Bodelwyddan

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Bodelwyddan
Flintshire

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.

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