Rhuddlan
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| Rhuddlan | ||
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| Population: | {{{Population}}} | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SJ025785 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Denbighshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | North Wales Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Clwyd | |
| Historic county: | Flintshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | RHUDDLAN | |
| Postal district: | LL18 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1745 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Vale of Clwyd | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Rhuddlan is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire and traditional county of Flintshire, north Wales, overlooking the River Clwyd. The town gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996.
The town is known for the ruins of Rhuddlan Castle, built by Edward I of England from 1277 to 1282 and the site of another castle at Twthill, built by the Norman Robert of Rhuddlan about 1072.
The town was also the location where Edward I signed the Statute of Rhuddlan, laying down the way by which Wales was to be governed.
In 2001 a bypass road was completed easing access to nearby coastal town Rhyl and since then the centre of Rhuddlan has been redeveloped.
Famous former residents include Lisa Scott-Lee of pop band Steps and her brother Andy Scott-Lee.
