Llandyrnog
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Llandyrnog is a large village
in Denbighshire
, Wales
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
.
The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
at Bodfari
, and is served by bus
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Llandyrnog is a large village
in Denbighshire
, Wales
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
.
The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
at Bodfari
, and is served by bus
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Llandyrnog is a large village
in Denbighshire
, Wales
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
.
The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
at Bodfari
, and is served by bus
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
River Clwyd
The River Clwyd is a river in North Wales which rises in the Clocaenog Forest northwest of Corwen.It flows due south until at Melin-y-Wig it veers northeastwards, tracking the A494 to Ruthin. Here it leaves the relatively narrow valley and enters a broad agricultural vale, the Vale of Clwyd...
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
Denbigh
Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
.
Amenities
Llandyrnog has a local church—St. Tyrnog's—and a small Welsh-speaking chapel. There are also two pub restaurants, The Kinmel Arms and The White Horse and a pub, the Golden Lion. In the heart of the village there is also a small butchers shop and a Post Office. Llandyrnog also has a small primary school teaching through the medium of English. The former Chest Hospital, 1 miles (1.6 km) away at Llangwyfan, is now a residential centre for adults with learning disabilities.The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
Creamery
In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk....
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
A541 road
The A541 is an A road in North Wales. The road starts on the A525 in Trefnant, between St Asaph and Denbigh, and ends in Wrexham. On the way it passes the town of Mold. It also passes through many villages. In northern-central Wrexham it joins the B5101 road....
at Bodfari
Bodfari
Bodfari is a village in Denbighshire, Wales.- Location :Bodfari is located at approximate grid reference SJ093701. The village lies on the A541 road at the point where the road passes through a gap in the Clwydian Hills, the gap being part of the valley of the River Wheeler .The Offa's Dyke...
, and is served by bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Notable people
- William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts was a Welsh bishop of Bangor. A royalist, he suffered deprivation of his benefices after the First English Civil War.-Life:...
: according to local tradition he was born at Plas Bennett, in the parish of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, and belonged to the Roberts family that long resided there. He died at the rectoryRectoryA rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
of Llandyrnog, and was buried in the chancelChancelIn church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
of that church.
External links
Llandyrnog is a large village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
River Clwyd
The River Clwyd is a river in North Wales which rises in the Clocaenog Forest northwest of Corwen.It flows due south until at Melin-y-Wig it veers northeastwards, tracking the A494 to Ruthin. Here it leaves the relatively narrow valley and enters a broad agricultural vale, the Vale of Clwyd...
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
Denbigh
Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
.
Amenities
Llandyrnog has a local church—St. Tyrnog's—and a small Welsh-speaking chapel. There are also two pub restaurants, The Kinmel Arms and The White Horse and a pub, the Golden Lion. In the heart of the village there is also a small butchers shop and a Post Office. Llandyrnog also has a small primary school teaching through the medium of English. The former Chest Hospital, 1 miles (1.6 km) away at Llangwyfan, is now a residential centre for adults with learning disabilities.The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
Creamery
In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk....
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
A541 road
The A541 is an A road in North Wales. The road starts on the A525 in Trefnant, between St Asaph and Denbigh, and ends in Wrexham. On the way it passes the town of Mold. It also passes through many villages. In northern-central Wrexham it joins the B5101 road....
at Bodfari
Bodfari
Bodfari is a village in Denbighshire, Wales.- Location :Bodfari is located at approximate grid reference SJ093701. The village lies on the A541 road at the point where the road passes through a gap in the Clwydian Hills, the gap being part of the valley of the River Wheeler .The Offa's Dyke...
, and is served by bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Notable people
- William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts was a Welsh bishop of Bangor. A royalist, he suffered deprivation of his benefices after the First English Civil War.-Life:...
: according to local tradition he was born at Plas Bennett, in the parish of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, and belonged to the Roberts family that long resided there. He died at the rectoryRectoryA rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
of Llandyrnog, and was buried in the chancelChancelIn church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
of that church.
External links
Llandyrnog is a large village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
lying in the valley of the River Clwyd
River Clwyd
The River Clwyd is a river in North Wales which rises in the Clocaenog Forest northwest of Corwen.It flows due south until at Melin-y-Wig it veers northeastwards, tracking the A494 to Ruthin. Here it leaves the relatively narrow valley and enters a broad agricultural vale, the Vale of Clwyd...
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Denbigh
Denbigh
Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
and 5 miles (8 km) from Ruthin
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
.
Amenities
Llandyrnog has a local church—St. Tyrnog's—and a small Welsh-speaking chapel. There are also two pub restaurants, The Kinmel Arms and The White Horse and a pub, the Golden Lion. In the heart of the village there is also a small butchers shop and a Post Office. Llandyrnog also has a small primary school teaching through the medium of English. The former Chest Hospital, 1 miles (1.6 km) away at Llangwyfan, is now a residential centre for adults with learning disabilities.The main employer is the ACC Llandyrnog Creamery
Creamery
In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk....
on the outskirts of the village, which mostly produces hard pressed and cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....
.
The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road
A541 road
The A541 is an A road in North Wales. The road starts on the A525 in Trefnant, between St Asaph and Denbigh, and ends in Wrexham. On the way it passes the town of Mold. It also passes through many villages. In northern-central Wrexham it joins the B5101 road....
at Bodfari
Bodfari
Bodfari is a village in Denbighshire, Wales.- Location :Bodfari is located at approximate grid reference SJ093701. The village lies on the A541 road at the point where the road passes through a gap in the Clwydian Hills, the gap being part of the valley of the River Wheeler .The Offa's Dyke...
, and is served by bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es number 76 and 53.
Llandyrnog has a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team. Llandyrnog RSC, which meets for all away games in the Golden Lion public house, is the only registered Glasgow Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
Supporters Club in North Wales.
Notable people
- William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts (bishop)William Roberts was a Welsh bishop of Bangor. A royalist, he suffered deprivation of his benefices after the First English Civil War.-Life:...
: according to local tradition he was born at Plas Bennett, in the parish of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, and belonged to the Roberts family that long resided there. He died at the rectoryRectoryA rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
of Llandyrnog, and was buried in the chancelChancelIn church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
of that church.