River Clwyd
The River Clwyd is a river in Wales that rises in the Clocaenog Forest 5 mi northwest of Corwen. Its total length is 35 mi. It flows due south until, at Melin-y-wig, it veers north-eastwards due to the Vale of Clwyd Fault and passes through Derwen, Llanelidan, Pwllglas and Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd to Ruthin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream mouth
- Description: river in North Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Clwyd River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhyl Miniature Railway and Rhyl railway station.
Rhyl Miniature Railway
Museum
The Rhyl Miniature Railway is a 15 in gauge miniature railway line located in Rhyl on the North Wales Coast. The line runs in a circle around a boating lake near the promenade, to the west of the town centre.
Rhyl railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simply south, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhyl railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line and serves the holiday resort of Rhyl, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinmel Bay and Towyn.
Kinmel Bay
Town
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinmel Bay is a large seaside village in Conwy County Borough, north-east Wales. It is also an electoral ward to the county council and town council. The resort town of Rhyl lies just across the River Clwyd in the neighbouring county of Denbighshire.
Towyn
Village
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Towyn is a seaside resort in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is also an electoral ward to the town and county councils. Towyn is situated 1½ miles southwest of River Clwyd.
Rhuddlan
Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhuddlan is a small village in Denbighshire, two miles inland from Rhyl on the north Wales coast. It's best known for the substantial ruin of its 13th-century castle.
River Clwyd
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“River Clwyd” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Afon Clwyd”
- Breton: “Stêr Clwyd”
- Catalan: “Clwyd”
- Cebuano: “River Clwyd”
- Chinese: “克卢伊德河”
- Dutch: “River Clwyd”
- French: “Clwyd”
- Italian: “Clwyd (fiume)”
- Italian: “Clwyd”
- Japanese: “クルゥイッド川”
- Livvi: “Afon Clwyd”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clwyd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clwyd-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Clwyd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “River Clwyd”
- Norwegian: “Clwyd”
- Polish: “Clwyd”
- Russian: “Клуид”
- Swedish: “Clwyd”
- Swedish: “River Clwyd”
- Ukrainian: “Клуїд (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Клуїд”
- Welsh: “Afon Clwyd”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Foryd and Belgrano.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rhyl FC and Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Clwyd”. Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.