Holywell
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".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,810 residents
- Description: fifth largest town in Flintshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Holywell, Flintshire” and “Treffynnon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basingwerk Abbey and Holywell Community Hospital.
Basingwerk Abbey
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Basingwerk Abbey is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians.
Holywell Community Hospital
Hospital
Holywell Community Hospital is a community hospital in Halkyn Road, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
St Winefride’s Church, Holywell
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Winefride's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Holywell, Flintshire. It was founded by the Society of Jesus and was until recently the first church in the United Kingdom to be administered by the Vocationist Fathers now since departed as the parish returns into diocesan hands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenfield and Brynford.
Greenfield
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenfield is a village in the community of Holywell, Flintshire, north-east Wales, on the edge of the River Dee estuary. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 2,741, which remained unchanged in the 2011 census.
Brynford
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynford is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It is located to the south west of the town of Holywell and near the A55 road. Brynford had a population of 1,059 at the 2011 census. St Michael's Church dates from 1851 and is a Grade II listed building.
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 2½ miles east of Holywell.
Holywell
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.2714° or 53° 16′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.2213° or 3° 13′ 17″ westPopulation
9,810Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HWLOpen location code
9C5R7QCH+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 27459579OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Holywell” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوليول”
- Armenian: “Հոլիպւել”
- Asturian: “Holywell”
- Basque: “Holywell”
- Basque: “Treffynnon”
- Bengali: “হলিওয়েল”
- Breton: “Treffynnon”
- Bulgarian: “Хоулиуел”
- Catalan: “Holywell”
- Catalan: “Treffynnon”
- Cebuano: “Holywell (kapital sa komunidad)”
- Cebuano: “Holywell”
- Chinese: “霍利韋爾”
- Chinese: “霍利韋爾鎮”
- Chinese: “霍利韦尔”
- Cornish: “Treffynnon”
- Dutch: “Holywell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هوليول”
- French: “Holywell”
- Galician: “Treffynnon”
- German: “Holywell”
- German: “Treffynnon”
- Gujarati: “હોલીવેલ”
- Hebrew: “הוליוול”
- Irish: “Treffynnon”
- Italian: “Holywell”
- Japanese: “ホリーウェル”
- Kannada: “ಹೋಲಿ ವೆಲ್”
- Korean: “홀리웰”
- Lithuanian: “Holivelis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holywell”
- Persian: “هولیول”
- Polish: “Holywell”
- Portuguese: “Holywell”
- Russian: “Холиуэлл”
- Scots: “Treffynnon”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Treffynnon”
- Spanish: “Holywell”
- Swedish: “Holywell, Wales”
- Swedish: “Holywell”
- Tamil: “லீக்”
- Telugu: “హోలీ వెల్”
- Urdu: “ہولیویل”
- Welsh: “Treffynnon”
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