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St Asaph

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Also known as St. Asaph, Llanelwy

city in Wales, United Kingdom

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St Asaph is a city in the United Kingdom, located in Wales. It has a population of 3485 and is situated in the historic county of Flintshire. The city’s postal code is LL17, and its local dialing code is 01745. St Asaph is twinned with the administrative bodies of Bégard and Lanester.

The city is described in sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and New International Encyclopedia. Its elevation is listed as 35 meters in one dataset and 21 meters in another. The timezone for the area is Europe/London. A cafe named Jacob's Ladder is located on Chester Street in the city.

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Place details

Locality
St Asaph
Region
Cymru / Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,355
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Population
3,485 (Community, 2021)
Os grid reference
SJ035743
Community
St Asaph
Principal area
Denbighshire
Preserved county
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
ST. ASAPH
Postcode district
LL17
Dialling code
01745
Police
North Wales
Fire
North Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
Uk parliament
Clwyd North
Senedd cymru welsh parliament
Vale of Clwyd

via Wikipedia infobox

Travel guide

Get in

On the A55 North Wales Expressway between Holywell and Abergele.

Closest rail station is Rhyl from where the 54 bus will take you to St Asaph.

Go next

Prestatyn Rhuddlan Rhyl Abergele Holywell Denbigh

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

St Asaph (/ˈæsəf/; Welsh: Llanelwy [ɬanˈɛlʊɨ̯] "church on the Elwy") is a cathedral city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 3,485, making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom in terms of population. It was historically in Flintshire.

The city of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd. It is situated close to a number of towns including Denbigh, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Holywell and Abergele.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St Asaph” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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