Educational Walks

 Go and explore ~ its all for free. A Few of Our Haunts...

[more to follow]

There are free maps available for lots of Denbighshire's towns for a Medieval Walk-around. While there are many beautiful places to visit like Loggerheads, I have tried to only include only areas with no fees.

[Available from local libraries but also available by post on request. Tourism Denbighshire]

Denbigh

At the local library in the town centre, you can borrow the ''Key to the Kingdom'' [ie Denbigh town walls] for free. Its a lovely walk with views over looking the town.  Unsuitable for prams/wheelchairs. Lots of steep steps. The town has plenty of shops and car parks. Denbigh Castle is well worth a look but a charge applies.

Dyserth 

The beautiful waterfall has a lovely little coffee/ice cream shop tucked beside it. If you feel like something more substantial, there are a couple of pubs across the road for lunches. Parking is easy [right next door] though this may well fill up in the summer months. Again not for prams/wheelchairs. Much longer walks can be had by following the Dyserth/Meliden circular walk and any of the other walks mentioned in the Explore Dyserth booklet.

Meliden

A very short drive from Dyserth, you will find Meliden. A hill approx 426ft called Craig Fawr, known affectionately at Meliden Mountain by the locals, is lovely bracing walk with views over the coast of North Wales when you reach the top.Drive part way up and on the left is a secluded car park. From here enjoy a ramble, as long or short as you like.  There are many routes to take. The hill is home to many sheep. Craig Fawr is a place of Special Scientific Interest.  The butterflies are amazing up there in the meadows in the summer time. You will see birds of prey too. The old railway line, that transported quarried materials in the 1800's, is now a wild-life corridor. An old engine house still stands. The area is rich in industrial history.

Flint

Flint has a good fair bit of its castle intact, and seeing as entrance is free, we wont complain about a few missing walls. Parking is also free [right next door] and a nice walk can be had alongside the River Dee [Dee Estuary Coastal Walk] and right around the castle, with views across to the Wirral. Flint has plenty of shops, and Chip Shops if you forget you packed lunch :) A short drive along is Flint Mountain, where a walk off the beaten track brings you to the interestingly named Pwll-y-Wrach [the Witches Pool] Not to be missed if you are interested in Welsh Folklore.

Formby

Free entrance on foot to Formby's 'Squirrel Woods'.  Though a small fee applies to the car park but not for members of the National Trust] Toilets are free of charge, and usually has an ice cream van on site. Many picnic benches along the way and most paths suitable for prams.  Many paths to take from here, through woods or coastline. We like to park slightly south of the main woods and enjoy the hundreds of butterflies in the scrub-type habitat of the Sefton Coastal path. An ice cream van usually makes an appearance here on a hot day too.

Basingwerk [Greenfield] Abbey

A pretty place for a picnic, [and its free with free parking] with the Greenfield Heritage Centre a stones throw away. There is a children's farm and lots of events there over the holidays. A small fee does apply though it is well worth the couple of pounds charge.

A nice walk from here is shown in this link: Greenfield Abby Walk

Hale Lighthouse Walk

A very nice walk taking in lots to see. Parking at the Childe Of Hale Pub [to go back later for a light lunch and refreshments] this walk takes about an hour or so, depending on your children's' ages. First thing to see is the Child of Hale's house. Next is the lovely old country church yard with his grave. Along the path to the lighthouse you will come to the Mersey Coastal path on one side and farmers fields on the other. All the while aeroplanes will be landing and taking off at Speke Airport. Over the little foot bridge at Lady Brook [now a little full of litter unfortunately] and on to the woods and the Ice House Plantation. This will bring you to a lovely big park/playground for a last surge of energy for the kiddies, before heading back to the pub for the car.
Hale Lighthouse Walk Map

Rice Lane City Farm

Free Entry. Dont expect all singing, all dancing like some children's farms, its run by the volunteers. But a pleasant enough change of scene, especially in the summer when the meadows are blooming. We have seen woodpeckers and cowslips here, so its important to the local ecology and thats always exciting. Enjoy!

Rice Lane Farm