Buckley
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 The Parish Church of St Matthew, Buckley, consecrated in 1822 | |
  Buckley Location within Flintshire | |
| Population | 16,127 (2021)[1][2] |
| OS grid reference | SJ274645 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Settlements[1] | Alltami, Buckley, Burntwood, Drury, Little Mountain, Padeswood |
| Post town | BUCKLEY |
| Postcode district | CH7 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Website | buckleytc.gov.wales |
Buckley (Welsh: Bwcle [ˈbʊklɛ]) is a town and community in Flintshire, North East Wales, two miles (3 km) from the county town of Mold and contiguous with the villages of Ewloe, Alltami and Mynydd Isa. It is on the A549 road, with the larger A55 road passing nearby.
Buckley is the second-largest town in Flintshire in terms of population.[3] At the 2011 Census, its community had a population of 15,665.[4] When the contiguous Argoed community is included, Buckley has a population of 21,502.
A prominent nearby landmark is the Heidelberg Materials cement kiln just south of the town.
- ^ a b in the Buckley Community
- ^ "Buckley". UK Census Data 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "2001 Census: Buckley". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.