Glascoed
Glascoed is a hamlet in Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales. Glascoed is situated nearby to the hamlet Mount Sion, as well as near the village Ffrith.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Wrexham County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Glasgoed”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stori Brymbo: Fossil Forest and Minera Lead Mines Country Park.
Stori Brymbo: Fossil Forest
Archaeological site
The Brymbo Fossil Forest is a palaeobotanical site near Brymbo, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is known as a significant area of upper Carboniferous fossils, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Minera Lead Mines Country Park
Park
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minera Lead Mines Country Park is situated 2 miles south of Glascoed.
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4 miles north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. Cefn-y-Bedd railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Glascoed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ffrith and Brymbo.
Ffrith
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ffrith is a small village in the community of Llanfynydd in Flintshire, north-east Wales.
Brymbo
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brymbo is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies in the hilly country to the west of Wrexham city, largely surrounded by farmland.
Bwlchgwyn
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bwlchgwyn is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, on the A525 road, 5 miles west of the city of Wrexham and 10 miles south-east of the town of Ruthin.
Glascoed
- Category: locality
- Location: Brymbo, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.08181° or 53° 4′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.08226° or 3° 4′ 56″ westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
9C5R3WJ9+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5521135399OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13282156Wikidata ID
Q107033257
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Glascoed” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Glasgoed”
- Welsh: “Glasgoed, Brymbo”
- Welsh: “Glasgoed”
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Localities in the Area
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