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FCC-owned land. Currently an area of scrub being developed into a community woodland funded by the Forestry Commission and working in partnership with Flintshire Countryside Service. An interpretation board funded through landfill tax is in place, reflecting the site's industrial history and its present value to the community as a green space.
This site was formerly the Buckley Junction Brickworks, which was owned by W. Hancock and Co. The brickworks were adjacent to the Buckley railway junction off the Dirty Mile, specialising in making facing bricks, including the superior quality, 'Jacobean' brick. The Buckley Junction Brickworks became known as the 'Metallic' works in 1941 when Hancock and Co. became an associate company of Buckley Foundry Ltd. Buckley Junction brickworks became part of the Castle Fire Brick Co. in 1956 and finally closed in 1962
After the closure of the brickworks the abandoned clay hole was used as a landfill site from the late 1960's until the mid 1970's, when it was capped and left to become scrub and woodland.
In partnership with the Flintshire Countryside Service, North East Wales Wildlife secured funding from the Forestry Commission to create a community woodland, increasing biodiversity in Flintshire and broadleaved woodland cover. Trees will planted in the beginning of 2003 with children from Little Mountain primary school and with the help of local residents.
The site will also ensure provisions in the future such as seating, litter bins and nature trails, providing an informal recreational area for local people and giving the site a sense of identity and the public a sense of ownership.
Views of Buckley Community Woodland before work began