Big Wood
Big Wood is a deciduous forest in Northop, Flintshire, Wales. Big Wood is situated nearby to the village Soughton, as well as near the hamlet Rhyd-y-Goleu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Theatr Clwyd and Soughton Hall.
Theatr Clwyd
Theater building
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Theatr Clwyd is a regional arts centre and producing theatre 1 mile from Mold, Flintshire, in North East Wales. It opened as Theatr Clwyd in 1976, but was known between 1998 and 2015 as Clwyd Theatr Cymru, before reverting to its original name.
Soughton Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soughton Hall is a Grade II* listed country house hotel in Sychdyn, Flintshire, Wales. William John Bankes inherited Soughton Hall in 1815. The parks and gardens are listed as Grade II* in the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Rhydymwyn railway station
Railway station
Rhydymwyn railway station was a station in Rhydymwyn, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 6 September 1869, closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and closed completely on 4 May 1964.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mold and Flint.
Mold
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mold is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the historic county town and was the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council from 1996 to 2025, as it was of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.
Flint
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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.
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.
Big Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Northop, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1916° or 53° 11′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.1479° or 3° 8′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C5R5VR2+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 289235980OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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