Gwynfryn
Gwynfryn is a hill-top village in the community of Minera in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Its name, originally that of the village chapel, is formed from the Welsh words bryn, "hill", and gwyn, "white": "white hill".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Wrexham, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Gwynfryn, Wrexham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nant-y-Ffrith Reservoir and Esclusham Mountain.
Esclusham Mountain
Peak
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esclusham Mountain is an area in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, and is part of the Ruabon Moors. It rises to a height of 458 - 460 m. It lies partly within the community of Esclusham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bwlchgwyn and Minera.
Bwlchgwyn
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bwlchgwyn is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, on the A525 road, 5 miles west of the city of Wrexham and 10 miles south-east of the town of Ruthin.
Minera
Village
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minera is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It adjoins the village of Coedpoeth. The community, which in addition to Minera village includes a number of smaller hamlets such as Gwynfryn and New Brighton and large areas of farmland, had a total population of 1,608 at the 2001 census, increasing slightly to 1,617 at the 2011 Census.
New Brighton
Village
New Brighton is a small hamlet near Minera, in north-east Wales. New Brighton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gwynfryn.
Gwynfryn
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Minera, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06463° or 53° 3′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.11191° or 3° 6′ 43″ westElevation
1,093 feet (333 metres)Open location code
9C5R3V7Q+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 340367714OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gwynfryn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gwynfryn”
- Dutch: “Gwynfryn”
- French: “Gwynfryn”
- Irish: “Gwynfryn”
- Welsh: “Gwynfryn, Wrecsam”
- Welsh: “Gwynfryn”
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