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Rhydymwyn

Rhydymwyn is a village in Flintshire, Wales, located in the upper Alyn valley.

Rhydymwyn
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The place

Rhydymwyn is a village in Flintshire, Wales, located in the upper Alyn valley. Once a district of Mold, it was recognised as a separate parish from 1865. It is now part of the community of Cilcain. In 2011 it had a population of 522.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rhydymwyn

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
    St Mary's Church

    St Mary's Church, Cilcain, is in the village of Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the Bro Famau group of parishes, in the Mold Mission Area, in the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph.

    2.9 km · church in Cilcain, north Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Theatr 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.

    3.5 km · arts centre, theatre and cinema in Mold, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ogof Nadolig

    Ogof Nadolig is a cave in the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. It is mostly crawling, 300 metres long, and ends with a shaft up to the surface and a locked manhole cover.

    1.5 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St 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.

    3.4 km · Grade I listed church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves

    Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border of Flintshire and Denbighshire in north Wales. Most of the site is also designated as the Alyn Valley Woods Special Area of Conservation and the southern part includes Loggerheads Country Park.

    2.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau

    Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau lies in the Alyn Gorge in Flintshire, Wales close to Ogof Hesp Alyn. It was discovered in 1978 after excavation allowed access to Dyer's Adit.

    1.4 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ogof Hesp Alyn

    Ogof Hesp Alyn was discovered by North Wales Caving Club in 1973 in the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. Reaching the end of the cave is a serious commitment involving 24 pitches and the draining of two sumps.

    1.1 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mold Law Courts

    Mold Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Raikes Lane, Mold, Flintshire, Wales.

    3.5 km · Judicial building in Mold, Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Rhual mansion

    Rhual is a Grade I listed building in Flintshire, Wales. This small mansion has medieval origins and is surrounded by a large landscaped park.

    1.6 km · Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Mold Town Hall, Earl Road

    Mold Town Hall is a municipal structure in Earl Road in Mold, Wales. The town hall, which serves as the meeting place of Mold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.4 km · Grade II listed building in Flintshire · 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.

Go there

Getting to Rhydymwyn

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 126 km
Stations
Rhydymwyn railway station, 1.3 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Rhydymwyn
    71 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £8–11
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Rhydymwyn
    117 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £13–18
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Rhydymwyn
    128 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rhydymwyn

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 Rhydymwyn. 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

    244 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    295 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    306 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    331 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    354 km

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

Around it

Next door to Rhydymwyn

Rhydymwyn is 26 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.