Spar Mine Tip

Spar Mine Tip is a landfill in Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. Spar Mine Tip is situated nearby to the forest Coed Mwynbwll, as well as near Garreg Boeth Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Star Crossing Halt railway station and Hendre quarry.

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. Star Crossing Halt railway station is situated 3,800 feet west of Spar Mine Tip.

Hendre quarry

Quarry

Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hendre quarry is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Spar Mine Tip.

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. Rhydymwyn railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Spar Mine Tip.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hendre and Rhydymwyn.

Hendre

Hamlet

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hendre is a hamlet.

Rhydymwyn

Village

Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhydymwyn is a village in Flintshire, Wales, located in the upper Alyn valley. Once a district of Mold, it was recognised as a separate parish from 1865. It is now part of the community of Cilcain. In 2011 it had a population of 522.

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. Nannerch is situated 2 miles northwest of Spar Mine Tip.

Spar Mine Tip

Type: Landfill
Location: Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.19897° or 53° 11′ 56″ north

Longitude

-3.21892° or 3° 13′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C5R5QXJ+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 909322305

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=landfill

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