Willington Worthenbury

Willington Worthenbury
  • Welsh: Willington Wrddymbre
St. Deiniol's Church, Worthenbury
Willington Worthenbury is located in Wrexham
Willington Worthenbury
Willington Worthenbury
Location within Wrexham
Population827 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ420461
Community
  • Willington Worthenbury
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL13
Post townMALPAS
Postcode districtSY14
Dialling code01948
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham

53°00′32″N 2°51′50″W / 53.009°N 2.864°W / 53.009; -2.864


Map of the community

Willington Worthenbury (Welsh: Willington Wrddymbre) is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, and is situated near the England–Wales border.

It has an area of 2,146 hectares and a population of 730 (2001 census), increasing to 827 at the 2011 census.[1] It contains the villages of Worthenbury and Tallarn Green.

It is located on the eastern side of the River Dee in the English Maelor area which is within the boundaries of the historic county of Flintshire. It has the lowest proportion of Welsh language speakers of all the communities in Wrexham county borough, with 88.81% having no knowledge of Welsh according to the 2001 census.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 17 November 2015.