Flintshire, Wales

Flint Castle (courtesy of Immanuel Giel)

Visitor Information

Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is the most northeasterly county in Wales, bordering the English county of Cheshire to the east, Denbighshire to the west and Wrexham County Borough to the south.

It is named after the historic county of Flintshire which had notably different borders. Flintshire is considered part of the Welsh Marches and formed part of the historic Earldom of Chester and Flint.

Location

Haunted Hotspot

Plas Teg– Pontblyddyn

Plas Teg (Fair Mansion) is said to be Flintshire’s “most celebrated haunted house”, with the ghosts of a little girl, a distraught lover,an unseen presence and audible phenomena.

Three phantom horsemen, strange lights, and eerie shrieks frequent the wooded area around the house.