Local servicesHospitalChirk Community Hospital1.9 miGP surgeryCrane Medical Centre1.0 miPharmacyRowlands Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistTalking Teeth2.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools7 primaryPrimaryFroncysyllte11 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCefn Mawr C P School192 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryYsgol Rhiwabon509 pupils2.5 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL28 miRailway stationChirk2.1 miBus stationBus StationOswestry6.9 miBus stops23 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LL20 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 56 min4:46 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:23 am – 3:57 pm
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People8,899 residentsin the Cefn Mawr census areaMedian age 41.63,821 households54% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright36% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.5% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,757 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, manufacturing 15%, retail and wholesale 15%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 73% go by car, 6% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle52% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages23% of adults hold a degree or higher25% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C939 mm of rain a year, 31 days with 10 mm or morewettest month January48 days of air frost, 6 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksPen-y-coedmountain · 2.8 miNewtown Mountainmountain · 3.2 miNewhall Reservoirreservoir · 1.3 miGwernydd Reservoirreservoir · 1.4 miVale of Llangollenvalley · under a mileThe Lakelake · 2.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesParc Gwledig Ty Mawrpark · under a mile · 19 haWhitehurst Gardenspark · 1.2 miLodgevale Parkpark · 1.7 miCanolfan Hamddensports ground · 1.9 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes114 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199036 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202642 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 4.4 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband83% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,179 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation183 m600 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 53 to 341 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
