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Llangollen

Llangollen is a small town in , , 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Plas Newydd and Castell Dinas Brân.

Museum
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is a historic house in the town of Llangollen, , , and was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, for nearly 50 years. Today, it is run as a museum by Denbighshire County Council.

Ruins
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is a medieval castle, built by the Princes of Powys Fadog, which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in , .

Town hall
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, is a municipal building in Castle Street, Llangollen, , . The structure, which is the meeting place of Llangollen Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berwyn and Glyn Ceiriog.

Hamlet
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is a settlement in , Wales. The settlement is situated a mile north-west of Llangollen and is adjacent to the . The Horseshoe Falls is nearby.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ miles south of Llangollen.

Village
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is a village in the Ceiriog Valley west of in , ; it is part of the community of . Like the neighbouring village of , the growth of is connected to the area's former quarrying industry. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Llangollen.

Llangollen

Latitude
52.9694° or 52° 58′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.1711° or 3° 10′ 16″ west
Population
3,470
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LNL
Open location code
9C4RXR9H+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29779542
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644021
Wiki­data ID
Q1002793
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Llangollen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لانغولين”
  • Asturian: “Llangollen”
  • Basque: “Llangollen”
  • Bengali: “লানগোলেন”
  • Breton: “Llangollen”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланголен”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланголън”
  • Bulgarian: “Лангулен”
  • Catalan: “Llangollen”
  • Cebuano: “Llangollen (kapital sa komunidad)”
  • Cebuano: “Llangollen”
  • Chinese: “llangollen”
  • Chinese: “Llangollen”
  • Chinese: “兰戈伦”
  • Chinese: “蘭戈倫”
  • Cornish: “Llangollen”
  • Czech: “Llangollen”
  • Danish: “Llangollen”
  • Dutch: “Llangollen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لانجولين”
  • French: “Llangollen”
  • Galician: “Llangollen”
  • German: “Llangollen”
  • Greek: “Λανγκόλλεν”
  • Gujarati: “લાંગોલેન”
  • Hebrew: “ל’אנגול’ן”
  • Hebrew: “לנגולן”
  • Irish: “Llangollen”
  • Italian: “Llangollen”
  • Japanese: “サンゴセン”
  • Japanese: “スランゴスレン”
  • Japanese: “ランゴレン”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಂಗೋಲೆನ್”
  • Korean: “랜골렌”
  • Lithuanian: “Langolenas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Llangollen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Llangollen”
  • Norwegian: “Llangollen”
  • Persian: “سانگوسن”
  • Polish: “Llangollen”
  • Portuguese: “Llangollen”
  • Russian: “Llangollen”
  • Russian: “Лланголлен”
  • Scots: “Llangollen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Llangollen”
  • Slovak: “Llangollen”
  • Spanish: “Llangollen”
  • Swedish: “Llangollen”
  • Tamil: “லான்கொல்லன்”
  • Telugu: “లాన్గెలెన్”
  • Urdu: “لانگولین”
  • Welsh: “Llangollen”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Llangollen”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.