Corwen
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| Corwen | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | {{{Population}}} | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SJ075435 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Denbighshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | North Wales Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Clwyd | |
| Historic county: | Merionethshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | CORWEN | |
| Postal district: | LL21 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1490 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Clwyd South | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. It is best known as the base of Owain Glyndŵr, the fifteenth century Welsh leader.
The town grew as a centre for cattle drovers. Attractions in Corwen include the motte of a Norman castle, the thirteenth century Church of St Mael and St Sulien and the Capel Rûg built in 1637 by William Salisbury.
Corwen is the last sizeable town on the A5 from London to Holyhead until Betws-y-Coed is reached. Because of this it still contains a number of hotels which were used in the past as staging hotels for the stagecoaches. Although the A5 is no longer a main trunk road, having been superseded by the coastal route of A55, there is still significant traffic travelling through the town centre’s narrow main street.
Corwen hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1919.
