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Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are regarded as amongst Britain’s most treasured landscapes and along with the National Parks their special character represent our finest and most precious tracts of countryside.
The Clwydian Range forms a 35km north – south chain of undulating hills extending to 160 sq.km and rising to 554 metres at the summit of Moel Famau in the centre of the area. The hills stretch from the Vale of Clwyd in the west to the foothills of the Dee Estuary to the east; from Prestatyn Hillside in the north to the Nant y Garth pass in the South.
Seen as its best from the Vale of Clwyd, the open heather moorland of the high ridge dominates the small hedged fields and coppice woodland of the lower slopes. In places, limestone rock outcrops are exposed in attractive wooded escarpments and on the fringes of the area, highly fertile farmland gives a soft pastoral foreground to the hills.
The AONB has traditionally been a day-trip destination from Merseyside and Cheshire, and receives large numbers of visitors, particularly at its two Country Parks of Loggerheads and Moel Famau. The Offa’s Dyke National Trail follows almost the entire length of the ridge crest.
There is a superb website dedicated to the Clwydian Range AONB. please use the link on the left.
(pdf, 2,122.41 KB) the big walk - 16 August 2008 - A super family day out; find the highest Superlambanana, and see for yourselves what makes the Clwydian Range such a special place.