For this walk park in the Sontley Road car park (see walk 2 for directions). Walk out of the car park, turn left and walk a few metres up the road. You will see a swing gate on your right, go through the gate and into the Coed-y-Glyn woodland. Look out for stems of great horsetail which are often over 1 metre tall.

Follow the path through the woodland - it can get very muddy here in wet weather - until you reach Kingsmill (it will probably take you about 20 - 25 minutes). There are several points where you can come out of the woods and continue along the pastureland alongside.

Note the King's Mill Leete - a ditch running along the woodland edge - it is the leete that fed water from the Clywedog to King's Mill.

The historic King's Mill dates from the 14th century and held the monopoly on milling in Wrexham for over 600 years. It became an outlying part of the estate in 1634 when it was aquired by Joshua Edisbury's grandfather, Kendrick.

Tenant farmers of Wrexham were compelled by law to grind their malt and corn at the Kingsmill, but there was still much illegal competition, in particular from Felin Puleston which was just a short distance upstream.

Philip Yorke I inherited the estate in 1767 and decided to rebuild the Kingsmill, which cost him £1000. The new mill was built on almost the same site and still stands today (now owned by Wrexham Borough Council). In order to reduce competion he also aquired the rival Puleston Mill and ancillary buildings along with 40 acres of land and converted it for farm use.

In 1854 the monopoly on milling was broken when 29 influential innkeepers, brewers malters, millers and auctioneers formed an association to resist what they claimed were illegal tolls. The introduction of steam mills in Wrexham left Kingsmill unable to compete and it closed down in 1940.

Walk back to Sontley Road across the meadows or retrace your path through the woods. Keep a look out for herons and other wildlife.