All walks › Wrexham and Flintshire
Wrexham and FlintshireFlint Castle and the Dee Estuary
Flat surfaced path along the estuary from the first of Edward I’s Welsh castles, with enormous skies and enormous numbers of wading birds.
- Distance
- 3.7 mi / 6 km
- Time
- 1 hr 50
- Ascent
- 20 m
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Shape
- There and back
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Follow the coast path along the estuary edge from the castle, and turn round when you have had enough, and return. Level and firm throughout.
Worth knowing
- Two hours either side of high tide is when the birds are pushed close to the shore. At low water they are specks a mile out.
- Oystercatcher, curlew, redshank and dunlin in large numbers through the winter.
- Wind off the estuary makes it feel much colder than inland. Take more layers than you think.
What you’ll see
The castle keep, mudflats and saltmarsh, and thousands of waders in winter.
Background
Flint was the first of Edward I’s castles in Wales, begun in 1277, and is where Richard II was handed over to Bolingbroke in 1399.