Holywell
Holywell is the 5th largest community as well as a community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the tidewater of the River Dee. The area includes Greenfield. The market town of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well bordered by a church. The well has actually been known because at the very least the Roman period. It has actually been a site of Christian pilgrimage given that regarding 660, committed to Saint Winefride who, according to legend, was beheaded there by Caradog that attempted to attack her. The well is just one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the town expenses itself as The Lourdes of Wales. Many explorers from all over the globe continue to go to Holywell and also the Well. Administratively, Holywell town includes three wards of the Flintshire Region Council local authority. At the 2001 Census, the overall population of the town was 5,974 with the adjacent towns consisting of Greenfield, Whitford and also Carmel the population of the area is over 15,000.
