Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county in the eastern part of North Wales. It consists of the unitary authorities Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, as well as Conwy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Wrexham and St Asaph.
Wrexham
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Wrexham is a city in Clwyd in North Wales. It's industrial, but has lost its former trades of coal-mining and brick-making. It was granted "city" status in 2022, but this is ceremonial and doesn't affect its governance.
St Asaph
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St Asaph is one of Britain's smallest cities, having a population of only 3,355. It is located in the lower parts of the Vale of Clwyd, in north Wales. The city's cathedral is one of four in Wales.
Mold
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Mold is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the historic county town and was the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council from 1996 to 2025, as it was of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.
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Explore places such as Ruthin and Rhyl.
Ruthin
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Ruthin is a town in Denbighshire, Wales and has some of the finest black and white buildings in Wales. Ruthin School is located in the town and is one of the oldest independent schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1284.
Rhyl
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Rhyl is in a seaside town in Wales. Although once a very beautiful resort, it has become very run down. There are attempts to revive the town. The town could be called an exclave of England due to the sheer number of tourists and English people who live there.
Flint
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Flint is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the community of Flint was 12,953, increasing to 13,732 at the 2021 census.
Prestatyn
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Prestatyn is a town in Denbighshire, on the north coast of Wales. It is the most easterly of the holiday resorts on the north Wales coast, and so is convenient for day trips from the cities of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England.
Llangollen
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Llangollen is a small town in Denbighshire, Wales, ten miles southwest of Wrexham. It's on A5, the historic stagecoach route, and close to the English border, so it's been a tourist destination for 200 years.
Denbigh
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Denbigh is a picturesque market town and one of the most historic towns in North Wales. Dinbych in Welsh means "little fortress" and the remains of the historic Denbigh Castle dominate the skyline of the town.
Chirk
Chirk is a town in the county borough of Wrexham, North Wales. The town is on the Welsh border near Oswestry.
Rhuddlan
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Rhuddlan is a small village in Denbighshire, two miles inland from Rhyl on the north Wales coast. It's best known for the substantial ruin of its 13th-century castle.
Holywell
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Holywell is a market town and pilgrimage destination in Flintshire. Its name refers to St. Winefride' Well, which is said to have healing powers and has gained to town the title "Lourdes of Wales".
Corwen
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Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains.
Holt
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Holt is a medieval village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated on the border with England and within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. Holt Castle was begun by Edward I shortly after the English conquest of Wales in 1277. Farndon lies just over the River Dee.
Deeside
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Deeside is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighbouring Chester into the Dee Estuary.
Clwyd
- Type: Region with 491,000 residents
- Description: preserved county of Wales
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Clwyd”
- Neighbors: Cheshire, Merseyside, Powys, and Shropshire
- Category: preserved county of Wales
- Location: North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Clwyd” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Clwyd”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Clwyd”
- Catalan: “Clwyd”
- Chinese: “Clwyd Kūn”
- Chinese: “克盧伊德郡”
- Cornish: “Kloes”
- Danish: “Clwyd”
- Dutch: “Clwyd”
- French: “Clwyd”
- German: “Clwyd”
- Greek: “Κλούιντ”
- Hebrew: “קלוויד”
- Irish: “Clwyd”
- Italian: “Clwyd”
- Japanese: “クルーイド”
- Japanese: “クルイド”
- Japanese: “クルゥイド”
- Japanese: “クルウィド地方”
- Korean: “클루이드”
- Korean: “클루이드주”
- Latin: “Cluda”
- Latvian: “Kluida”
- Manx: “Clwyd”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Clwyd Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Clwyd”
- Norwegian: “Clwyd”
- Polish: “Clwyd”
- Portuguese: “Clwyd”
- Russian: “Клуид”
- Spanish: “Clwyd”
- Swedish: “Clwyd”
- Ukrainian: “Клуід”
- Ukrainian: “Клуїд”
- Welsh: “Clwyd”
- “Clwyd”
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