Flint television relay station, Flint

Name: Flint television relay station
Address: Flint, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Flint

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The Flint television relay station was an analogue television transmitter housed on a residential tower block called Bolingbroke Heights at the centre of the Town of Flint in North Wales. Flint is situated on the estuary of the River Dee which forms part the Wales border with England. ()

Coordinates: 53°14'58"N, 3°8'10"W

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Flint United Kingdom

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Flint television relay station – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Winefride's Well, Flint Castle, Ness Botanic Gardens, St Mary's and St Helen's Church.

4.1 miNW
Historical place, Temple, Museum
St Winefride's Well, Holywell
105 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.
~1570 ftNE
Ruins, Forts and castles, Historical place
Flint Castle, Flint
8 min walk • Flint Castle in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales. The site was chosen for its strategic position in North East Wales.
4.1 miE
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston
104 min walk • Ness Botanic Gardens are near the cities of Liverpool and Chester on the English-Welsh border in The Wirral. They occupy a site of 64 acres overlooking the Dee Estuary.
4 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston
103 min walk • St Mary and St Helen Church is in the town of Neston, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.9 miNE
Church
St Thomas' Church
100 min walk • St Thomas' Church is in School Lane, Parkgate, Cheshire, England. It is an Anglican chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary and St Helen, Neston, the deanery of Wirral South, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.2 miSE
Bridge
Flintshire Bridge, Deeside
83 min walk • The Flintshire Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Dee Estuary in North Wales. The bridge links Flint and Connah's Quay to the shore north of the River Dee at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula. The bridge cost £55million to construct.
3.9 miSE
Church
St David's Church, Deeside
101 min walk • St David's Church, Connah's Quay is in the town of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the Deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph. The Church is the daughter Church of St Mark's Church, Connah's Quay.
3.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Moel y Gaer
83 min walk • Moel y Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort located on a summit at the southern end of Halkyn Mountain, overlooking the village of Rhosesmor, Flintshire, Wales. It is a well-preserved hillfort overlooking the Dee Estuary.
3.6 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mark's Church, Deeside
91 min walk • St Mark's Church, Connah's Quay is in the town of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the mission area of Borderlands, the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph.
4.1 miW
Church
St Michael's Church
104 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.
2.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Halkyn Castle
64 min walk • Halkyn Castle is a mansion house in the village of Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales. The house, with its associated stable block, is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.