Bodelwyddan
Bodelwyddan | |
Flintshire | |
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Bodelwyddan | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SJ0075 |
Location: | 53°16’5"N, 3°29’56"W |
Data | |
Population: | 2,106 (2001) |
Post town: | Rhyl |
Postcode: | LL18 |
Dialling code: | 01745 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Denbighshire |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Vale of Clwyd |
Bodelwyddan is a village in Flintshire, a place of only 2,106 souls in 2001. The village lies 3½ miles east of Abergele, 5 miles south of Rhyl, and 15½ miles northwest of Ruthin.
Notable buildings include the Marble Church, built by John Gibson in the 1850s; Bodelwyddan Castle, now used as a branch of the National Portrait Gallery; and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, the major hospital for central North Wales.
The hamlet of Pengwern lies to its north and east at SJ016764.
Outside links
- The Marble Church Website
- A Vision of Britain Through Time
- British Listed Buildings
- Information on Bodelwyddan from GENUKI
- Pictures on Geograph.co.uk
- National Portrait Gallery