Flint Castle Ruins – Flint Castle loop from Flint
Flint Castle Ruins – Flint Castle loop from Flint
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Flint Castle Ruins – Flint Castle loop from Flint
01:25
5.54km
20m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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319 m
King Richard II and Mathe Sculpture at Flint Castle
Highlight • Monument
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421 m
Flint Castle Ruins
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421 m
Flint Castle
Highlight • Historical Site
Fans of military architecture make a bee-line for Flint. The first castle to be founded as part Edward I’s campaign against Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (Llywelyn the Last) in north Wales, it boasts a unique and unusually sophisticated design.
Started in 1277 and largely completed by 1284, the castle is dominated by the great tower (or donjon) at its south-east corner. Surrounded by its own moat and accessed via a drawbridge, it’s essentially a castle within a castle. Built with exceptionally thick walls and equipped with all the facilities required to withstand a siege, it was presumably intended to be a final refuge in the event of an attack.
Flint Castle is also famous as the location of a fateful meeting in 1399 between Richard II and his rival to the crown Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), an event immortalised in Shakespeare’s Richard II.
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945 m
Coastal Path Along the Dee Estuary
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5.54 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.76 km
858 m
535 m
224 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.63 km
1.38 km
1.09 km
256 m
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