Penley

Penley
The Dymock Arms public house in Penley
Penley is located in Wrexham
Penley
Penley
Location within Wrexham
Population606 
OS grid referenceSJ414399
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL13
Dialling code01948
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham
52°57′11″N 2°52′16″W / 52.953°N 2.871°W / 52.953; -2.871

Penley (Welsh: Llannerch Banna) is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, in Wales close to the border with Shropshire, England, and had a population of 606 as of the 2011 census.[1]

The village was, until 1974, in an exclave of the ancient county of Flintshire known as Maelor Saesneg.[2] (English: "English Maelor"), sometimes called "Flintshire Detached", which was administered from Overton-on-Dee. Between 1974 and 1996, Penley was in the short-lived county of Clwyd.

Penley lies on the path of the long-distance walk, the Maelor Way.[3]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Penley population (1119885324)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Historic Landscapes - Maelor Saesneg -". www.cpat.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ Gordon Emery - Guide to the Maelor Way (1991) ISBN 1-872265-98-7