Flint Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed building in Flint. Castle
- Also known as: “Castell y Fflint” and “Flint Castle (Flint, Wales) -- Officials and employees”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flint railway station and Flint Town Hall.
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 railway station is situated 950 feet southwest of Flint Castle.
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. Flint Town Hall is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Flint Castle.
Cae-y-Castell
Stadium
Photo: JonnyDKeen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cae-y-Castell is a football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Wales. Located on the banks of the Dee Estuary close to Flint Castle, it is the home ground of Flint Town United and is also used by Flint Mountain and Flint Rugby Club. Cae-y-Castell is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Flint Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakenholt and Bagillt.
Oakenholt
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakenholt is a village in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated to the south east of the town of Flint, near the A548 road. At the 2001 Census, the population of the Flint Oakenholt Ward was 2920. Oakenholt is situated 1½ miles southeast of Flint Castle.
Bagillt
Town
Photo: Natalia A McKenzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Bagillt is situated 2 miles northwest of Flint Castle.
Flint Mountain
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flint Mountain is a small village seated in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. Flint Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Flint Castle.
Flint Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Flint, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.25176° or 53° 15′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.12991° or 3° 7′ 48″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C5R7V2C+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 648864384OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Flint Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flint Castle”
- Chinese: “弗林特城堡”
- Czech: “Flint”
- Danish: “Flint Castle”
- Danish: “Flint Slot”
- Dutch: “Flint Castle”
- French: “château de Flint”
- French: “Château de Flint”
- German: “Castell Y Fflint”
- German: “Flint Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Flint”
- Italian: “Flint Castle”
- Japanese: “フリント城”
- Latin: “Silicis Castrum”
- Portuguese: “Castell y Fflint”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Flint”
- Portuguese: “Flint Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Флинт”
- Slovak: “Flint”
- Swedish: “Flint Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Fflint”
- Welsh: “Castell y Fflint”
- Welsh: “Castell Y Fflint”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Flint Castle”. Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0.