Country: | Wales |
Official Name: | Derwen |
Coordinates: | 53.045°N -3.388°W |
Static Image Name: | St Mary's church, Derwen.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's church, Derwen |
Population: | 426 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Community Wales: | Derwen |
Unitary Wales: | Denbighshire |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Clwyd West |
Constituency Westminster: | Bangor Aberconwy |
Post Town: | RUTHIN |
Postcode District: | LL15 |
Postcode Area: | LL |
Post Town1: | CORWEN |
Postcode District1: | LL21 |
Postcode Area1: | LL |
Dial Code: | 01824 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ069506 |
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.