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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.

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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

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Official website

The official website for Llangollen - where Wales welcomes the World

Renowned for the spectacular scenery, Llangollen has something for every visitor. It has an astonishing range of cafés, bars, hotels, restaurants, guest houses, B&Bs, cottages, campsites, independent shops to browse and interesting places to visit. Llangollen is a great place to live, a great place to work, a great place to visit and has a reputation for welcoming people, whether for a day or two or longer.

llangollen.org.uk

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Llangollen
Population
3412
Official website
www.llangollen.org.uk
Image
Afon Ddyfrdwy yn Llangollen - River Dee flowing through Llangollen; June 2023; AONB 08.jpg
Dialing code
01978
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Commons category
Llangollen
OS grid reference
SJ215415
postal code
LL20
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18 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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