Flint Castle, Flint

Name: Flint Castle
Address: Castle Rd, Flint, CH6 5HF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1443 336000

#1 among attractions in Flint

Top attraction, Ruins, Forts and castles, Historical place

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Flint Castle in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1277 (748 years ago)Demolished: 1647Coordinates: 53°15'6"N, 3°7'48"W

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Castle RdFlint CH6 5HF United Kingdom

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+44 1443 336000

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Flint Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.3 miNW
Historical place, Temple, Museum
St Winefride's Well, Holywell
109 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.
3.8 miE
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston
96 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.
3.7 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston
96 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.
3.6 miNE
Church
St Thomas' Church
93 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.
3.1 miSE
Bridge
Flintshire Bridge, Deeside
79 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
99 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.
3.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Moel y Gaer
90 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.
3.5 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mark's Church, Deeside
89 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.
4.3 miW
Church
St Michael's Church
110 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.
2.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Halkyn Castle
71 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.
4.2 miW
Church
St Winefride's Church, Holywell
107 min walk • 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.