Meliden
Meliden is a village between Prestatyn and Dyserth in Denbighshire, Wales. It grew up around the locality of lead mines and limestone quarries. The placename "Meliden" has variously been claimed to be derived from that of Bishop Melitus or St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,070 residents
- Description: village in Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Gallt Melyd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Star Inn and Miners Arms.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwaenysgor and Dyserth.
Gwaenysgor
Village
Gwaenysgor is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. Located near Prestatyn in north Wales, it lies at an elevation of 600 feet, 183 metres. There is one pub, the Eagle and Child.
Dyserth
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyserth is a village, community and electoral ward in Denbighshire, Wales. Its population at the 2011 United Kingdom census was 2,269 and was estimated by the Office for National Statistics as 2,271 in 2019.
Trelawnyd
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trelawnyd is a village in Flintshire, Wales. The village had a population taken at the 2011 census of 584. It is part of the community of Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor. Trelawnyd is situated 2 miles east of Meliden.
Meliden
- Category: locality
- Location: Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.31571° or 53° 18′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.41101° or 3° 24′ 40″ westPopulation
2,070Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C5R8H8Q+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 486124324OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642787Wikidata ID
Q6812351
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Meliden” goes by many names.
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