Hawarden
Hawarden is a locality in Flintshire, Wales. Hawarden is situated nearby to the village Ewloe, as well as near the locality Little Mancot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gladstone’s Library and Hawarden Castle.
Gladstone’s Library
Library
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Gladstone's Library, known until 2010 as St Deiniol's Library, is a residential library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. Gladstone's Library is Britain's only Prime Ministerial Library and serves as the national memorial to William Ewart Gladstone.
Hawarden Castle
Castle
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Hawarden Old Castle is a Grade I listed medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. The castle's origins are indeterminate and the oldest fortifications on this site may date back to the Iron Age, later being used as a Norman Motte-and-bailey castle which was reportedly destroyed and replaced in a short period during the 13th century.
Ewloe Castle
Castle
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Ewloe Castle is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales. The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Princes of Wales, was abandoned at the beginning of the invasion of Wales by Edward I in 1277.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deeside and Buckley.
Deeside
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Deeside is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighbouring Chester into the Dee Estuary.
Buckley
Town
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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. Buckley is situated 2 miles southwest of Hawarden.
Connah’s Quay
Town
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Connah's Quay, known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in Flintshire, on the River Dee and next to the border with England. Connah’s Quay is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hawarden.
Hawarden
- Type: Locality
- Location: Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1883° or 53° 11′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.0364° or 3° 2′ 11″ westElevation
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
9C5R5XQ7+8CGeoNames ID
7301168
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