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Pentre Bychan

Pentre Bychan is a semi-rural hamlet in , Wales. Variously spelled as either one word or two, it is situated between and in the ward and community of , some 4 km south-west of Wrexham city centre.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in Wales
  • Also known as: “Pentre-bychan” and “Pentrebychan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bonc yr Hafod Country Park and Bersham Ironworks.

Park
Bonc yr Hafod is a country park, on the former site of Hafod Colliery, near and Pentre Bychan in , . The country park is centred on a former spoil tip hill, known locally as "Picnic Mountain", rising up 150 metres.

Ruins
Photo: Born Acorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a large ironworks at , near , Wales. The original working site of John Wilkinson, it was the first site in the world to use a new way of boring holes in cannon and steam engine cylinders.

Theater building
Photo: Cymrodor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ponciau and Rhostyllen.

Village
Photo: Jaseman125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village within the community of , , . It is close to the villages of Legacy, Pentre Bychan, and and is overlooked by Ruabon Mountain.

Village
Photo: Paul Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , , south-west of the city of . At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 households.

Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Wales, and forms part of the historic coal mining community of Rhosllannerchrugog. It is thought to have been named after John Bury, a mid-19th century member of Wrexham's first Town Council, who built several houses in the area.

Pentre Bychan

Latitude
53.02209° or 53° 1′ 20″ north
Longitude
-3.0374° or 3° 2′ 15″ west
Elevation
400 feet (122 metres)
Open location code
9C5R2XC7+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9400596983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13269285
Wiki­data ID
Q7165288
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Pentre Bychan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Pentre Bychan”
  • Breton: “Pentre Bychan”
  • Dutch: “Pentre Bychan”
  • French: “Pentre Bychan”
  • Irish: “Pentre Bychan”
  • Welsh: “Pentre Bychan”
  • Welsh: “Pentrebychan”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Talwrn and Legacy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hafod-y-Bwch and Crematorium Chapel.

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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 “Pentre Bychan”. Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.