The Gop, Prestatyn

Name: The Gop
Address: Prestatyn, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Prestatyn

Top attraction, Prehistoric site

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The Gop is a neolithic monument lying within the Clwydian Range, northwest of Trelawnyd, in Flintshire, Wales, in the Clwydian Range. There is evidence that there was a considerable amount of stone on the top of hill, which may indicate that it was used as a look-out or hill fort. ()

Coordinates: 53°18'37"N, 3°22'20"W

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Prestatyn United Kingdom

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Day trips

The Gop – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rhyl Golf Club, Rhuddlan Castle, Belle Vue, Point of Ayr Lighthouse.

4.4 miW
Outdoor activities, Golf
Rhyl Golf Club, Rhyl
111 min walk • Rhyl Golf Club is a golf club based on the outskirts of Rhyl at Denbighshire, Wales. It is a 9-hole course. In 2010 the club undertook a £225,000, five-year refurbishment programme.
4.1 miW
Imposing riverside 13th-century fortress
Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan
104 min walk • Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277, following the First Welsh War. Much of the work was overseen by master mason James of Saint George.
4.3 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Belle Vue, Rhyl
111 min walk • Belle Vue is a multi-purpose stadium in Rhyl, Wales. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of CPD Y Rhyl 1879. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with a seating capacity of 1,720.
3.8 miNE
Reportedly haunted, Lighthouse
Point of Ayr Lighthouse
98 min walk • The Point of Ayr Lighthouse stands as a historic beacon on the northernmost tip of Wales, in the United Kingdom. This sentinel, which has overlooked the Irish Sea since its construction in 1776, was built to guide ships safely through the treacherous waters off the...
4.7 miSW
Church
St Asaph Cathedral, St Asaph
119 min walk • The Cathedral Church of Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, commonly called St Asaph Cathedral, is a cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of St Asaph. The cathedral dates back 1,400 years, while the current building dates from the 13th century.
4 miSW
Forts and castles
Twthill, Rhuddlan
103 min walk • Twthill is a Norman castle located near the town of Rhuddlan, Denbighshire in Wales; historic names for the site include Toothill and Tot Hill Castle and it is also known as Old Rhuddlan Castle. It is a motte-and-bailey castle and was later replaced by the much larger, stone-built Rhuddlan Castle.
~1860 ftSE
Church
St Michael's Church
9 min walk • St Michael's Church, Trelawnyd, is in the village of Trelawnyd, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the benefice of Dyserth and Trelawnyd and Cwm, the deanery of St Asaph, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the diocese of St Asaph. The church is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.
2.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Prestatyn Castle, Prestatyn
55 min walk • Prestatyn Castle is a motte and bailey castle built in 1157 on land granted to the Norman lord Robert Banastre by King Henry II of England. It was built on level ground on the coastal plain and commanded an extensive view. Nowadays the mound and slight remnants of a causeway are all that is visible.
2.7 miW
Architecture, Park
Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan
68 min walk • Bodrhyddan Hall is a country house in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The present building is a 1690s remodelling of an earlier building dating from the 16th century.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Hiraddug, Dyserth
48 min walk • Moel Hiraddug, also known as Y Foel, is a hill fort and hill in the Clwydian Range of north-east Wales. The northern part of the hill has been eaten away by limestone quarrying. An Iron Age hillfort crowns the hill, called Moel Hiraddug. Its ridge runs North-South and it lies above the village of Dyserth.
1.6 miW
Forts and castles
Dyserth Castle, Dyserth
40 min walk • Dyserth Castle is a castle site in Denbighshire in the country of Wales. It is a scheduled monument protected ancient borough on a ridge north of the village of Dyserth.