The Queensferry Hotel

The Queensferry Hotel, Queensferry, Flintshire

An impressive inter-wars pub next to the old bridge on the original main road into North Wales. Part of the bridge is just visible to the right of the pub. Like the Hawarden Castle across the river, this must once have attracted plenty of trade from trippers caught in the notorious traffic queues.

The Boar's Head

The Boar’s Head, Ewloe, Flintshire

A white-painted pub that looks to be in Greenall’s livery, standing at a junction on a now bypassed stretch of the former A55. It is planned to be demolished and replaced with yet another block of flats.

The Calcot Arms

The Calcot Arms, Holywell, Flintshire

A long-closed roadside pub on the former A55 approaching the town from the south-east, now in a very sorry state. Its decline probably goes back to when the town was bypassed.

The Britannia

The Britannia, Mold, Flintshire

A small street-corner pub that looks to be in Greenall’s livery, on the south side of the town centre.

(My own picture)

The Worthenbury Arms

The Worthenbury Arms, Worthenbury, Flintshire

A roadside village pub that is “To Let” on the 2009 StreetView image, but looking considerably more sorry for itself in the recent photo. Now bearing Thwaites signs, I recall it once being tied to Border Breweries. Despite its English-sounding name, this village is actually in Wales, in the detached “English Maelor” portion of Flintshire.

The Hawarden Castle

The Hawarden Castle, Queensferry, Flintshire

A large, white-painted pub mouldering away near the old bridge across the Dee. Before the new bridge was opened in the 1960s this must have been very popular with passing trade on the way to or from the North Wales coast.

The White Lion

The White Lion, Pen-y-Mynydd, Flintshire

Although it looks long closed, this pub featured in The Best Pubs in North Wales, a CAMRA book by Mike Dunn published in 1989, which described it as “virtually unchanged for decades”.

The Dinorben Arms

The Dinorben Arms, Bodfari, Flintshire

Although from the front it appears fairly modest, this pub had been greatly extended at the rear. For many years it featured in the Good Pub Guide and enjoyed a reputation as a destination dining venue.

Edit 8 June 2017: As reported in the comments, this pub has now reopened under the auspices of Brunning & Price.