Melin-y-Wig
Melin-y-Wig is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated on the River Clwyd. Rising in the nearby Clocaenog Forest, the river flows due south up to Melin-y-Wig, when it suddenly changes direction north-eastwards: After flowing in a generally southerly…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Melin y wig” and “Melin y Wig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Derwen Cross and Wern Ddu quarry.
Derwen Cross
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Derwen Cross is situated 2 miles northeast of Melin-y-Wig.
Wern Ddu quarry
Quarry
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wern Ddu quarry is situated 1½ miles east of Melin-y-Wig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bryn Saith Marchog and Maerdy.
Bryn Saith Marchog
Village
Photo: Edward Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn Saith Marchog is a village, which is situated 2½ miles east of Melin-y-Wig.
Maerdy
Village
Photo: Natalia A McKenzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maerdy is a village, which is situated 3 miles southwest of Melin-y-Wig.
Rhug
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rhug is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. Rhug is situated 3 miles south of Melin-y-Wig.
Melin-y-Wig
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Betws Gwerfil Goch, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.02743° or 53° 1′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.4322° or 3° 25′ 56″ westElevation
761 feet (232 metres)Open location code
9C5R2HG9+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3075328088OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Melin-y-Wig” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Melin y Wig”
- Dutch: “Melin y Wig”
- Irish: “Melin y Wig”
- Welsh: “Melin y Wig”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen Melin-Y-Wig and Moel Clegyr.
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