Hawarden Castle Ruins
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HAWARDEN CASTLE AND GLADSTONES LIBRARY
What began as a trek to see a Welsh Castle turned into a trip to the Library!
Not just any library- William Gladstone's Library!
Hawarden Kite | Hawarden Castle, North Wales
In politics a kite is a means of testing the political weather. The most famous kite was flown by William Ewart Gladstone in December 1885. Here I show it came about and how it unfolded.
Hawarden Castle 360° Walkaround
Hawarden Estate in Flintshire North Wales threw their Castle 'gates' open to the public for the day. So I popped along with the ThetaS for a trial run taking some 360° video. Pop on you cardboard viewer and take a walk with me.
Hawarden Castle || Aerial Getaway || Episode 5 || Drone Footage
An Aerial video of Hawarden Castle in North Wales. Here lie the ruins of a medieval castle, Hawarden Castle. This was built on the site of an Iron Age fort by the Normans and had a round keep built on a motte. Thanks for watching
Hawarden Bridge
The bridge across the River Dee near Chester is now an important part of the cycle route which, since this film was made, now extends along most of the north Wales coast.
Gladstone Library - Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Skyquad
One of Flintshire's if not North Wales best kept secrets.
What a stunning location and setting for Gladstone Library. It is no wonder they have tourists from America coming to visit this stunning location and building. We have the great privilege of flying it with our Skyquad UAV system to share with everyone.
The library itself is one of a few Grade 1 listed buildings in North Wales, and it truly stunning
Gladstone's Library & St.Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, North Wales
Gladstone's Library, or St.Deiniol's Residential Library, as it was known until 2010, is situated in the village of Hawarden(pronounced Harden), 7 miles from the city of Chester but actually in North Wales. The library was founded in 1895 by the four time victorian Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) in a temporary structure known as the 'tin tabernacle', and Gladstone used his own collection of over 30,000 books to start the project. The books were transported in wheelbarrows from his residence Hawarden Castle at the other end of the village. After his death in 1898, an appeal was set up to build a more permanent building and this was opened in 1902 and an accommodation wing added in 1906. Today the library contains over 200,000 printed articles, has 26 bedrooms and a bistro.
Next door is St.Deiniol's Parish Church. A church has been on this site since the 6th century, but is first recorded in 1180. The church contains the Gladstone Memorial Chapel with recumbent figures of Gladstone and his wife Catherine; and a west window by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones. It has a large churchyard which has a memorial to the Boer War and a grave of a soldier who fought in 4 campaigns of the Crimean War. You may wish to pause to read the inscriptions. Music is by Brian Crain.
Hawarden-Flintshire -North wales
Hawarden the home of footballer Michael Owen,
Hawarden Bridge station to Connahs Quay old dock
From Hawarden Bridge to Connahs quay old dock using a new widened cycle bridge bolted to the old bridge new access ramps and led lighting all make what used to be a very overgrown and neglected route now a cyclist and walkers route, giving access to the Shoton Steelworks complex,and the huge deeside industrial estaste and linking North Wales to the Wirral on a safe off route.
Dropping Into Hawarden
Tinkersdrop Segment Into Hawarden.
Hawarden Golf Club Showreel
A few snippets from our two day filming at Hawarden Golf Course.
GHOST of Wepre Park & Ewloe Castle,nr Connah's Quay in Flintshire, Wales.
Originally established next to an ancient forest, Wepre woods and estate are described in the Domesday book, situated within the Hundred of Atiscross, measuring 0.5 leagues.The park is home to Ewloe Castle
Ewloe Castle, which was built around 1257, is a relic of a brief triumph that the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd had over the English Crown and the Anglo-Norman Marcher Lords in the mid 13th century. Until then, this part of north east Wales had been the starting point for repeated Norman invasions of Gwynedd for more than 150 years.
Legends say the castle is haunted by the ghost of 'marching men' and, in the surrounding 160 acre woodland between Connah's Quay and Ewloe, Nora the Nun is said to walk.The area had already written itself into the history books as the Battle of Ewloe in 1157 saw 200 Welshmen led by Owain Gwynedd, who was then king of north Wales, nearly kill English monarch Henry II.
