Rural Walks in Flintshire (pdf) - Flintshire County Council

20Loggerheads– Moel FamauMountain and forest withpanoramic viewsDistance: 9.8 km / 6.1 milesTime: 4.5 hrsParking and start: Loggerheads Country Park(SJ198626)Grade: Strenuous (one steep ascent), many stiles, can beboggy in placesFacilities: Countryside Centre, café and toilets atLoggerheads CP and pub oppositeLivestock: Sheep, cattle, horsesMynydd a choedwig gydagolygfeydd panoramigPellter: 9.8 km / 6.1 milltirAmser: 4.5 awrParcio a man cychwyn: Parc Gwledig Loggerheads cyf(SJ198626)Graddfa: Egniol (un ddringfa serth), sawl camfa, gall fodyn gorslyd mewn mannauCyfleusterau: Y Ganolfan Cefn Gwlad, caffi a thoiledauym Maes Parcio a'r dafarn gyferbynDa byw: Defaid, gwartheg, ceffylau60www.borderlands.co.ukWhere to eat great food in FlintshireParagliding over theClwydian RangeParagleidio drosFryniau ClwydSGKstile/ camfagate/ giâtkissing gate/ giât mochynpub/ tafarnparking/ maes parcioright of way/ hawl tramwyoroute/ y llwybrMoelFamau S3 554mJubilee TowerTwr ˆ JiwibiliThe WalkGGSGSS GGG GSFfrithMountainMynydd Ffrith378mBrithdir Mawr2 S S S1. From car park head towards road entrance,branching R as indicated to join lane. Turn Ruphill, then continue for 800m to T-Junction,turn R (signed Cilcain). After 25m turn L thro'metal gate (opposite fingerpost signed MoelFamau). Continue ahead for 200m then thro'another gate (ignore footpath on R). Continuealong sunken lane, crossing another stile bygate, and continuing ahead, (ignore path on Rof gate and path on L 20m later). After 100mpass thro' open gateway and continue alongRH field boundary for 225m. Then turn L uptrack by fingerpost. Turn R over stile beforegate. Cross field corner to stile. Over stile andturn R along forest edge.2. After 75m cross over stile by fingerpost.Bear diagonally R to second finger post.Cross stream via sleeper bridge and continuealong field boundary for 150m before turningdiagonally L to head up field. Notice BrithdirMawr on R. Just before field boundary turn Rand ford stream. Cross gate/stile and continueahead towards gate (ignore path on RHS after100m). Turn L before gate over stile intoforest. Walk steeply uphill, crossing cycleroute after 400m and continuing aheadfor further 500m. Turn L at marker postwhere path descends briefly, then ascendsteeply again for 400m to stile belowMoel Famau summit.3. To descend turn R along clear path for700m, with tree line on RHS. At pathcrossroads turn R along bridleway. Passthrough small gate after 200m and continuedownhill with old stonewall on RHS. After600m ignore small gate on RHS and continueahead, signed Loggerheads, for 500m to gateand stile. Cross stile/gate and continue pastfingerpost, signed Loggerheads, where pathS4S S S SBryn y CastellGSGKG005KAlynKennelsParc GwledigLoggerheadsCountry ParkA4940.5 mile/ militir1 km/ cilomedrCaffi Florence1We ThreeLoggerheadsjoins from L (remains of World War IIaeroplane decoy centre on LHS). Go thro'gate ahead and continue along path, thro'two more gates. At junction turn L ontolane, signed Loggerheads, and walk downhillto road.4. Cross road and over stile opposite, besidesign to Loggerheads, onto concealed footpath.Follow path past house on R. Over stile andacross field to another stile. Cross drive andcontinue thro' gate along waymarked pathahead. Over 2 more stiles and cross footbridgeover River Alyn. Thro' squeeze stile and, wherepath forks, take waymarked path R uphill.At top of hill turn R onto Leete path. At nextpath fork bear L on wider path to join lane.5. Turn R on lane and continue ahead passingAlyn Kennels on R. Thro' KG behind kennelsand follow path back into LoggerheadsCountry Park. Ignore footbridge on R andcontinue along path with river on R. Crossover stone bridge and walk back toCountryside Centre and car park.Remains of a WWII aeroplane decoy centreOlion canolfan denu awyrennau o'r Ail Ryfel Byd