Fron
Fron is a residential area in Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales. Fron is situated nearby to the spring Ffynnon Fair, as well as near the lake Llyn Pant-gwyn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ddol Uchaf and Caerwys railway station.
Ddol Uchaf
Nature reserve
Ddol Uchaf is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located near Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales. It has been selected as an SSSI due to the unique wildlife and organisms around the area.
Caerwys railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caerwys railway station was a station in Afonwen, Flintshire, Wales. The station was named for nearby Caerwys, opened on 6 September 1869 and closed on 30 April 1962. Caerwys railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Fron.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Michael’s Church is situated 1½ miles west of Fron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ysceifiog and Babell.
Ysceifiog
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysceifiog, also spelled as Ysgeifiog, is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies on a back road just north of the A541 highway between Nannerch and Caerwys.
Babell
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Babell is a hamlet in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysgeifiog. The hamlet takes its name from the Babell Methodist chapel, built in 1836, but the surrounding area, a township of Ysgeifiog parish, was formerly known as Gelliloveday or Gellilyfdy.
Lixwm
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lixwm is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysceifiog. Lixwm was formerly a mining village, and one explanation of its unusual name was that it was given to it by miners who moved to the area from Derbyshire: in their dialect "likesome", or "licksome", was an adjective meaning "pleasant".
Fron
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23836° or 53° 14′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.27265° or 3° 16′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C5R6PQG+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 566121467OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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