Walks you can reach from Abergele and Pensarn by train

Offa's Dyke Path up to the trig point on Graig Fawr, a National Trust limestone hill with sea views to the Great Orme, and a disused railway line.

Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Graig Fawr: A National Trust limestone hill above Prestatyn with a trig point and views to the Great Orme, reached via the Offa's Dyke Path.

Time: 2h30–5h

Warnings: A sustained hillside climb with steps and steeper terrain.

Walk details: Transport for Wales (tips, photos and turn-by-turn directions).

Hard-surfaced circuit around Flint Castle and along the Wales Coast Path with saltmarsh and Dee Estuary views across to the Wirral.

Coastal: almost all along the coast.

Woodland: half under tree cover.

Flint Castle: The earliest of Edward I's Welsh castles, distinctive for its great detached tower; began the chain of English-built fortresses in Wales.

Flintshire Guardian: Three-metre-tall sculpture at Flint Point looking out across the Dee Estuary toward Hilbre Island.

Dee Estuary: Wide tidal estuary on the North Wales/Wirral border, fringed with saltmarsh and rich in birdlife.

Time: 1h30–3h

Walk details: Transport for Wales (tips, photos and turn-by-turn directions).

Out-and-back along the Wales Coast Path from Colwyn Bay to St Trillo's Chapel at Rhos on Sea.

Coastal: almost all along the coast.

St Trillo's Chapel: A tiny seafront chapel built over a natural spring thought to be an ancient holy well, with seating for six people.

Rhos on Sea: Coastal village with shops, cafés and a playground at the turnaround point.

Time: 1h30–2h30

Walk details: Transport for Wales (tips, photos and turn-by-turn directions).

Recommended

Walk details: Railwalks.

Coast path — North Wales Path.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Time: 2h30–5h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 2h30–5h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: Rail Rambles.

Time: 4h30–9h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An alternative that stays on the Bridgewater Canal all the way to Stockton Heath before entering Warrington and making a very nice canal walk between the urban areas.

Time: 4h30–9h

Lunch: A pub at Moore on the canal.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A foot-only route, first along a well-paved towpath on the Shropshire Union Canal as far as Stoak, then a lengthy section of country walking across the marshes with sheep and cows, before an unpaved stretch and a track out across Frodsham Marsh. A good open rural route and only somewhat marred by heavy industry at the edge. Begins on the Shropshire Union Canal towpath; crosses Frodsham Marsh.

Time: 4h30–8h30

End-of-walk reward: Plenty of good pubs in Frodsham.

Warnings: A stretch alongside a busy road from Thornton-le-Moors. A foot-only route due to the marsh terrain.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A foot-only rural route: a well-paved towpath along the Shropshire Union Canal as far as Stoak, then a lengthy section of open country walking across marshes grazed by sheep and cattle, paved roads through Thornton-le-Moors, a track out across Frodsham Marsh into Frodsham. A good open rural route and only somewhat marred by heavy industry at the edge.

Time: 5h–9h30

End-of-walk reward: Frodsham is full of good pubs and historic buildings; shops at both town ends.

Warnings: Marsh terrain and livestock make it foot-only.

Walk details: Slow Ways.