Castles in Flintshire

With more of them per square mile than any other country in Europe, Wales is often known as ‘The Land of Castles.’ 

The long and chequered history of the country has left more than a thousand Iron Age hillforts scattered in the landscape, together with the brooding remains of great castles fought over for hundreds of years by the Welsh and the English. 

From fortifications built upon Iron Age foundations to the mighty Flint Castle, the first of Edward 1’s ‘Iron Ring’ fortresses, you are never too far from one of these iconic buildings wherever you are in Flintshire.