The River Alyn (Welsh:Afon Alun) is a tributary of the River Dee. The river Alyn rises at the southern end of the Clwydian hills and the Alyn Valley forms part of the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The main town on the river Alyn is Mold, the county town of Flintshire. This article is about the country. ... This article is about the river in Romania. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ... For other Rivers Dee in the UK, see River Dee. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Look up tributary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other Rivers Dee in the UK, see River Dee. ... The Clwydian Range is a series of hills in North Wales that runs from Llandegla in the South to Prestatyn in the North, with the highest point being the popular Moel Famau. ... An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government... Mold (Welsh: ) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. ... Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ...

The River Alyn crosses the carboniferous limestone from Halkyn Mountain and North through the Loggerheads area before heading southeast making through Mold before making its confluence the The Dee at grid reference SJ398561 to the northeast of Wrexham. For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). ... Loggerheads is a village in Denbighshire, Wales on the River Alyn , a tributary of the River Dee. ... Mold (Welsh: ) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... , Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a large (former industrial) town, conurbation and principal area of Wales lying in north-eastern part of the country. ...

Between Loggerheads and Rhydymwyn it runs through the Alyn Gorge, which is the site of the caves Ogof Hesp Alyn, Ogof Hen Ffynhonau and Ogof Nadolig. The river mainly runs across a limestone surface, creating potholes and underwater caves, into which the river flows through through some of the summer, when river levels have decreased significantly. For parts of this stretch the river bed is dry for most of the year. The Alyn Gorge is a spectacular forested section of the River Alyn north between Loggerheads, Wales and Rhydymwyn. ... Ogof Hesp Alyn (Welsh for: Dry Alyn Cave) was discovered by North Wales Caving Club in 1973 in the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales. ... Ogof Hen Ffynhonau (Welsh for: Old Springs Cave) lies in the Alyn Gorge, North Wales close to Ogof Hesp Alyn. ... Ogof Nadilog is a cave in the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales. ...

The River Alyn has become popular in North Wales amonst teachers, as it fits the bill for Geography coursework.

Stuart Kenyon (or Mr Kenyon, as he is known to his pupils) is a geography teacher at Wirral Grammar School for Boys and is a keen admirer of the River Alyn and it's natural beauty. After visiting the River, he declared his love for it and is in the process of buying a small plot of land in the area.

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The River Alyn

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