Bi.CovSecFLT 25/11/10 14:12 Page 1 gyrru ar antur ar gyrru flintshire leisure tour taith hamdden sir y fflint y sir hamdden taith a drive to explore Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 1 3 contents A drive to explore 5 How it works 6 Profile: Mold 8 Section 1: Mold to Holywell 10 Profile: Holywell 12 Section 2: Holywell to Llanasa 14 Section 3: Llanasa to Caerwys 16 Profile: Caerwys 18 Section 4: Caerwys to Cilcain 20 Section 5: Cilcain to Nercwys 22 Section 6: Nercwys to Caergwrle 24 Section 7: Caergwrle to Hawarden 26 Section 8: Hawarden to Flint 28 Profile: Flint 30 Section 9: Flint to Mold 32 Directory 34 Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 2 4 flintshire M6 Irish Sea M58 M63 M60 Liverpool M57 Manchester Holyhead Prestatyn M53 Llandudno M56 A55 A55 Holywell Ellesmere Port Bangor A5 5 A5 Chester A470 Caernarfon Mold Crewe M6 Betws- A487 3 8 y-coed A5 4 Wrexham Porthmadog A ENGLAND 4 A470 A49 Bala A5 WALES Stafford Dolgellau Shrewsbury M54 Welshpool TeTelford l f o r d Machynlleth A4 7 0 Wolverhampton M6 A49 A458 A487 Birmingham Aberystwyth Newtown M5 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.uk M42 www.discoverflintshire.co.uk/tour Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 3 5 a drive to explore Come and join us. It won’t take you long. That’s why we’ve broken the 83-mile tour Flintshire is a beautiful Welsh border into nine manageable sections. You may county that’s very handily placed for a day find you can only tackle one or two out or short break. sections in a day. And that’s if you stick to the route. And since you’ll be here double quick, you’ll have plenty of time to explore. We Once you’ve made the odd detour, done have rather a beguiling mix of countryside, some shopping, had a good pub lunch, coastline, market towns and historic wandered around a castle or walked up a attractions. hillfort, you may not have made as much progress as you expected. So many things, in fact, that you won’t know where to start. Which is where the Shame. You’ll just have to book a bed – or Flintshire Leisure Tour comes in. a pitch - for the night and start again in the morning. Unless you already live here, You’ll need a vehicle. One that you’ll probably of course. The Flintshire Leisure Tour can find yourself stopping and parking on a be a voyage of discovery for residents, too. fairly regular basis - because there’s a lot to see along the way. For more information or to book a bed call 01352 759331 or email [email protected] Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 4 6 how it works M53 River Llanasa Mersey A5151 A548 River Dee A5026 Holywell A55 St Asaph Flint ENGLAND Caerwys A55 M56 A548 A5119 A541 C l w y d i a A494 n A541 R Cilcain a Hawarden n A55 g e A550 A525 Mold A5104 A5118 A494 Nercwys A550 A541 A494 A5104 A483 Caergwrle NORTH WALES 0 2 km 0 1 mile Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.uk www.discoverflintshire.co.uk/tour Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 5 7 We recommend you start in Mold, next to this sign. But if you do decide to start elsewhere, it’s safer and simpler to drive the route anticlockwise. The same direction as the arrows on the map opposite. Look out for road signs like this – some people call it “following the dragon”. There are 104 of them in total and each has its own number. We refer to some of these numbers in the text to help you find places of interest or work out where to make a detour. 2 1 This booklet also contains maps to help you find your way. B5 GreeGreenfield Greenfield There’s one for each of the nine sections of the tour. Plus a 12 street plan of all four towns en route. Where you see a blue Carmel Valley VaValley Carmel circle with a number in it, that refers to a particular road Holywell Bagillt sign on the tour. