Greenfield Valley and the Wales Coast Path, Flintshire

Summary

The walk starts from Greenfield Valley Car Park on the A548 and goes through the Heritage Park. It then crosses famland to Llannerchymor. The return is alongside the newly created Wales Coast Path to Greenfield Dock and back to the start

Difficulty:: Leisurely
Distance:: 5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Walking time:: 02h 45m
Type:: Circular

Start location

The Greenfield Valley car park on the A548

lat: 53.2886926

lon: -3.2066488

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Elevation

Route

This dock was used from Medieval Times for PIlgrims visiting St Winedfride's Well in Holywell from North West England. Many would continue to St David's in Pembrokeshire. It wasalso used for the copper trade during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Basingwerk Abbey which was built by the Cistercians in 12th Century

The School was built in 1877 and situated in the town of Holywell. It was moved to the valley when the Holywell Inner Relief Road was constructed in the 1980s.

This Flour Mill Pool one of 5 pools that were constructed to utilise the the water power during the 18th Century

The disused railway track that linked the town of Holywell to the mainline at Greenfield (Holywell Junction)

Footbridge over the Afon Siandwr. This was the historic boundary between the Parishes of Holywell and Whitford. It now forms the boundary between Holywell and Mostyn.

This bridleway had deteriorated and fallen into disuse.. It was restored by Flintshire County Council and local Ramblers Volunteers.

The Funship. This is the former Irish Sea Ferry - Duke of Lancaster. It was moved here in 1978 and used for a short while as a club and market. The graffiti is one of many on the ship. The others are on the other side of the ship.

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Getting there

By car: The A548 is on the main Deeside Coast Road between Chester and Prestatyn. If travelling from the Chester the car park is on your left just before the Greenfield traffic lights. If travelling from Prestatyn the car park is on the right after the Greenfield traffic lights.

By bus: Greenfield is served by the Arriva 11 Bus Services and P&O Lloyd's 18 Services. More details from Traveline Cymru 0871 200 22 33. If you arrive by bus the stops are on the other side of the traffic lights from the car park.

Waypoints

1

Walk across the Car Park to the arch showing the entrance to the Greenfield Valley. Continue up the path passing Basingwerk Abbey (A) on your right to the Visitor Centre and former school.

2

Walk left up the path between two buildings ( the building on the right is the former Spring Gardens School ) and continue through the gate on to the tarmaced road* and immediately fork left slightly uphill. On your right is the stream., which originates at St Winefride’s Well. At the reservoir take the forked path that goes right towards the picnic area. Turn left at the “gate” and immediately right you are now on the former railway line.Walk past the first pool on your right, note the steps going up on the left, and look for a path going up right to the remains of the cottage. This takes you down past the chimney to the dam of the lake (B). On your right are the remains of the former Battery Copper Works. Cross over and follow this path left around the lake to the Royal Oak. There is an alternative route avoiding the possible wet and muddy path between Waypoints 3 and 4. Fork right instead of left to cross the road at the Pedestrian Crossing. Walk up School Lane to pass the Cemetery on your left and take the next footpath on your left. Follow the path up to the end of the houses and turn right to waypoint [4].

3

Cross over the main road and walk up the road opposite. Do not take any turnings to right or left. The road becomes a path which comes off an access road to the farm . The path then crosses another farm access road. This path can be extremely wet and muddy after rainy spells. Cross over the stile into the field. This can be avoided by taking the alternative route.

4

Care must be taken with the route at this point. You are heading across the field, keeping parallel to the hedge on the right ( and the river ) to the gap in the hedge opposite. Go through and continue ahead towards the trees to the right of the gate. When you come to a gate use the steps to climb over it.Go ahead to the gate and stile and across a field to another stile. Follow the path with the hedge on your right hand side. There are broad views across the River Dee from this area. Cross over another stile to go on to a track at the back of the hall. When the track bends to the right cross over the stile ahead and go down to cross over another stile to a footbridge over the Afon Siandwr. Go over and climb up the hill on the other side. Go over the stile and turn right. Walk down the lane to the bend in the road.

5

Go up the steps and cross over the stile on your left. Walk straight across the field towards the electricity pole with Mostyn Docks in the distance, to another stile. Cross this and turn left and walk diagonally right towards the trees, again with Mostyn Docks ahead. There is a stream at the trees which is crossed by a footbridge. Continue over the field to another stile. Turn right and go down a track directly into the trees and follow the bridleway right to eventually emerge at the pub car park. Turn left and cross the road at the pedestrian crossing.

6

Go back along the road to cross the stream and turn left behind the market stalls. Go under the railway bridge to the locally known “Funship”. Go past and continue to the gate which you can step around or take the kissing gate slightly to the right. Continue along the river bank until you are joined by a footpath coming in from the right on an embankment – this carries a Coast Path Signpost (C). Either, stay close to the riverbank and go over the gates with built in stiles, or, follow the parallel path through the kissing gates. If walking close to the river take time to look over at the river from time to time. This is an area popular with wading birds, egrets and herons. Continue to Greenfield Dock (D). At times of extremely high tides the track underneath the bridge ahead can be flooded. This can be avoided by following the road past the factory and taking the footpath on your left. Beware this footpath crosses the railway line at a level crossing.

7

When you get to Greenfield Dock take the road away from the Dock to the A548 Taking care crossing the road (pedestrian crossing at the lights) return to the Greenfield Valley Car Park.

Problem with this route?

If you encounter a problem on this walk, please let us know by emailing volunteersupport@ramblers.zendesk.com. If the issue is with a public path or access please also contact the local highways authority directly, or find out more about solving problems on public paths on our website.

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