Afon-wen
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| Afon-wen | |
| Flintshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ131715 |
| Location: | 53°14’2"N, 3°18’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Buckley |
| Postcode: | CH7 |
| Dialling code: | 01352 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Flintshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Delyn |
Afonwen or Afon-wen is a tiny village in Flintshire, on the A541 Mold-Denbigh road and just under four miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway. It sits in a valley forming a pass through the hills formed by the River Wheeler, which flows at the foot of the village. The A541 makes use of the pass, as did a railway line, now dismantled.
The larger village of Caerwys is just to the north; at the 2001 Census, the population of the two villages together was 1,319.
South across the bridge over the Wheeler rise the steep slopes of Moel-y-Parc, a hill of the Clwydian Hills which reaches 1,306 feet. The Moel-y-Parc transmitting station, the tallest structure in the county, stands on its flank.
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