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Denbigh Castle Ring
Denbigh, Wales

Denbigh Castle Ring

Length1.5 mi
Elev. Gain170.6 ft
Est. Steps3500
Created by George

Denbigh Castle Ring Introduction

Denbigh Castle Ring is a 1.5 mile (3,500-step) route located near Denbigh, Wales. This route has an elevation gain of about 170.6 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

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Denbigh Castle and town walls

Historical
Denbigh Castle and town walls (Welsh: Castell Dinbych a waliau tref) were a set of fortifications built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the conquest of Wales by King Edward I in 1282. The King granted the lands to Henry de Lacy, the Earl of Lincoln, who began to build a new walled town, colonised by immigrants from England, protected by a substantial castle and surrounded by deer parks for hunting.

Leicester's Church, Denbigh

Historical
Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined Church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but financial difficulties meant work stopped in 1584. When the Earl died unexpectedly in 1588 the project was abandoned.

Denbigh

Place
Denbigh (; Welsh: Dinbych) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, of which it was formerly the county town. The town's Welsh name translates as "Little Fortress", a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills.

Myddelton College

School
Myddelton College is located at Denbigh in North Wales on the site of Howell's School, Denbigh a former girls school founded in 1859. It was reopened in 2016 as an independent co-educational day and boarding school.The college, taking its name from the local Myddelton family who lived in the town, provides education for boys and girls aged 9-18.

Howell's School, Denbigh

Place
Howell's School Denbigh (Welsh: Ysgol Howell Dinbych) was an independent girls only school located in Denbigh, Denbighshire. The school taught girls from the age of 3 up to 18 and contained a pre-prep, preparatory, senior and sixth form. The school was established in 1859 with funding from Thomas Howell's trustees who later established Howell's School Llandaff in 1860.

St Hilary's Chapel

Place
St Hilary's Chapel (also St Hilary's Church) is a former church in Denbigh, Denbighshire, north Wales, of which only the tower remains. The town's garrison church, it lay to the north Denbigh Castle. It dates to c. 1290, when the borough town was built by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln; the earliest mention of it is in 1334.

Henry Morton Stanley

Historical

Guildhall Tavern

Tourist Attraction

Mellings Lane

Tourist Attraction

War Memorial

Historical
Last updated: Jan 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

1.5 mi

Elev. Gain

170.6 ft

Est. Steps

3500
Created by
George
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