Forest bathing at Prestatyn Hillside

Prestatyn Hillside is the steep escarpment of Carboniferous limestone that rises behind Prestatyn and Meliden at the northern end of the Clwydian Range. Its broadleaved woodland and its limestone and acid grassland are both notified as nationally important, and the Offa's Dyke National Trail climbs across it on its way to or from the sea. It is a mix of woods, open grassland and rock outcrops rather than deep forest.

The small free car park at the foot of the hillside road from Gwaenysgor gives direct access to Offa's Dyke Path. The wooded slopes are the place to linger; the open tops are more exposed and better for the view out over the North Wales coast. In winter you may meet the sheep that now graze the hillside to keep the grassland open. The paths are steep in places and can be slippery on wet limestone, so good footwear helps.