Afonwen
Afonwen is a village in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated about 6 kilometres from the A55 North Wales Expressway and on the A541 Mold-Denbigh road. At the 2001 Census, the population of Afonwen was included into the civil parish of Caerwys and was 1,319, with a total ward population of 2,496.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Caerwys railway station and Pwllgwyn Hotel.
Caerwys railway station
Railway station
Ddol Uchaf
Nature reserve
Ddol Uchaf is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located near Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caerwys and Ysceifiog.
Ysceifiog
Village
Babell
Village
Afonwen
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Flintshire, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Caerwys, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23484° or 53° 14′ 5″ north
Longitude
-3.30556° or 3° 18′ 20″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
9C5R6MMV+WQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Afonwen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Afonwen”
- Breton: “Afon-wen”
- Dutch: “Afonwen”
- German: “Afonwen”
- Irish: “Afon-wen”
- Italian: “Afonwen”
- Welsh: “Afon-wen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ddol and Croes-wian.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pwll-gwyn Wood and Coed Bryn-Sion.
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