Penycae Solar Farm

Penycae Solar Farm is a power station in Cefn, Wrexham, Wales. Penycae Solar Farm is situated near the power station Cefn Mawr Emergency Standby Generation Facility, as well as near the sports venue Rhiwabon Leisure and Activity Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ruabon railway station and St Mary’s Church.

Ruabon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ansbaradigeidfran, Public domain.

Ruabon railway station is a combined rail and bus interchange serving Ruabon, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham County Borough in terms of passenger journeys, after the mainline station, Wrexham General. Ruabon railway station is situated 3,000 feet east of Penycae Solar Farm.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Mary's is a Grade I listed church in Ruabon, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated in the church yard between Bridge Street and Church Street. St Mary’s Church is situated 3,700 feet east of Penycae Solar Farm.

Wynnstay Arms Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Maelor, Public domain.

The Wynnstay Arms is a hotel and public house in Ruabon, Wales. The Grade II listed building dates from the 18th-century and was a coaching inn. Meetings of the Football Association of Wales were held in the hotel in the 19th century shortly after the organisation was founded in the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexham. Wynnstay Arms Hotel is situated 3,900 feet east of Penycae Solar Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plas Madoc and Ruabon.

Plas Madoc

Village

Plas Madoc is a housing estate and former electoral ward near Acrefair, in the Cefn community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is located seven miles to the south-west of Wrexham, and contains The Land adventure playground, and a community-run leisure centre with a swimming pool.

Ruabon

Village

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruabon is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name comes from Rhiw Fabon, rhiw being the Welsh word for "slope" or "hillside" and Fabon being a mutation from St Mabon, the original church name, of earlier, Celtic origin.

Pen-y-cae

Village

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pen-y-cae is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 3,389. It adjoins the larger village of Rhosllanerchrugog.

Penycae Solar Farm

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Cefn, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98988° or 52° 59′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.0563° or 3° 3′ 23″ west

Operator

SBC Renewables

Open location code

9C4RXWQV+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 730017655

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cefn Mawr Emergency Standby Generation Facility and Rhiwabon Leisure and Activity Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cefn Mawr Substation and 1-4 Lower School Drive Terrace.

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