Flintshire - Wales - Travel - Accommodation - Tourism
Flintshire is a maritime
and the smallest county of North Wales, bounded on the
north by the Irish Sea, on the northeast by the Dee estuary,
on the east by the English county of Cheshire, and on
the south and west by Denbighshire. It has an area of
256 square miles. The largest rivers are the Clwyd and
Dee. The county rises in the southeast border range of
the Berwyns to the peak of Moel Fammau at 1820 feet. On
the west is the northernmost spur of the Cambrian Mountains.
The land is low on the coast but fertile, and there are
extensive pasture lands in the Vale of Clwyd.
There are extensive Roman and Saxon remains. Both Wat's
and Offa's dykes cross the country.
Flint is the county town and a river port. Rhyl is the
chief seaport. Mold and Hawarden are industrial centers.
Other Principal
Cities/Towns are Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's
Quay, Holywell, Buckley and St. Asaph.
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