Flint Mountain
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.Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,990 residents
- Description: hamlet in Flintshire, UK
- Also known as: “Mynydd y Fflint”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Northop College and Flint Castle.
Northop College
College
Northop College in Flintshire, North Wales is jointly operated by Glyndwr University and Coleg Cambria. Formerly known as the Welsh College of Horticulture and Northop College, it became part of Coleg Cambria when Deeside College merged with Yale College, Wrexham in August 2013.
Flint Castle
Castle
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Flint Castle is situated 2 miles north of Flint Mountain.
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 2 miles north of Flint Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northop and Oakenholt.
Northop
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Northop is a village, community and electoral ward situated in Flintshire, 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.
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 northeast of Flint Mountain.
Flint
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flint is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the community of Flint was 12,953, increasing to 13,732 at the 2021 census.
Flint Mountain
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22342° or 53° 13′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.14096° or 3° 8′ 28″ westPopulation
1,990Open location code
9C5R6VF5+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 732629748OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5459540
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Flint Mountain” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Flint Mountain”
- Dutch: “Flint Mountain”
- Irish: “Mynydd-y-Fflint”
- Spanish: “Flint Mountain”
- Swedish: “Flint Mountain”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Y Fflint”
- Welsh: “Mynydd-y-Fflint”
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