Walwen
Walwen is a hamlet in Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales. Walwen is situated nearby to the village Lixwm, as well as near the hamlet Waen-trochwaed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Of St Michael And All Angels and Pant-y-pwll-dwr Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lixwm and Rhes-y-cae.
Lixwm
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lixwm is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysceifiog. Lixwm was formerly a mining village, and one explanation of its unusual name was that it was given to it by miners who moved to the area from Derbyshire: in their dialect "likesome", or "licksome", was an adjective meaning "pleasant".
Rhes-y-cae
Village
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhes-y-cae is a small parish and village in Flintshire, Wales. Literally translated from Welsh, Rhes-y-cae is 'Row of fields'. It is situated between Pentre Halkyn and Rhosesmor and is part of the local government community of Halkyn.
Nannerch
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nannerch is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, located within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 Census the population of Nannerch was 531, reducing to 496 in 2011.
Walwen
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23196° or 53° 13′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.24157° or 3° 14′ 30″ westElevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
9C5R6QJ5+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 8399292572OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13266830
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