Moel Famau, Ruthin

Name: Moel Famau
Address: Ruthin, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Ruthin

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Moel Famau is the highest hill in the Clwydian Range and the highest point of the county of Flintshire in Wales. It lies on the boundary between Denbighshire and Flintshire. The hill, which also gives its name to the Moel Famau country park, has been classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 1985. It is also surrounded by several well-preserved Iron Age hill forts. It is not, as many people think, the highest peak in North-East Wales; this honour goes to Cadair Berwyn. It is also the third-highest peak in the extended AONB of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley. ()

Elevation: 1821 ftProminence: 912 ftCoordinates: 53°9'15"N, 3°15'20"W

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Moel Famau – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ruthin Craft Centre, Mold Golf Club, St Mary's Church, Foel Fenlli.

3.4 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Fashion museum
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
86 min walk • Ruthin Craft Centre is a craft centre in the historic, market town of Ruthin north Wales. Ruthin Craft Centre shows the best in national and international contemporary applied arts.
2.4 miNE
Golf
Mold Golf Club
63 min walk • Mold Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Pantymwyn at Flintshire, Wales. It is an 18-hole uplands course some 850 feet above sea level, with a practice ground and putting green.
1.8 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church
47 min walk • St Mary's Church, Cilcain, is in the village of Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican church in the Bro Famau group of parishes, in the Mold Mission Area, in the archdeaconry of Wrexham and the diocese of St Asaph. The church is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Fenlli
41 min walk • Foel Fenlli or Moel Fenlli is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales. With a summit at an elevation of 511 metres, it is the second highest peak of the Clwydian Range.
3.5 miSW
Church
Collegiate and Parochial Church of St Peter, Ruthin
90 min walk • The Collegiate and Parochial Church of St Peter is the Anglican parish church of Ruthin, an ancient market town which lies within the Vale of Clwyd in Denbighshire, north east Wales. It is a greater church of the diocese of St Asaph and a Grade I listed building.
3.4 miSW
Museum
Ruthin Gaol, Ruthin
88 min walk • Ruthin Gaol is a Pentonville style prison in Ruthin, Denbighshire. Ruthin Gaol ceased to be a prison in 1916 when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. The County Council bought the buildings in 1926 and used part of them for offices, the county archives, and the town library.
2 miSW
Ruins
Old St. Peter's Church
52 min walk • Old St Peter's Church a Grade II-listed ruin is situated above the B5429 in the village of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd. It was first mentioned in the Lincoln Taxatio of 1291. Valued at £418 in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535.
1 miSW
Archaeological site
Moel y Gaer
25 min walk • Moel y Gaer, also known as Moel-y-Gaer Camp or Moel y Gaer Hillfort, is an Iron Age hillfort located on a western spur of the Clwydian Range, near the village of Llanbedr, Denbighshire, Wales.
2.3 miNE
Nature, Canyon, Natural attraction
Alyn Gorge
59 min walk • The Alyn Gorge is a gorge section of the River Alyn north between Loggerheads and Rhydymwyn in Wales. The west side of the valley rises gently to Moel Famau, while the east bank is along parts a cliff with evidence of tram lines and old quarry workings.
3.6 miSW
Memorial
Peers Memorial, Ruthin
91 min walk • Peers Memorial is in St Peter's Square, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building.
3.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bryn Alyn
82 min walk • Bryn Alyn is a hill and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Denbighshire, North Wales, and forms part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.