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Village and community in Flintshire, Wales
Village and community in Wales
Penyffordd
Village and community
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Millennium Clock, Penyffordd
Population3,874 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ301617
Community
  • Penyffordd
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChester
Postcode districtCH4
Dialling code01244
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitepenyfforddcouncil.org
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire

53°08′53″N 3°02′42″W / 53.148°N 3.045°W / 53.148; -3.045

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Map of the community

Penyffordd, or Pen-y-ffordd,[1][needs IPA] 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 highest or furthest point of the road'. The resident population of Penyffordd, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 3,715,[2] increasing to 3,874 at the 2011 census.[3]

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

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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.[4]

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Abandoned RAF aircraft observation post at the site of the ROC bunker.

Community

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Local amenities and landmarks include a village hall and war memorial.[5] Penyffordd has its own Village Institute,[5] 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)[6] and St John the Baptist VA School[7] in Penymynydd. The local secondary school is Castell Alun High School, which is in the nearby village of Hope.[8]

Penyffordd has two places of worship: Trinity Chapel (Presbyterian & Methodist) and Emmanuel (Church in Wales).[9]

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

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Penyffordd Station (1987)

References

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  1. ^ "Penyffordd Community Council About Penyffordd". penyfforddcouncil.org. Penyffordd Community Council. Retrieved 29 April 2023. Pen-y-ffordd is an active village community ...
  2. ^ 2001 Census: Penyffordd, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 1 December 2007
  3. ^ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Penyffordd ROC Post". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Penyffordd Memorial". Flintshire war memorials. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Ysgol Penyffordd". My Local School. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  7. ^ "St John the Baptist VA School". My Local School. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Castell Alun High School". My Local School. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Public Buildings". Penyffordd Community Countcil. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

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