Penyffordd
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Penyffordd
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| Village and community | |
.JPG) Millennium Clock, Penyffordd | |
  Penyffordd Location within Flintshire | |
| Population | 3,874 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ301617 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode district | CH4 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Website | penyfforddcouncil.org |
Penyffordd, or Pen-y-ffordd,[1][needs IPA] is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, situated to the south east of Buckley and to the west of Chester. The name is derived from the Welsh Pen Y Ffordd – roughly translated as 'the highest or furthest point of the road'. The resident population of Penyffordd, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 3,715,[2] increasing to 3,874 at the 2011 census.[3]
Penyffordd lies to the east of A550, south of its junction with the A55 (North Wales Expressway). The ward consists of the neighbouring villages of Penyffordd and Penymynydd, which are a ribbon development along the line of the former major road. There is also a zebra crossing which has been instated.
A hamlet named Pen-y-ffordd is also in Flintshire. It is located between Holywell and Prestatyn, near Mostyn.
Penyffordd was home to a Royal Observer Corps (ROC) monitoring post, built in 1958 and closed in 1968 due to the British Government deeming that the nuclear threat had lessened enough for the closure of many ROC bunkers.[4]
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