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BETWS GWERFIL GOCH Latitude and Longitude:

53°00′29″N 3°26′35″W / 53.008°N 3.443°W / 53.008; -3.443
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Betws Gwerfil Goch
  • Welsh: Betws Gwerful Goch
The Old School
Betws Gwerfil Goch is located in Denbighshire
Betws Gwerfil Goch
Betws Gwerfil Goch
Location within Denbighshire
Population351 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ033465
Community
  • Betws Gwerfil Goch
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCORWEN
Postcode district LL21
Dialling code01490
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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UK
Wales
Denbighshire
53°00′29″N 3°26′35″W / 53.008°N 3.443°W / 53.008; -3.443

Betws Gwerfil Goch (Standard Welsh: Betws Gwerful Goch) is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. It had a population of 351 at the 2011 census. [1] Until 1974 it was part of Edeirnion Rural District in Meirionnydd, and was transferred to Glyndŵr District in Clwyd by the Local Government Act 1972. [2] It became part of Denbighshire in 1996. The community includes Melin-y-Wig village.

The village retains its primary school. [3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Betws Gwerfil Goch Civil Parish Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 January 2010
  3. ^ "Ysgol Betws Gwerfil Goch". Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 7 June 2020.