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Wrexham and FlintshirePantasaph and the Halkyn Edge
Franciscan friary with a hillside Way of the Cross, and field paths onto the limestone edge above the Dee.
- Distance
- 3.7 mi / 6 km
- Time
- 2 hr 5
- Ascent
- 200 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Shape
- Circular
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
A path climbs from the friary onto the hillside and loop back through farmland. Gentle climbing.
Worth knowing
- The Way of the Cross on the hillside was laid out in the nineteenth century and is still used.
- The poet Francis Thompson stayed at the friary and wrote here.
- Combine with St Winefride’s Well in Holywell below.
What you’ll see
The friary and hillside stations, farmland, and the Dee estuary below.
Background
The friary was founded in 1852 and became a centre of Catholic pilgrimage alongside the well at Holywell.