Froncysyllte
Froncysyllte, colloquially known as Fron, is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales and stands on the banks of the River Dee and the Llangollen Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ron Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 606 residents
- Description: village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Fron”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Aqueduct Inn.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales. The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build.
Tŷ Mawr Country Park
Park
Tŷ Mawr Country Park is a country park and farm park near Cefn Mawr in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The country park lies between Cefn-bychan and Newbridge to the north, the River Dee to the south and west, and the Cefn Viaduct carrying the Shrewsbury–Chester line to the east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trevor and Cefn Mawr.
Trevor
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trevor is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated in the scenic Vale of Llangollen, on the A539 between Llangollen and Wrexham, in the community of Llangollen Rural, and in the historic county of Denbighshire.
Cefn Mawr
Village
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn Mawr is a village in the community of Cefn within Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Its name translates as "big ridge". The population in 2001 was 6,669, increasing to 7,051 in 2011.
Newbridge
Village
Newbridge is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The village is within the community of Cefn, to the south-east of Cefn Mawr. Newbridge is bounded to the west by the Shrewsbury–Chester railway line and the Newbridge Railway Viaduct which crosses the River Dee, which meanders to the south and east of the village.
Froncysyllte
- Category: locality
- Location: Llangollen Rural, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96276° or 52° 57′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.08579° or 3° 5′ 9″ westPopulation
606Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C4RXW77+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 29779605OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263919Wikidata ID
Q5505756
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Froncysyllte” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Froncysyllte”
- Breton: “Froncysyllte”
- Catalan: “Froncysyllte”
- Dutch: “Froncysyllte”
- Irish: “Froncysyllte”
- Swedish: “Froncysyllte”
- Welsh: “Froncysyllte”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fron Isaf and Plas-yn-pentre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Froncysyllte Post Office and Froncysyllte C.P. School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Froncysyllte”. Photo: Ron Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.