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4th Jun 2023  14:00  by Hoppy

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14th Jan 2023  13:04  by greenbell

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In the previous century this was first stop on a coach day trip to North Wales... one dual carriage way and a number of decades later at last a stop on a suitably gleaming wintry day.

14th May 2022  19:46  by painterman61

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Finally stopped tonight for a visit super white church and spire which has a ladder up. Found the benchmark and visited the Canadian Memorial and its many First World war graves soldiers who died of the Spanish flu Pandemic whilst waiting to return home from Wales.

White church ©painterman61
Spire with ladder ©painterman61
Vane looks new ©painterman61
Memorial and war graves ©painterman61
Benchmark ©painterman61

6th Feb 2022  15:25  by Wheresthatpenguin

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St Margaret's Church, Bodelwyddan ((nicknamed 'The Marble Church'). Stunning Grade II listed church, built between 1856-60 in the decorated gothic style, with a 202 foot spire which can be seen for miles around. It is called the Marble Church because it was built out of 14 varieties of marble, including Belgian Red marble, Anglesey marble and Purbeck marble. All good with the spire. There is a cut benchmark on the south west jut of the tower (south east face). There is also a cut benchmark and 1GL/PA bolt, and a possible pivot benchmark as well, on the north east face of the tower at the nearby St Asaph Cathedral. In terms of the pivot, there is no arrow, so it may or may not be a pivot benchmark.

Church
Spire
CBM (St Margaret's Church)
Benchmarks (St Asaph Cathedral) CBM and 1GL/PA bolt, plus possible pivot benchmark

30th Jan 2022  14:00  by Mickandkim

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Passed it many times

8th Oct 2019  14:30  by Malcolmm

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Very fine church spire

6th Jun 2019  13:00  by Topofthemoor

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Bodelwyddan Church Spire

Bodelwyddan Church Spire
Bodelwyddan
Bodelwyddan CBM

15th May 2019  10:50  by Particle

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Fine looking church.

29th Sep 2018  09:27  by painterman61

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Drive by on way to gylders fine spire

Spire ©painterman61

3rd Jun 2018  13:36  by Ant1974

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22nd May 2018  13:57  by asbown

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beautiful church.

22nd May 2018  13:57  by The reluctant trigger

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13th May 2017  10:47  by g4wsb

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©g4wsb
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30th Apr 2017  11:10  by rupertal

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3rd Aug 2016  15:43  by gerryu2

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spotted while passing

19th Jun 2016  15:20  by Dusty

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Church Spire

30th Apr 2016  19:53  by VinceTP

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23rd Apr 2016  13:52  by FrankR

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17th Jan 2016  11:28  by stignest

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as far as churches go this un has to be seen! a thing of beauty.

9th Oct 2015  15:00  by Bourne

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27th Aug 2015  12:17  by Deego

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CHURCH ©Deego

7th Jun 2015  15:12  by Phil Clayton

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Passed it again and thought it must be an Intersected Station. A few miles back towards Conwy on the beach by the A55 is a mass of concrete sea defences which at first glance looks like a home for retired trig pillars. A second glance reveals them to be hexagonal!

15th Aug 2014  14:15  by Thejenkies

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Lovely church, seen as passing on the A55

Tower at Church ©Thejenkies

25th Jul 2014  15:25  by NonCompassMentis

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This brought back memories for Mrs R, her first school outing to Wales, staying in Dyserth and visiting a different feature each day.

10th Jun 2014  14:10  by Brisey

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A striking church, prominent alongside the A55, a road complained of by previous loggers. Sorry, but I probably contributed significantly to the road noise as I passed by in my campervan.

7th Sep 2013  15:49  by catman

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Fine church. Very moving seeing soldiers' graves.

28th Jun 2013  13:18  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

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Church

13th Jun 2013  16:20  by tom

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The strikingly white Church of St Margaret (“The Marble Church”) stands on the eastern edge of the small town of Bodelwyddan to the south of Rhyl. From the churchyard the Clwydian Range could be seen on the horizon to the east and Bodelwyddan Castle is on a hillside to the south. There is constant traffic noise from the adjacent A55. This elaborate Victorian church also has an impressive interior including marble columns and richly carved choir stalls. It is a Grade II* listed building and has a surviving cut bench mark on the corner of its tower.

18th May 2013  19:00  by peregrinus

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12th Apr 2013  13:46  by tigger4242

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Nice church

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9th Apr 2013  16:23  by trigging on an island

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Being a native North Walian this church has always been in my conscious for as long as I can remember. Returning on long road journeys from across the border the unmistakable sight of the spire approaching was the first sign that we were just about home. For more information about the Canadian soldiers read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmel_Park_Riots .

Canadian soldiers memorial

22nd Mar 2013  12:11  by Border Peat

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Marble interior Church Spire©Border Peat

8th Mar 2013  15:11  by Triggers

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en route to snowdonia for walking holiday and real trigs. nice church though

26th Oct 2012  11:53  by Keith Stevens

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Formidable church, in Marble. St Margaret's, 1860. Graveyard contains Canadian soldiers, died from flu and as a consequence of a mutiny, when they got fed up with not being able to get home after the 14/18 war. Imagine getting through that war, then dying in Wales, waiting for a ship home

Bodelwyddan Church

5th Sep 1997  18:00  by Historian

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Historic log.