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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
1st October - 31st March 10am-4pm

Last admission 30 minutes before closing

Closed at 2pm on Good Friday

Prices

Category Price
Members - Join now
Free
Adult
£2.00
Family
£3.00
Disabled and companion
Free
Student and children under 16
£1.00
Seniors (Aged 65+)
£1.00

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.

www.stwinefridesshrine.org

Visitor information

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Accessible toilets

Accessible toilets available at this site for visitor use.

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Bikes access

Bike storage area available in car park or close to site.

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Car park

Parking for approx. 6 cars plus one dedicated disabled parking (approx. 30 metres).

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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.

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Toilets

Visitor toilets are available at this site.

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Exhibition

On-site exhibition within monument.

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Gift shop

Gift shop at this site offering a range of products and guidebooks.

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Guidebook

Site guidebook available to purchase online and in selected visitor centres.

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Drone policy

Please read our policy information about flying drones at Cadw monuments: read the guidance

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No smoking

Smoking is not permitted.

Directions

Address

St Winefride’s Shrine & Well
Greenfield Street
Holywell
Flintshire
CH8 7PN
stwinefridesshrine.org

Telephone 07542 268722

Email infowellshrine@rcdwxm.org.uk

Google Map
Road: Holywell, off A55
Rail: Flint 4m (6.4km)
Bike: NCN Route No.5 (2.8km/1.8mls)

Postcode CH8 7PN

For further information, please contact: Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000 or National Rail Enquiries on 03457 48 49 50.