Hope Mountain

{{Short description|Hill in Flintshire, Wales}}

{{Other uses|Mount Hope (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Hope}}

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| elevation_m = 330

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| prominence = 187

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| listing = Marilyns in the British Isles

| country = Wales

| subdivision2_type = County

| subdivision2 = Flintshire

| settlement_type = Village

| settlement = Caergwrle

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| map = Wales Flintshire

| map_caption = Location in North Wales, UK

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Hope Mountain is a Marilyn located by the village of Caergwrle in North Wales.{{cite web |title=North Wales Walks |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/north-wales-walks-hope-mountain-2702545 |publisher=Daily Post |access-date=5 October 2023}}

It features a park at the top named Llyn-y-Waun and is located directly below the flight paths from Hawarden Airport. People often gather here to view the planes flying overhead fairly low.

The mountain is surrounded by other hills{{cite web |title=Ordnance Survey |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/hope-mountain-flintshire-sir-y-fflint |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=5 October 2023}} including Caergwrle Castle hill and Bryn-y-Gae.{{cite web |title=Discover Hope & Caergwrle |url=https://www.flintshire.gov.uk/en/PDFFiles/Tourism/Discover-Hope-and-Caergwrle.pdf |publisher=Flintshire County Council |access-date=1 October 2023}} Bryn Iorcyn, a 17th-century stone building, is located on the east-facing side of the mountain.{{cite book |title=An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire: II. County of Flint |date=1912 |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBr_sWiZ4n0C&dq=Hope%20Mountain&pg=PA54 |language=en}}

The southern slope of the mountain was historically used as a limestone quarry.

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