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 Brynford HoHolywell Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.ukBagillt 026 Contains Ordnance Survey data Babell And where you see a red dotted line, that shows the route © Crown copyright and database right 2010 of the Flintshire LeisureFlint Tour. There. Couldn’t be simpler. All Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.uk Brynford we ask is that you drive carefully along our sometimes Pentre narrow country roads and through our lovely villages. After Lixwm Halkyn all, you wouldn’t want to miss anything. Babell Halkyn Halkyn Flint Mountain Flint Mountain Nannerch The only way to see it all is to get out of your vehicle – and into your walking boots. Look out for this photograph. Rhosesmor It showsNorthop where the tour connects with one of 25 Flintshire PentreRural Walks. Lixwm C Halkyn l w y d Rhydymwyn i Soughton a For more information or to bookHalkyn a bed call 01352 759331 n R or email [email protected] a Cilcain Halkyn n g Gwernaffield e PantymwynMountain Buckley Flint Mountain Mold Nannerch LoggerheadsCadole Country Park RhosesmorGwernymynydd Northop C l w y d Rhydymwyn i a Soughton n R a Cilcain n g Gwernaffield e Pantymwyn Buckley Mold LoggerheadsCadole Country Park Gwernymynydd Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 6 8 profile | mold DENB RAIK 9 Clwyd 1 Denbigh 1 Flint IG ES 5 Theatr A H LA R O Cymru A D Queensferry GW E NORTH RN T A E FFIE E LD R FLAN R OAD T River Alyn A5 S DRE 41 H NG B AL I 5 L V K 4 I 0 0.5 km Bailey 4 EW P 4 LA W Hill LOVE N 0 0.25 mile L E 104 L G Museum L 4 A & Library LEAD 9 S H MILLS IG 4 44 A H 4 5 B ST S G ET D T TRE OA R KIN S N R E ER YTO E T CLA T S CHE CH EARL RD EST ER R OA W D R A541 E Chester H Town T X E EE H D N R A A D Park ST Y M RO 9 R A54 O W S S AD NE T D R N E A A5 E L 4 MOLDO T D 1 D O O W A L AD BR E D RO YN N L IN C E UTH O LA I R C H F OM BR 19 94 51 A H A4 C Q O C U E YN E R N B UP R ’S P E ER PP L B U W A RY N N R E C E O X CH H AM RO AD B5 444 A4 94 MOLD BYPA 94 SS A4 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.uk Wrexham Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 7 9 Main pic: shopping in Mold. Facing pics (left to right): Bailey Hill, Mold market, Mold Gold Cape, St. Mary’s Church. The people of Mold believe slowness is a laboriously beaten from a single ingot virtue. You may think they move pretty quickly weighing half a kilo. when they’re hunting down a bargain every Wednesday and Saturday in the open-air The British Musuem has the original. But you market. can see a replica of one of the world’s great Bronze Age treasures in the museum in Earl But Mold wants to be a Slow Town. As part Road. of the international Cittaslow movement, it refuses to join the global rat race that’s making And you can stroll a town trail which includes, every town centre feel the same. at the top of the High Street, the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle. From the Instead it celebrates what’s local and unique. turbulent days when life in Mold was just a little The food and drink, for example, which is so faster than it is now. good there’s a whole festival devoted to it every September. Or the history – 4,000 years of it. That’s how long ago the fabulous Mold Gold Cape was www.visitmold.com Bil.Eng.ART.FLT.2010 25/11/10 13:48 Page 8 10 section 1 | mold to holywell Greenfield distance | 11 miles Carmel Valley Holywell Bagillt Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2010 1 Brynford Produced by www.themappingcompany.co.uk Start: on A541 Denbigh Road, Daniel Owen is Wales’s Charles Dickens and Mold’s Babell Mold, next to the Love Lane car most famous son. His statue Flint park. See street plan page 8. stands outside the library Sat nav: N53.17084°, W3.14102°. and museum. Pop inside to Pentre find out more about him - Lixwm or borrow one of his books. Halkyn Before you leave: have lunch See street plan on page 8. Halkyn or do a bit of shopping. Mold Halkyn has a fine range of shops, Mountain Flint Mountain restaurants and cafés.