Big Wood
Big Wood is a forest in Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales. Big Wood is situated nearby to the village Nannerch, as well as near the locality Iron Mine.Places of Interest
Highlights include Star Crossing Halt railway station and Moel Arthur.
Star Crossing Halt railway station
Railway station
Star Crossing Halt railway station was a station between Nannerch and Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 2 November 1914, closed in 1916 due to WW1, but re-opened in the summer of 1919, and closed finally on 30 April 1962.
Moel Arthur
Archaeological site
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moel Arthur is an Iron Age hillfort in Flintshire, Wales, at the boundary with Denbighshire, about 5 miles east of Denbigh. It is on a prominent hill, height 455.8 metres, in the Clwydian Range; it overlooks the Vale of Clwyd to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ysceifiog and Nannerch.
Ysceifiog
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysceifiog, also spelled as Ysgeifiog, is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies on a back road just north of the A541 highway between Nannerch and Caerwys.
Nannerch
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nannerch is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, located within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 Census the population of Nannerch was 531, reducing to 496 in 2011.
Halkyn
Village
Photo: Richsage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Halkyn is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community.
Big Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.2079° or 53° 12′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.2491° or 3° 14′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C5R6Q52+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 289347810OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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