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The Unoffical Corwen Area Page
All the pictures below, apart from the map, are links to the full size scan.

CORWEN

jpeg - 20Kb view of Corwen A small town with a population of approximately 2,000 situated by the River Dee on the A5 trunk road east of the junction with the A494. It is backed to the South by the Berwyn mountains and consequently the more recent areas for building have been to the North of the river. cor1s.jpeg - 9Kb
Below is a rather diagramatical map showing the location of Corwen in the area covered by the relatively "new" unitary authorities of Sir Ddinbych (Denbighshire), Gwynedd, Môn (Anglesey), Conwy, and Sir Fflint (Flintshire). The red line is the A5 trunk road, originally the route of the Irish Mail from London to Holyhead, nowadays the tourist route to Snowdonia the coast and Anglesey or the main route for one of the Irish Ferry crossings.
map of North Wales
On your way for the ferry or one of the main tourist areas you may well have passed through Corwen without noticing anything in particular about the place. It sits there on the banks of the Dee, at the foot of the Berwyns, slap bang in the middle of a region abounding in castles, preserved railways, areas "of outstanding natural beauty", terrain suitable for climbing, walking, watersports, mountain bikes, places for fishing, wildlife observation etc. etc. but there is nothing much which tells you about Corwen itself, unless you stop and walk around.
(This links to a version of the photo at the start of the introduction with significant facilities indicated, one of the hostelries is currently closed, the largest has been recently taken over and should be residential again shortly.)
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