04 Gop Hill, Ramblers Routes DISTANCE 11.5KM/7 MILES ASCENT 396M/1,299FT TIME 4 HOURS TYPE HILLS AND COUNTRY

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Meander between villages Anglesey hidden in the rippling Colwyn Bay coastal hills of north-east GOP Chester HILL Wales, part of the AONB. Discover a secluded valley once noisy with mills, a stretch of O a’s 4 Plan your walk Dyke Path and some terrifi c views to Snowdonia and 5 WHERE Circular walk from , near . Liverpool Bay, ending with START/END Car park, High a visit to Wales’s largest Street, Trelawnyd (SJ091798). prehistoric cairn at Gop Hill 3 TERRAIN Lanes, byways, fi eld ROUTE BY NEILNEIL COATES COATES paths and tracks. Can be very muddy in places. START Drop down from the 1 1 MAPS OS Explorer 265; car park to the main road and Landranger 116. START turn R. In 200m, go L on Cwm Road. & FINISH GETTING THERE Limited P&O In 550m, go R on the bridleway Lloyd service 19 between Rhyl before treatment works. At fork, in and Flint (not weekends or 250m, go L along the sunken track. bank holidays, Traveline: 0871 Cross the fl at stone-fl ag bridge (700m) 2 200 2233, traveline.info). Free and keep R on a continuing track parking at signed public car within the woodland edge to Marian park on High Street, Trelawnyd. Mill Farm and the remains of a mill. EATING & DRINKING The above old quarry workings, with views Head half-R (woods to R) to a mid- Crown Inn, Trelawnyd (01745 2 Turn R along the track to a fork ahead to Liverpool Bay and back hedgerow stile, then stiles at far-L 571989). Eagle & Child Inn, beyond the trout hatchery. The towards Snowdonia. Pass steeply corner in trees. Descend two fi eld Gwaenysgor (01745 856391, ruin of Grove cornmill is 100m L; above the ruined cottage. In a further edges to a lane. eagleandchild.com). otherwise keep R up the lane. At 475m, use the stile (R) signed SLEEPING Red Lion Inn, sharp-R bend, head L over O a’s ‘Gwaenysgor’ and walk the hill-foot Turn R, then L at junction in 5 (01745 852565, Dyke Path (ODP) stile. At main road, path presently bending L, then R to 400m. At sharp-L bend slip R theredlionmeliden.co.uk). Plenty cross R to use ODP handgate. Rise reach the old walled well. Head into (CW stile) on fi eld-edge path up past of B&Bs in Prestatyn. over low ridge to lane beyond second Gwaenysgor village. woodland. At far side, turn R on VISITOR INFORMATION pasture. Turn L, then R in 70m at woods-edge path to Gop Cairn, the Rhyl Tourist Information metal handgate (ODP concessionary Turn R to fi nd Ffordd Teilia on L second largest man-made mound in 4 Centre, West Parade path). Follow track, then bottom fi eld in 100m (Eagle & Child pub is Britain (after Silbury Hill). Drop to (01745 344515, edge to waymarked ODP heading R 150m to R). Turn along this road out of kissing-gate and descend slightly-L discoverdenbighshire.wales). up-fi eld below cables, through four the village. In 500m, the lane roughens; to cross-path and waymarked post. CROWN COPYRIGHT 2019 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA LICENCE 032/19. CREATED WITH MEMORY-MAP CREATED MEDIA LICENCE 032/19. ORDNANCE SURVEY. 2019 COPYRIGHT CROWN GUIDEBOOK Walking in the pastures to Bryniau hamlet. remain with it for another 650m to a Go L to stile into grounds; use Clwydian Range by Carl Rogers cross-path 50m before woods. Use stile avoiding path to access lane. At end (£7.99, Northern Eye Books, 3 Head L on lane; fi rst R then R (Clwydian Way – CW) and drift L to a turn R to village centre. ISBN 978 1902512143). immediately R along gated track wood-side path alongside two pastures. LOCAL RAMBLERS GROUP (ODP). Passing R of houses, ODP At the woodland corner, advance below Report a path problem Deeside (01244 537440, weaves across Prestatyn Hillside cables to a scrubby corner. Ignore the Via the Pathwatch app or at ramblers.org.uk/deeside). through gorse thickets (follow ODP stile here; instead turn up-fi eld to use ramblers.org.uk/pathwatch

PHOTO: NEIL COATES. MAP: © NEIL COATES. PHOTO: Prestatyn fi ngerposts diligently). Pass two close stiles (CW) L into pasture. GO RUNNING SAVE AN EXTRA 10% OFF* THE DISCOUNT CARD PRICE *T&Cs apply. Use Promotion Code: 10WMG GOoutdoors.co.uk

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