Halghton
Halghton is a dispersed settlement and former civil parish in the east of Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is part of the community of Hanmer.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Maelor School and Hanmer Mere.
The Maelor School
School
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The Maelor School, Penley is a mixed comprehensive school situated in the village of Penley, Wrexham County Borough, in north-east Wales. As of February 2008, the school had a total of 794 pupils aged 11–18 of whom 138 students are in the sixth form.
Hanmer Mere
Swimming area
Hanmer Mere is a natural lake and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The village of Hanmer is at the northern end of the lake. The lake is 18 hectares in extent. Hanmer Mere is situated 2 miles southeast of Halghton.
St Chad’s Church, Hanmer
Church
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St Chad’s Church, Hanmer is situated 1½ miles southeast of Halghton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horseman’s Green and Penley.
Horseman’s Green
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horseman's Green is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Located in the rural southeast of the county borough, it is close to the Wales-England border, in the community of Hanmer, the village is also simply called the Green.
Penley
Village
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Penley is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, in Wales close to the border with Shropshire, England, and had a population of 606 as of the 2011 census.
Hanmer
Village
Hanmer is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. At the 2001 Census the population of the Hanmer community area, which includes Hanmer village itself, Horseman's Green, Halghton and Arowry along with a number of small hamlets, was recorded at 726, reducing to 665 at the 2011 Census. Hanmer is situated 1½ miles southeast of Halghton.
Halghton
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: small dispersed settlement in Wales
- Categories: dispersed settlement, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Hanmer, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96428° or 52° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.84984° or 2° 50′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C4VX572+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 9367607291OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q55613306
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Satellite Map
Discover Halghton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Halghton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Halghton”
- Irish: “Halghton”
- Welsh: “Halchdyn”
- Welsh: “Halghton”
- “Halghton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Street Lydan and Park Lane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Gorse Covert and Horseman’s Green Community Centre.
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