UK
Wales
Denbighshire

St Asaph

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 .
Tap on a place
to explore it
stasaph.co.uk
st-asaph.com
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: City with 3,500 residents
  • Description: city in Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Llanelwy” and “St. Asaph”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Asaph Cathedral and St Asaph Library.

Cathedral
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, commonly called , is a cathedral in St Asaph, , north . It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of St Asaph.

Library
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysgol Glan Clwyd is a Welsh medium secondary school, and was the first of its kind. It opened in 1956, initially at on the coast before moving inland to St Asaph in 1969. It is overseen by the Local Education Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhuddlan and Waen.

Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in , two miles inland from Rhyl on the north Wales coast. It's best known for the substantial ruin of its 13th-century castle.

Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sparsely populated community in the , in the county of . It includes the hamlet of Goleugoed. The former civil parish was created in 1896 from the portion of St Asaph, and lies on the eastern bank of the , 2.7 miles east of St Asaph, 15.4 miles north west of , 5.1 miles north of and 11.9 miles north of .

Village
is a village and community in , Wales. It is located on the A525 road in the , about halfway between St Asaph to the north and to the south.

St Asaph

Latitude
53.2576° or 53° 15′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.4439° or 3° 26′ 38″ west
Population
3,500
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SPH
Open location code
9C5R7H54+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459584
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2638855
Wiki­data ID
Q548248
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover St Asaph from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“St Asaph” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانت أساف”
  • Asturian: “Llanelwy”
  • Asturian: “San Asaph”
  • Asturian: “St. Asaph”
  • Basque: “St Asaph”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Асаф”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Асеф”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Асэф”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ত আসেফ”
  • Breton: “Llanelwy”
  • Breton: “St Asaph”
  • Bulgarian: “Сейнт Асаф”
  • Catalan: “Llanelwy”
  • Catalan: “St Asaph”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Asaph”
  • Cebuano: “St Asaph”
  • Cebuano: “St. Asaph”
  • Chinese: “St Asaph”
  • Chinese: “圣阿瑟夫”
  • Chinese: “圣阿萨夫”
  • Chinese: “聖阿瑟夫”
  • Chinese: “聖阿薩夫”
  • Czech: “Llanelwy”
  • Czech: “St Asaph”
  • Danish: “Llanelwy”
  • Danish: “St Asaph”
  • Danish: “St. Asaph”
  • Dimli (individual language): “St Asaph”
  • Dutch: “Llanelwy”
  • Dutch: “St Asaph”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت اساف”
  • Finnish: “St Asaph”
  • French: “Llanelwy”
  • French: “Saint-Asaph”
  • French: “St Asaph”
  • Galician: “Llanelwy”
  • Galician: “St Asaph”
  • German: “Llanelwy”
  • German: “St Asaph”
  • Greek: “Σεντ Ασάφ”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ અસફ”
  • Hebrew: “סיינט אסאף”
  • Hindi: “सेंट आसाफ़”
  • Hungarian: “St Asaph”
  • Icelandic: “St Asaph”
  • Indonesian: “St Asaph”
  • Irish: “Llanelwy”
  • Irish: “St Asaph”
  • Italian: “Llanelwy”
  • Italian: “St Asaph”
  • Japanese: “セント・アサフ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೈನ್ಟ್ ಅಸಫ್”
  • Korean: “세인트애서프”
  • Kurdish: “Saint Asaph”
  • Latin: “Fanum Sancti Asaphi”
  • Latvian: “Sentasafa”
  • Latvian: “Sentesafa”
  • Lithuanian: “Sent Azafas”
  • Livvi: “Llanelwy”
  • Macedonian: “Сент Асаф”
  • Malay: “St Asaph”
  • Marathi: “सेंट आसॅफ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St Asaph”
  • Northern Frisian: “St Asaph”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Llanelwy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Asaph”
  • Norwegian: “St. Asaph”
  • Persian: “سنت اسف”
  • Polish: “Llanelwy”
  • Polish: “St Asaph”
  • Portuguese: “Llanelwy”
  • Portuguese: “St Asaph”
  • Russian: “Сент-Асаф”
  • Scots: “Llanelwy”
  • Scots: “St Asaph”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Llanelwy”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “St Asaph”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ඇසාෆ්”
  • Slovenian: “Llanelwy”
  • Slovenian: “St Asaph”
  • Spanish: “Llanelwy”
  • Spanish: “San Asaph”
  • Spanish: “St Asaph”
  • Swedish: “Saint Asaph”
  • Swedish: “St Asaph”
  • Tamil: “செயின்ட் ஆசாப்”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட ஆசப்”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ ఆసాఫ్”
  • Thai: “เซนต์แอซัฟ”
  • Turkish: “Llanelwy”
  • Turkish: “St Asaph”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Асаф”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Езеф”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ آساف”
  • Vietnamese: “St Asaph”
  • Welsh: “Llanelwy”
  • Welsh: “St Asaph”
  • Yiddish: “סט אסאף”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “St Asaph”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pen-rhewl and Llwyn Elwy.

Wales: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “St Asaph”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.