Llangollen
Sign in to saveLlangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 3,603.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Llangollen
- UK place.community_wales
- Llangollen
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Denbighshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Clwyd South
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clwyd East
- UK place.population
- 3,603
- UK place.population_ref
- (Community, 2021)
- UK place.post_town
- LLANGOLLEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL20
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01978
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ215415
- UK place.static_image_name
- Llangollen Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Llangollen Riverside Walk
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Economy
- Culture
- Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
- Llangollen Fringe Festival
- Dee Rocks
- Songs and nursery rhymes
- Transport
- Buses
- Railways
- Waterways
- Sport
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 3,603.
==History== thumb|left|Llangollen Bridge, 1793 thumb|left|Llangollen in 1850 left|thumb|St. Collen's parish church thumb|Llangollen Bridge thumb|Eglwyseg Mountain Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan meaning "a religious settlement" and Saint Collen, a 7th-century monk who founded a church beside the river. St Collen is said to have arrived in Llangollen by coracle. St Collen’s Church is the only church in Wales dedicated to St Collen, and he may have had connections with Colan in Cornwall and with Langolen in Brittany.