle in Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Halkyn 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.
1.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 04Parc Linden, Lixwm
Parc Linden, Lixwm is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.
3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Halkyn
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 25 km · Manchester (MAN), 61 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 123 km
- Stations
- Flint railway station, 3.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Halkyn69 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Halkyn126 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £14–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Halkyn120 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Halkyn
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 Halkyn. 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 Halkyn
Halkyn is 21 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Flinttown in Wales, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Pentre Halkynvillage in Wales1.4 km
- Rhosesmorvillage in Flintshire, Wales2.9 km
- Flint Mountainhamlet in Flintshire, UK3 km
- Rhes-y-caevillage in Flintshire, Wales2.4 km