Gwespyr

[1] It overlooks Point of Ayr on the west side of the River Dee estuary and its sandy beaches with dunes.

Originally, it is thought to have been a strategic Mercian lookout which was reduced in importance with the development of a fortified Rhuddlan.

[2] Gwespyr stone has been quarried in quantity from Roman times and shipped to the rest of the UK and abroad.

It was used for many buildings around Gwespyr, and was also used to build the ancient Maen Achwyfan Cross at Whitford, the chapel at St Winefride's Well in Holywell, stone carvings in Rhuddlan Castle and Denbigh Castle, St Asaph Cathedral, The Talacre Arms Public house in Gwespyr and Basingwerk Abbey in Greenfield, Flintshire.

[5] Another chapel belonging to the Church in Wales was built during the 1960s in a stunning location perched on the top of Gwespyr Hill opposite the Reservoir.

The Village Hall was also home to Gwespyr Sounds Productions between 1998 - 2004 for its bands and music acts to rehearse.

A new committee was formed and the hall is undergoing a period of surveys and renovations in the hopes of once again opening its doors.

The memorial was originally erected by Sir Pyres William Mostyn Baronet to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 14 August 1897.Frank Nicholson of Gwespyr was a Welsh baritone, a National Eisteddfod winner, and a wireless singer, who was attacked and killed by a stallion while walking home on a footpath leading from Talacre Abbey (known by the locals as "the park") to Gwespyr on Monday 8 October 1928.

The pub was popular during the 1960s when it was owned by Marston's Brewery until the mid-1990s when it was bought by private owners; it closed in May 2011 and is now a residential building.

There is a play area across from the Masons Arms public house that is maintained by Flintshire County Council.

Capel Gwespyr
Gwespyr Village Hall in 2019
Gwespyr War Memorial
Gwespyr War Memorial
Gwespyr Hillside From Talacre
The Masons Arms