Flintshire
Locator map for the Welsh administrative region of Flintshire.
Unitary authority in north Wales. A former county, it was part of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996.
Area
437 sq km/169 sq mi
Towns
Mold (administrative headquarters),
Flint,
Holywell,
Buckley, Connah's Quay
Physical
bounded by the Irish Sea in the north, the Dee estuary in the east, and the Clwydian Range, which rises to 555 m/1,820 ft, in the southwest; rivers Dee,
AlynFeatures
St Winifride's Holy Well (646), ruins of Basingwerk Abbey (1132), ruins of Fflint Castle (1284)
Industries
artificial silk, chemicals, optical glass
Agriculture
dairy farming, stock-raising
Population
(2001) 148,600
| Greenfield Valley near Holywell was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution with a number of mills and factories built there in the 18th century, and now has a museum of industrial archaeology. There is an airport at Hawarden. |
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