Holywell
Parish in Flintshire, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.277, -3.219 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 18 76 |
| Population: | 6,969 |
| Dialling code: | 01352 (Mold) |
Holywell is a small market town in Flintshire, Wales, tucked into a steep-sided valley at the foot of Halkyn Mountain. Its best-known feature is St Winefride's Well, a spring and medieval shrine that has drawn pilgrims since the early medieval period and is often nicknamed the "Lourdes of Wales". The surrounding Greenfield valley and nearby hills give the place a mix of wooded riverside scenery and remnants of an old mining landscape.
Historically the town grew from pilgrimage and water-powered industry, with mills, paper works and nearby lead mining shaping its economy; today the Greenfield Valley heritage area interprets that industrial past. Holywell remains a local service and community centre with a strong sense of local identity, regular markets and events, and easy access to the wider North Wales coast and uplands for day visitors.
Postcode districts covering Holywell
Most populated places nearby
- Liverpool 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Birkenhead 9.9 miles15.9 km
- St. Helens 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Chester 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Chester Castle 14.9 miles24 km
- Wrexham 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Buckley 9.3 miles15 km
- Runcorn 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Widnes 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Wallasey 11.3 miles18.1 km
- Huyton with Roby 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Great Sankey 25 miles40.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Holywell Central Ward 0.2 miles0.4 km
- Holywell Built-up area 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Holywell West Ward 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Holywell East Ward 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Greenfield Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Bagillt Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Brynford Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Gorsedd Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Pentre Halkyn Built-up area 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Mostyn Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Whitford Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Ysceifiog Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Holywell
CH8 7RH, CH8 7PX, CH8 7QZ, CH8 7HD, CH8 7UD, CH8 7AU, CH8 7RY, CH8 7LD, CH8 7NB … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Manchester Airport 39.3 miles63.3 km
- Flint Railway Station 4 miles6.5 km
- Neston Railway Station 6.5 miles10.4 km
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Schools in Holywell
- St Winefrides Primary
- Ysgol Gwenffrwd Primary
- Ysgol Maes Y Felin Primary
- Ysgol Maesglas Primary
- Ysgol Treffynnon Secondary
Local points of interest
- Thurstaston Beach Beach 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Clwydian Range Mountains 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Connahs Quay Nomads Stadium 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Bastion Road Stadium 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Prenton Park Stadium 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Rhuddlan Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Rhyl FC Stadium 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Marble Church Historic site 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Bodelwyddan Castle Historic site 11.7 miles18.9 km
- The Airfield Stadium 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Airbus UK FC Stadium 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Liverpool Echo Arena Stadium 12.5 miles20.1 km