Derwen

Derwen
St Mary's church, Derwen
Derwen is located in Denbighshire
Derwen
Derwen
Location within Denbighshire
Population426 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ069506
Community
  • Derwen
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUTHIN
Postcode districtLL15
Post townCORWEN
Postcode districtLL21
Dialling code01824
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Denbighshire
53°02′42″N 3°23′17″W / 53.045°N 3.388°W / 53.045; -3.388
Derwen's Celtic Cross

Derwen (historically, Derwen-dêg-fawr)[1] is a rural village in the south of Denbighshire, Wales. It lies approximately halfway between Corwen and Ruthin, in the upper part of Dyffryn Clwyd on the north side of the River Clwyd, opposite the village of Bryn Saith Marchog. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 426.[2]

The community includes the village of Clawddnewydd.

An old Celtic Cross stands in the village, near the church, dating from the Early Middle Ages. There is also the Grade II Ffynnon Sara.

  1. ^ James, Major-General Sir Henry (1874). Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Llanarmon (part of), Hundred of Yale, in the County of Denbigh; Ordnance Survey, Great Britain. p. 18.
  2. ^ "community population 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2015.