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(C) Chester to Basingwerk Abbey via Bretton and Pentre Halkyn

10:15 Sunday June 7 2026

Current Participants: 6 space(s) available

    A Grade C ride of 42 miles starting from outside Chester Station at 10:15 and travelling up to Buckley via Saltney Ferry, Bretton and Little Mountain, with a stop for a break by the common in Buckley, before pressing on to Pentre Halkyn and then descending through Holywell and the Greenfield Valley for lunch at Basingwerk Abbey in Greenfield.  Then back to Chester along mostly flat roads through Bagillt, Flint, Connah’s Quay, Shotton and the Greenway.   Here is the route on Komoot: Chester to Basingwerk Abbey via Bretton and Pentre Halkyn.  Note that there are potential escapes to railway stations at Flint after 32 miles, Hawarden Bridge after 38 miles, or Capenhurst after 44 miles.

    There is a very nice cafe (the Bake House) at Basingwerk Abbey and plenty of places to sit outside by the abbey to eat your own sandwiches.

    There are two big hills of 500ft/150m each (up the Old Warren from Broughton; and up from The Green at Northop to Halkyn village).  The break for a snack and a drink is between those two climbs.   And there is a section in Flint (between Henry Taylor Street and Trelawny Avenue) where we will walk for 120 yards the wrong way down a one-way street because that route gives a nice view of the Estuary beforehand and avoids having to ride along the busy A548 through Flint.





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