CORWEN

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CORWEN is a small market town in Denbighshire, North Wales, known for its scenic location in the Dee Valley and its historic association with Welsh culture and heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf market town
town
coordinateLocation 52.981°N 3.377°W
country Wales
dialingCode 01490
distanceTo about 10 miles west of Llangollen
about 13 miles south of Ruthin
about 32 miles south of Denbigh
about 34 miles east of Porthmadog
governingBody Denbighshire County Council
hasBusServiceTo Bala
Llangollen
Ruthin
hasCulturalEvent local eisteddfodau (Welsh cultural festivals)
hasHeritage Welsh culture
Welsh history
hasLocalGovernmentCommunity Corwen community
hasNearbyHill Pen y Pigyn
hasNearbyHistoricSite Caer Drewyn hillfort
hasNearbyMountainRange Berwyn Mountains
surface form: Berwyn range

Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB
hasPrimarySchool Ysgol Caer Drewyn
hasRailwayStation Corwen railway station
hasReligiousBuilding Capel Seion
Church of St Mael and St Sulien
hasStatue statue of Owain Glyndŵr
surface form: Owain Glyndŵr statue
hasTourismActivity heritage railway tourism
walking and hiking
hasTraditionalMarket livestock market (historically)
hasTransportHistory former station on Ruabon–Barmouth railway
hasWarMemorial Corwen war memorial
historicallyInhabitedBy Welsh-speaking population
knownFor Dee Valley scenery
Welsh cultural heritage
scenic landscape
language English
Welsh
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Denbighshire
locatedInRegion North Wales
locatedInValley Dee Valley
locatedOnRiver River Dee
namedAfter possibly "cor" (dwarf) and "gwyn" (white) in Welsh etymology
partOf historic county of Merionethshire
postalTown CORWEN self-linksurface differs
postcodeDistrict LL21
roadJunctionOf A494 road
A5 road
servedByRailway Llangollen Railway

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Corwen hasPostTown CORWEN
CORWEN postalTown CORWEN self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Corwen