HolywellFlintshire

St Winefride's Well (the oldest continuously visited pilgrimage site in Britain, called the Lourdes of Wales), the pilgrimage heritage, and a small North Wales town of profound religious significance

St Winefride's Well has been a place of pilgrimage since the 7th century — making it the oldest continuously visited pilgrimage site in Britain. The legend of St Winefride, whose head was severed and then restored miraculously, draws thousands of pilgrims annually. Henry V made a pilgrimage here on foot from Shrewsbury in 1416.

St Winefride's Well is genuinely moving — the medieval bathing pool is still used by pilgrims. The well house is 15th century and extraordinary. The town has good community shops. The Greenfield Valley Heritage Park for industrial history.