Overton-on-Dee
Overton or Overton-on-Dee is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. A former borough and market town, it is situated close to the Welsh-English border on the edge of an escarpment that winds its way around the course of the River Dee, from which Overton-on-Dee derives its name.
- Type: Village with 965 residents
- Description: small town and community in Wrexham county borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Overton”, “Overton (community)”, “Overton on Dee”, and “Wrtyn”
Places of Interest
Highlights: White Horse Public House, High Street (E Side) and Church of St Hilary.
St Dunawd’s Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erbistock and Knolton.
Knolton
Hamlet
Knolton is a hamlet in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, close to the border with Shropshire, England. Knolton is situated 1½ miles south of Overton-on-Dee.
Bangor-on-Dee
Village
Bangor-on-Dee is a village and community… Bangor-on-Dee is situated 2½ miles northeast of Overton-on-Dee.
Overton-on-Dee
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Overton, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.96984° or 52° 58′ 11″ north
Longitude
-2.93447° or 2° 56′ 4″ west
Population
965
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C4VX398+W6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Overton-on-Dee” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Overton-on-Dee”
- Basque: “Overton”
- Breton: “Owrtyn”
- Catalan: “Overton”
- Cebuano: “Overton”
- Cornish: “Owrtyn”
- Dutch: “Overton”
- Esperanto: “Overton”
- French: “Overton-on-Dee”
- French: “Overton”
- Galician: “Owrtyn”
- German: “Overton”
- Indonesian: “Overton”
- Irish: “Owrtyn”
- Korean: “오버톤브릿지”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Overton-on-Dee”
- Scots: “Owrtyn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Owrtyn”
- Slovenian: “Overton”
- Spanish: “Overton”
- Swedish: “Overton, Wrexham”
- Swedish: “Overton”
- Welsh: “Owrtyn”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Little Overton and Queensbridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Saint Mary the Virgin and Overton Methodist Church.
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Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Swansea.
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