Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales,
This short walk is 2.5 miles or 4km and is located in the Greenfield Valley, Holywell, North Wales.
Park the car in the Basingwerk Abbey Car Park close to the junction of the A548 and B5121.
Facing south take the path on the east corner of the car park leading to the ruins of Basingwerk Abbey. Follow the path skirting the site of the Abbey.
The ruins of Basingwerk Abbey are the remains of a Cistercian abbey originally founded as a house of the order of Savigny in 1131, and remodelled in the thirteenth century. Although the abbey church does not survive to any great height, it is possible to make out the cruciform plan on the ground with the remains of small chapels in the North and South transepts and the cloister on the southern side of the Nave. The most notable features remaining today are the two fine arches of the extended Chapter House, and their central supporting column.
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