Thread: Further afield - Greenfield Valley

It's been suggested that I post these here (they were in my blog) even though they're not in the Midlands. Holywell is near the Deeside coast, to the north-west of Chester and I went there on September 15th this year. On walking down to the nearby ruined abbey near the town I started to see, through the roadside trees, old structures. At the first opportunity I turned off the road and discovered the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park.
http://www.greenfieldvalley.com/

This is Meadow Mill Pool where the Holywell stream is dammed to create a millpool for a copper mill - the mill remains are just behind the photographer.


The next millpool is the Lower Flour Mill Pool....


...although the mill remains are those of a 6-storey cotton mill.




Restored warehouse.




Here's a mix of short videos I took...
http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ieldValley.flv

http://www.greenfieldvalley.com/

After visiting the abbey ruins I went back to Holywell via the ruins of Greenfield Mill which was for working brass. The mill closed down in the 1890s.




The mill's clock tower....

stunning scenery and pictures!whats the warehouse used for now??

According to the brochure I got, inside the warehouse is a steam pop bottling plant and an exhibition on the industries of the valley.