Flintshire
Clwyd is a preserved county in the eastern part of North Wales. It consists of the unitary authorities Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, as well as Conwy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: principal area of Wales with 155,000 residents
- Description: principal area in north-east Wales
- Also known as: “County of Flintshire”, “Flintshire County”, “Flintshire principal area”, and “Sir y Fflint”
- Neighbors: Cheshire and Wirral
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flint Castle and Flint railway station.
Flint Castle
Castle
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Flint railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ted Ted, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Flint railway station serves the town of Flint in Flintshire, North Wales. It is located on the North Wales Coast Line and is managed by Transport for Wales, which provides most of the passenger trains that call here; some Avanti West Coast services also serve the station.
Flint Town Hall
Public building
Photo: BigDom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flint Town Hall is a municipal structure in the Market Square, Flint, Flintshire, Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Flint Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flint and Holywell.
Flint
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Flint is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the community of Flint was 12,953, increasing to 13,732 at the 2021 census.
Holywell
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Holywell is a market town and pilgrimage destination in Flintshire. Its name refers to St. Winefride' Well, which is said to have healing powers and has gained to town the title "Lourdes of Wales".
Bagillt
Town
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Bagillt is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. The village overlooks the Dee Estuary and is between the towns of Holywell and Flint. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 3,918, increasing to 4,165 at the 2011 census.
Flintshire
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Flintshire” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Flintshire”
- Asturian: “Sir y Fflint”
- Azerbaijani: “Flintşir”
- Basque: “Flintshire”
- Belarusian: “Флінтшыр”
- Bengali: “স্যার ওয়াই ফ্লিন্ট”
- Breton: “Sir y Fflint”
- Bulgarian: “Флинтшър”
- Catalan: “Flintshire”
- Catalan: “Sir y Fflint”
- Cebuano: “County of Flintshire”
- Cebuano: “Flintshire”
- Chinese: “Flintshire”
- Chinese: “弗林特郡”
- Cornish: “Konteth Flint”
- Danish: “Flintshire”
- Dutch: “Flintshire”
- Estonian: “Flintshire”
- Estonian: “Sir y Fflint”
- Finnish: “Flintshire”
- French: “comté de Flint”
- French: “Flintshire”
- French: “Sir y Fflint”
- Galician: “Flintshire”
- German: “Flintshire”
- German: “GB-FLN”
- German: “Sir y Fflint”
- Gujarati: “ફ્લિંટશાયર”
- Hebrew: “פלינטשייר”
- Hungarian: “Flintshire”
- Indonesian: “Flintshire”
- Indonesian: “Sir y Fflint”
- Irish: “Sir y Fflint”
- Italian: “Flintshire”
- Japanese: “サー・イー・フリント”
- Japanese: “フリントシャー”
- Kannada: “ಫ್ಲಿಂಟ್ಸ್ಶೈರ್”
- Korean: “플린트셔 주”
- Korean: “플린트셔”
- Ladin: “Flintshire”
- Latvian: “Flintšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Flintšyras”
- Manx: “Sir y Fflint”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Flintshire”
- Northern Frisian: “Flintshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Flintshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flintshire”
- Norwegian: “Flintshire”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fflint”
- Persian: “فلینتشر”
- Polish: “Flintshire”
- Portuguese: “Flintshire”
- Romanian: “Flintshire”
- Russian: “Флинтшир”
- Scots: “Flintshire”
- Scots: “Sir y Fflint”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sir y Fflint”
- Sicilian: “Sir y Fflint”
- Slovenian: “Flintshire”
- Spanish: “Flintshire”
- Swedish: “Flintshire”
- Swedish: “Sir y Fflint”
- Tamil: “பிளிண்ட்ஷிர்”
- Telugu: “ఫ్లింట్షైర్”
- Turkish: “Flintshire”
- Ukrainian: “Флінтшир”
- Urdu: “فلینتشائر”
- Venetian: “Flintshire”
- Vietnamese: “Flintshire”
- Welsh: “Flintshire”
- Welsh: “Sir Fflint”
- Welsh: “Sir y Fflint”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nant-bâch and Gadlys.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hen Blas Castle and Flint Community Hospital.
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