From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Penyffordd

Village and community in Flintshire, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
type	Village and community
welsh_name	Pen-y-ffordd
constituency_welsh_assembly	Alyn and Deeside
official_name	Penyffordd
static_image_name	Millennium Clock, Penyffordd (1).JPG
static_image_caption	Millennium Clock, Penyffordd
population	3,874
population_ref	(2011 Census)
community_wales	Penyffordd
unitary_wales	Flintshire
lieutenancy_wales	Clwyd
constituency_westminster	Alyn and Deeside
post_town	Chester
postcode_district	CH4
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	01244
os_grid_reference	SJ301617
coordinates
website	penyfforddcouncil.org
module	[[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Community Penyffordd map.svg	240px]]
Map of the community

Note

the village near Buckley, Flintshire

Map of the community

Penyffordd, or Pen-y-ffordd, is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, situated to the south east of Buckley and to the west of Chester. The name is derived from the Welsh Pen Y Ffordd – roughly translated as . The resident population of Penyffordd, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 3,715, increasing to 3,874 at the 2011 census.

Penyffordd lies to the east of A550, south of its junction with the A55 (North Wales Expressway). The ward consists of the neighbouring villages of Penyffordd and Penymynydd, which are a ribbon development along the line of the former major road. There is also a zebra crossing which has been instated.

A hamlet named Pen-y-ffordd is also in Flintshire. It is located between Holywell and Prestatyn, near Mostyn.

History

Penyffordd was home to a Royal Observer Corps (ROC) monitoring post, built in 1958 and closed in 1968 due to the British Government deeming that the nuclear threat had lessened enough for the closure of many ROC bunkers.

Community

Local amenities and landmarks include a village hall and war memorial. Penyffordd has its own Village Institute, Scout group, Girl Guides group and local youth club. An annual children's competition called the Penyffordd and Penymynydd Youth Festival is held in the village.

Sport and leisure in the village include Pen-y-ffordd Tennis Club, a bowling green, and Penyffordd Dancing School. The village has two pubs, the Red Lion and the Millstone.

The village is served by Ysgol Penyffordd (comprising the former Penyffordd County Primary and Abbots Lane Infant schools) and St John the Baptist VA School in Penymynydd. The local secondary school is Castell Alun High School, which is in the nearby village of Hope.

Penyffordd has two places of worship: Trinity Chapel (Presbyterian & Methodist) and Emmanuel (Church in Wales).

Penyffordd railway station, on the Corwen road, is on the Borderlands Line from Wrexham to Bidston in Birkenhead.

References

"Penyffordd Community Council About Penyffordd". Penyffordd Community Council.
"2001 Census: Penyffordd". Office for National Statistics.
"Community/Ward population 2011".
"Penyffordd ROC Post".
"Penyffordd Memorial".
"Ysgol Penyffordd".
"St John the Baptist VA School".
"Castell Alun High School".
"Public Buildings".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

villages-in-flintshire communities-in-flintshire

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Penyffordd — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report