Abergele
Sign in to saveAbergele (; ) is a market town and community, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast. The town is served by Abergele and Pensarn railway station, which is by the coast at Pensarn.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 312 inbound references to Abergele, and connects out to Conwy County Borough, civil parish and Llanfair Talhaiarn.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Abergele, Communities in Conwy County Borough and Towns in Conwy County Borough.
Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Abergele from Tan-y-Gopa.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Abergele from Tan-y-Gopa
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Clwyd West
- UK place.official_name
- Abergele
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Conwy
- UK place.community_wales
- Abergele
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clwyd North
- UK place.post_town
- ABERGELE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL22
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01745
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH945775
- UK place.population_ref
- 11,290 (Community, 2021)
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Abergele
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Conwy County Borough
- Population
- 10016
- Area
- 1674.34
- Official website
- www.abergele-towncouncil.co.uk
- Image
- The 1868 Rail Disaster Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 377402.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Abergele
- OS grid reference
- SH945775
- postal code
- LL22
- historic county
- Denbighshire
- P12749
- Ala di Stura
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Celtic and early Welsh history
- Gwrych Castle
- St. Michael's Parish Church
- Railway disaster
- Other
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Abergele (; ) is a market town and community, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast. The town is served by Abergele and Pensarn railway station, which is by the coast at Pensarn.
== Etymology == The meaning of the name can be deduced by being the Welsh word for estuary, river mouth or confluence and the name of the river which flows through the town. is a dialectal form of , which means spear, describing the action or speed of the river cutting through the land.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abergele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations