Loggerheads Country Park
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| Loggerheads Country Park | |
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 View of the bridge over the River Alyn | |
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| Type | Country park |
| Location | Loggerheads, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°09′17″N 03°12′03″W / 53.15472°N 3.20083°W |
| Operated by | Denbighshire County Council |
| Status | Open all year |
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Loggerheads Country Park is a country park in the village of Loggerheads, Denbighshire, Wales.[1][2] The park has a wooded river valley that follows the course of the River Alyn and high cliffs from within the Clwydian Range of mountains,[1] with views of the range's tallest mountain Moel Famau.[3] The park has a visitor centre, woodland walks, and two landmarks—a historic corn mill called Pentre Mill, and a gorge called Devil's Gorge.
The site was the location of Pentre Mill, a corn mill dating to the early 19th century.[4] The mill was powered by a water wheel near the River Alyn; the water wheel was closed in the 1940s and restored in the 1990s.[5] The park was also the location of lead mining and quarrying.[6]
In 1926, the Crosville Motor Bus Company acquired land at Loggerheads and constructed tea rooms and gardens for visitors who often arrived at the park by bus. Other amenities included a bandstand, boating lake, and refreshment kiosks. Loggerheads was popular in the 1920s and 1930s but declined after the Second World War. In 1974, Clwyd County Council bought the land and the gardens for use as a country park. In 1984 a wooden tea room burned down.[7]
