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Adjacent to the Boot&Ship public house, this intersection leads to Holywell(to the left)or back to the coast road A548.
©Roger May
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Recently built footbridge carrying the public footpath over the main railway line.
©Ian Paterson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Heading north from the eroding banks of the Dee Estuary [[1870603]] takes you past the civic ametity site.
©Ian Paterson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Strong rip currents close inshore are having a significant impact on the shoreline here. Compare the position of the photographer with the map to see the scale of the problem. Hope Railtrack are aware!
©Ian Paterson
Dist:0.7km north<br/>The position of the bank is markedly further inland than recorded on the map. This is down to the strong rip currents close inshore and is evidenced by the muddy chunks of land in the picture.
©Ian Paterson
Dist:1.0km east<br/>This former chapel at Boot End, Bagillt, has found new purpose as a retail outlet.
©Roger May
Dist:1.0km west<br/>A view looking south over the mill pond at Bryn Celyn, with Coed Strand (Strand Woods) in the background.
©Phil Williams
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Looking northeast along Ffordd Pen-y-Maes towards Bagillt and the Dee Estuary.
©Phil Williams
Dist:1.2km northwest<br/>Looking southeast along the A548 to the high overbridge which once carried the Holywell branch rail line over the main road. To the right is the start of the footpath along the Greenfield Valley heritage park which now follows the trackbed.
©Phil Williams
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>This was founded in 1131 and became a Cistercian abbey in 1147. It closed with the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. For more info see http://www.castlewales.com/basing.html Nowadays, it is prettily bordered by the garden flowers of the nearby cafe. There is also a visitor centre and a community farm. They are all part of the Greenfield Valley heritage trail. Apparently this area has more national monument heritage sites than anywhere else in Wales, see http://www.greenfieldvalley.com/page.asp?CategoryID=1&SubCategoryID=2
©Peter Craine
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>The abbey is tucked away in the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, just off the A548.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>Founded in 1132, this abbey was home and workplace of Cistercian monks for 400 years, until they were driven out by the Dissolution in 1536. The monks were the first to harness the power of the Holywell Stream, using the power to grind corn.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>
©Peter Craine
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>Cistercian abbey dating back to the 12th century.
©JThomas
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>The car park is for the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park. The old railway bridge crosses the A548. The single track railway it carried used to run from the mainline at Holywell Junction to Holywell until 1954 for passengers and 1957 for freight. The line, little more than a mile long, had an average gradient of 1 in 27 and was one of the steepest lines in Britain.
©Eirian Evans

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