St Winefride's Church, Holywell

Name: St Winefride's Church
Address: Holywell, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Holywell

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St Winefride's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Holywell, Flintshire. It was founded by the Society of Jesus and was first church in the United Kingdom to be administered by the Vocationist Fathers. It is Grade II listed building. It was the first church the Jesuits built in Wales. ()

Coordinates: 53°16'31"N, 3°13'23"W

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Holywell United Kingdom

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St Winefride's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Winefride's Well, St Michael's Church, Basingwerk Abbey, Holy Trinity.

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Historical place, Temple, Museum
St Winefride's Well, Holywell
4 min walk • St Winefride's Well is a well located in the town of Holywell, Flintshire, in Wales. It claims to be the oldest continually visited pilgrimage site in Great Britain and is a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument. St Winefride's well is believed to be connected to St Mary's well and chapel in Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire.
1.1 miS
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St Michael's Church
29 min walk • St Michael's Church, also known as Brynford Parish Church, is a Grade II listed Church in Wales church in Brynford, Flintshire, northeast Wales, to the southwest of Holywell. The foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of St. Asaph on 6 October 1851, and it was consecrated on 12 July 1853. The architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt.
0.8 miN
Monastery
Basingwerk Abbey
22 min walk • Basingwerk Abbey is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant lands in the English county of Derbyshire.
1.1 miNE
Church
Holy Trinity
29 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Greenfield, is in Basingwerk Avenue, Greenfield, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the former parish of Holywell, the Estuary and Mountain Mission Area, the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the diocese of St Asaph.
1.1 miNE
Monuments and statues, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Basingwerk Abbey, Holywell
28 min walk • Basingwerk Abbey is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant lands in the English county of Derbyshire.
0.7 miNE
Museum
Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, Holywell
17 min walk • Greenfield Valley Heritage Park is a 70-acre country park in the United Kingdom. It is located near the town of Holywell, in Wales.
1 miSW
Golf
Holywell Golf Club
26 min walk • Holywell Golf Club is a golf club, situated a mile southwest of the town of Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. Instituted in 1906, it is an 18-hole moorland and parkland course and is approximately 800 feet above sea level. In 2001 the club nearly faced bankruptcy due to problems with Foot-and-mouth disease from roaming sheep.
0.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holywell Workhouse Chapel, Holywell
18 min walk • Holywell Workhouse Chapel was built in association with Holywell Workhouse in Old Chester Road, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. It was built, together with some "vagrants' wards" for the workhouse, in 1883–84 to a design by the Chester architect John Douglas.

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Nearby attractions include St Winefride's Well, Holywell (4 min walk), Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, Holywell (17 min walk), Holywell Workhouse Chapel, Holywell (18 min walk).

St Winefride's Church, Holywell

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St Winefride's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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