Cadw places in Flintshire

Cistercian abbey of 1131 with chapter house, parlour and refectory at the foot of Greenfield Valley near Holywell, the start of the North Wales Pilgrim's Way; free, open daylight hours, free car park on the A548.

The last castle built by a Welsh prince, Dafydd ap Gruffudd's hilltop stronghold of 1278 to 1282 above Caergwrle village; free, open daylight hours, a short steep woodland climb from the village car park off the High Street.

Llywelyn the Great's castle in the woods of the Wepre Brook valley near Hawarden, with its D-shaped Welsh Tower and wall walk; free, open daylight hours, 10 to 15 minutes' walk from a lay-by on the B5125 or through Wepre Park.

Edward I's first Welsh castle of 1277 on the Dee estuary, with a detached great tower in its own moat where Richard II met Bolingbroke in 1399; free entry, free town car park by the lifeboat station, station 270 m.

Eleven-foot early Christian wheel cross of about 1000 AD covered in Viking-influenced interlace, alone in a field near Whitford; free, open daylight hours, a 40-metre field path from the lane, roadside parking only.