Pantymwyn
Pantymwyn | |
Flintshire | |
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Pen-y-Fron Road, Pantymwyn | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | J193646 |
Location: | 53°10’19"N, 3°12’22"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Mold |
Postcode: | CH7 |
Dialling code: | 01352 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Flintshire |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Delyn |
Pantymwyn is a small village just outside Mold in Flintshire.
The village is located within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, lying on the east side of the Clwydian Range. Pantymwyn is four miles west of Mold and 16 miles west of Chester.
The village has a pub (the Crown Inn), a post office and convenience store, a garage and an 18-hole uplands golf course (the home of Mold Golf Club). During the summer, Pantymwyn holds an annual village fair.
Access to the Loggerheads country park is within short walking distance, as are many walks over the Clwydian Range of mountains. The village is often visited by walkers and cyclists.
The area has a history involving lead mining.
Notable Residents
Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland moved to Pantymwyn in 1981 as a child, and attended the Ysgol y Waun school.[1]
References
- ↑ Williams, Martin (2009). ""There'd be no Coldplay without Jonny Buckland". Liverpool Daily Post.". https://www.thefreelibrary.com/There%27d+be+no+Coldplay+without+Jonny+Buckland%3B+TOP+30+NORTH+WALIANS+-...-a0206926751. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Pantymwyn) |
- Photos of Pantymwyn and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
- Website on wildlife conservation in the Pantymwyn area
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