St Winefride's Chapel and Holy Well
Visitor Notice
Online tickets are not currently available for St Winefride's Chapel and Holy Well.
Please purchase your admission tickets on arrival.
Thank you
Still a popular place of pilgrimage
The holy well at St Winefride’s has been a place of pilgrimage since at least 1115. It is said to spring from the spot where 7th-century Welsh abbot St Beuno brought his niece Winefride back to life, though it’s likely that this story may actually have much older, pagan origins.
The chapel itself dates from the late 15th century. Set into the hillside, it’s a striking and unusual building, richly decorated and exceptionally well-built. On the bottom floor, the spring water bubbles up into a star-shaped basin beneath an elaborately vaulted ceiling before flowing out into a more recent outdoor pool, where pilgrims still visit to bathe in its waters with their claimed healing properties.
Reputedly the oldest continually visited pilgrim site in Britain, it’s on the route of the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way that travels along the Llŷn Peninsula to Bardsey Island, the legendary ‘Isle of 20,000 Saints’.
Opening times & prices
Opening times
1st April - 30th September | 9am-5pm |
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1st October - 31st March | 10am-4pm |
Last admission 30 minutes before closing Closed at 2pm on Good Friday |
Prices
Category | Price |
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Members - Join now |
Free
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Adult |
£2.00
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Family |
£3.00
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Disabled and companion |
Free
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Student and children under 16 |
£1.00
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Seniors (Aged 65+) |
£1.00
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No admission charge to visit the chapel. The chapel is locked. Please collect the key from the curator at the Visitor Centre. A returnable security deposit will be required. |
Visitor information
Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets available at this site for visitor use.
Bikes access
Bike storage area available in car park or close to site.
Car park
Parking for approx. 6 cars plus one dedicated disabled parking (approx. 30 metres).
Disabled person access
Access to the chapel is down a flight of steps, along a short level path and then up a couple of steps to the main door.
There is good level access.
Toilets
Visitor toilets are available at this site.
Exhibition
On-site exhibition within monument.
Gift shop
Gift shop at this site offering a range of products and guidebooks.
Guidebook
Site guidebook available to purchase online and in selected visitor centres.
Drone policy
Please read our policy information about flying drones at Cadw monuments: read the guidance
No smoking
Smoking is not permitted.
Directions
Address
Greenfield Street
Holywell
Flintshire
CH8 7PN
stwinefridesshrine.org
Telephone 07542 268722
Postcode CH8 7PN
For further information, please contact: Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000 or National Rail Enquiries on 03457 48 49 50.