Holywell

Holywell is a market town and pilgrimage destination in . Its name refers to St. Winefride' Well, which is said to have healing powers and has gained to town the title "Lourdes of Wales".
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  • Type: Town with 9,810 residents
  • Description: fifth largest town in Flintshire, Wales
  • Also known as: “Holywell, Flintshire” and “霍利韋爾鎮”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Greenfield Valley Heritage Park and Basingwerk Abbey.

Park
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is a 70-acre country park in the .

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is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, , .

Hospital
is a community hospital in Halkyn Road, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenfield and Brynford.

Village
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is a village in the community of Holywell…

Village
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is a village and community in , Wales.

Town
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is a village and community in , . is situated 2½ miles east of Holywell.

Holywell

Latitude
53.2714° or 53° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
-3.2213° or 3° 13′ 17″ west
Population
9,810
Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB HWL
Open location code
9C5R7QCH+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459579
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646673
Wiki­data ID
Q3050619
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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: “Treffynnon”
  • Cebuano: “Holywell (kapital sa komunidad)”
  • Cebuano: “Holywell”
  • Chinese: “霍利韋爾”
  • Chinese: “霍利韦尔”
  • Cornish: “Treffynnon”
  • Dutch: “Holywell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هوليول”
  • French: “Holywell”
  • Galician: “Treffynnon”
  • German: “Holywell”
  • 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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