The fight in Ewloe wood was close to where the ruins of Ewloe Castle stand.BATTLE OF Ewloe here
But beginning in the early 1230s, the Princes of Gwynedd had had started to gain the upper hand against the Anglo-Normans and Plantagenets who had taken territory in North Wales. Eventually by the late 1250s, the Welsh had reached Ewloe retaking lands up to the England–Wales border. A fortification had existed on or near the site since the Battle of Ewloe (Welsh: Brwydr Cwnsyllt) in 1157, when the Welsh successfully ambushed an English force under the command of Henry II (as they marched to Twthill at Rhuddlan). The English king only narrowly avoiding being killed himself having been rescued by Roger, Earl of Hertford.
Wepre Park is one of North Wales’ most popular destinations for family fun, however the Connah’s Quay beauty spot has a terrifying dark side...
The park has an illustrious past having once been part of the Wepre Hall estate, however nothing now remains of the hall now after it was demolished in the 1960s.
The grounds are also home to the remains of Ewloe Castle which was built by Welsh Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1257.
But despite the picturesque surroundings, legend tells that the ancient woodland is a hive of paranormal activity and when darkness falls things go bump in the night.
The park has long had a reputation for being haunted with sightings including a floating Nun called Nora, a pack of spirit dogs, a singing woman, and even a phantom army complete with a headless horseman.Undoubtedly its most famous ghoul is Nora the Nun who is said to haunt the Rosie pool and has been spotted by dozens over the decades floating over the waterfall and in the castle grounds.
It’s thought that she drowned in the Rosie pool after giving birth to an illegitimate child and unable to live with herself threw the baby into the water.
While other popular stories say she had her head cut off after an affair with a monk or was possibly hit by a bomb near the waterfall.
Over the years people have described her as an “angry faceless nun” with some claiming to have heard her humming while walking across the top of the waterfall.John Williams from Connah’s Quay said: “I can remember seeing Nora one night during a midnight walk by the waterfall with my dog. My dog started whining and when I looked up I saw her floating across the waterfall and could faintly hear a humming noise. But then she vanished into thin air.”
It’s also claimed that a pack of ghost dogs roam the woods, which are said to come from a pet cemetery at the old Wepre Hall where generations of family dogs were buried with their own headstones.While others say that if you go down to the castle late at night when it’s stormy the sound of drumming and the noise of a marching of an army can be heard, with some even claiming to have felt the wind of passing horses.
Caergwrle Castle
Caergwrle (/kɑːɨr gʊrlɛ/) Castle, Initial Construction: 1277
Another drive through Wales. First real ride since I'd gotten new tires and chain.
Found some very well hidden castle ruins near Wrexham which I've never been aware of!
It was the final castle to be built by Welsh rulers before the loss of independence.
Had limited time to do the shooting as the heavens opened and rained all over but it turned out better than expected in the end.
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Apologies for the shaky intro footage.. will have a solution to this soon.
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Cardiff Castle and Colours of Welsh Spring Gardens, Wales Britain - UK Holidays
Cardiff Castle and Colours of Welsh Spring Gardens, Wales Britain - UK Holidays. Right in the centre of Cardiff city, and a huge beautifully landscape garden with squirrels and birds. Beautiful place to visit. You will need to purchase a ticket to enter. Taken on our Canon Video Camera
A View Of Hawarden Old Castle North Wales.3 rd Of June 2018.
This is a very short stroll from our community garden we are blessed where we are with the most beautiful countryside.
Picking apples at Hawarden Farm Estate and making a gorgeous apple crumble
As per usual, Joerg and I take blog photos on weekends and usually go to nice places that we love sharing. We also went to Hawarden Farm Estate for some apple picking and cooked and baked something really nice. Also, we've been together for 29 yeas last week (OMG!) and went for a nice meal in a nearby pub that we just discovered.
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Delicious and easy autumn apple recipes: (English version)
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Visit to Ewloe Castle
Situated in Flintshire, North Wales.