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Oakenholt

Oakenholt is a village in , Wales. It is situated to the south east of the town of , near the A548 road. At the 2001 Census, the population of the Flint Oakenholt Ward was 2920.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Flint Castle and Connah’s Quay Power Station.

Castle
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in , was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer . The site was chosen for its strategic position in North East Wales. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Oakenholt.

Power station
Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Connah's Quay Power Station is the name of the current 1,420 MW gas-fired power station near in in . The power plant, which is situated on the south bank of the , is the modern successor to a coal-fired power station which closed in 1984 and demolished in 1992.

Railway station
Photo: Ted Ted, CC BY-SA 2.5.
serves the town of in , . 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. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Oakenholt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flint Mountain and Connah’s Quay.

Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village seated in , , approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between and , and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Oakenholt.

Town
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Connah's Quay, known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in , on the River Dee and next to the border with England. is situated 2 miles southeast of Oakenholt.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, community and electoral ward situated in , Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between and , and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. is situated 2 miles southwest of Oakenholt.

Oakenholt

Latitude
53.23419° or 53° 14′ 3″ north
Longitude
-3.10542° or 3° 6′ 20″ west
Population
2,920
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
9C5R6VMV+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 663310848
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13276866
Wiki­data ID
Q7073832
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Oakenholt” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oakenholt”
  • Breton: “Oakenholt”
  • Dutch: “Oakenholt”
  • French: “Oakenholt”
  • Irish: “Oakenholt”
  • Portuguese: “Oakenholt”
  • Welsh: “Oakenholt”

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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 “Oakenholt”. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.