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Pantymwyn is a small village just outside Mold in Flintshire, Wales, in the community of Gwernaffield with Pantymwyn.

Pantymwyn

Pen-y-Fron Road, Pantymwyn
Pantymwyn
Location within Flintshire
Population829 
OS grid referenceSJ193646
Principal area
  • Flintshire
Ceremonial county
  • Clwyd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMOLD
Postcode districtCH7
Dialling code01352
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
  • Delyn
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Delyn
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53.172°N 3.206°W / 53.172; -3.206

The village is located within the designated Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, lying on the east side of the Clwydian Range. Pantymwyn is four miles west of Mold and 16 miles west of Chester.

The village has a pub (the Crown Inn), a post office and convenience store, a garage and an 18-hole uplands golf course (the home of Mold Golf Club). During the summer, Pantymwyn holds an annual village fair. Pantymywn adjoins Gwernaffield, the population of Pantymwyn itself is around 800 [1] with most people born in England.

Access to the Loggerheads country park is within short walking distance, as are many walks over the Clwydian Range of mountains. The village is often visited by walkers and cyclists.

The area has a history involving lead mining.[specify]


Transport


Townlynx operate the only public bus service in Pantymwyn. Route 6, starting from the village and continues onto Mold and Chester. The service is very popular in the area, and two brand new easy-access buses have been added to the route to make it easier for the elderly to use the bus.

GHA Coaches provide a student service to Yale College, Wrexham.


History


A booklet covering the history of Pantymwyn and Gwernaffield and can be accessed through the Cadwyn Clwyd website.[2]


Notable residents


Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland moved to Pantymwyn in 1981 as a child, and attended the Ysgol y Waun school.[3]


References


  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – pantymwyn population (W38000006)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Williams, Martin (2009). ""There'd be no Coldplay without Jonny Buckland". Liverpool Daily Post". The Free Library. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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