Ruthin (Rhuthun)
Built-up area in Denbighshire, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.114, -3.313 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 12 58 |
| Population: | 5,461 |
| Dialling code: | 01824 |
Ruthin is a compact market town in Denbighshire, Wales, tucked into the Vale of Clwyd where the River Clwyd winds through a backdrop of rolling hills and the nearby Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town has a clearly medieval core with narrow streets and a mixture of stone buildings, centred around historic landmarks that hint at a long and layered past.
Today Ruthin combines a lively local economy based on agriculture, small independent shops, crafts and tourism with a strong sense of community and a bilingual Welsh–English culture. Visitors are drawn by features such as the ruins and adapted parts of Ruthin Castle, the penal history at Ruthin Gaol and the timber‑framed house Nantclwyd y Dre, while residents enjoy festivals, galleries and easy access to walking country in the surrounding hills.
Postcode districts covering Ruthin
Most populated places nearby
- Birkenhead 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Chester 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Chester Castle 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Wrexham 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Buckley 10.6 miles17 km
- Wallasey 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Colwyn Bay 21.1 miles34 km
- Heswall 17.7 miles28.6 km
- Flint 11.8 miles19 km
- Rhyl 15.5 miles25 km
- Hawarden 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Rhosllannerchrugog 12.8 miles20.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Efenechtyd Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Llanynys Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Llangynhafal Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Moel Famau Ward 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Cyffylliog Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern Ward 4 miles6.5 km
- Clocaenog Parish 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch Parish 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Llanferres Parish 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Llanarmon-yn-Ial Built-up area 4.9 miles7.8 km
Example postcodes in Ruthin
LL15 1FB, LL15 1RD, LL15 1HY, LL15 1RL, LL15 1DB, LL15 1NU, LL15 2NZ, LL15 1LL, LL15 1PP … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Manchester Airport 46 miles74 km
- Carrog 9.2 miles14.7 km
- Glyndyfrdwy 9.7 miles15.6 km
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Schools in Ruthin
- Rhos Street CP School Primary
- Ruthin School Independent - secondary
- Ysgol Borthyn Primary
- Ysgol Brynhyfryd Secondary
- Ysgol Pen Barras Primary
Local points of interest
- Clwydian Range Mountains 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Valle Crucis Abbey Archaeological site 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Connahs Quay Nomads Stadium 12.4 miles20 km
- Bodelwyddan Castle Historic site 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Marble Church Historic site 13 miles20.9 km
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 13.5 miles21.8 km
- Rhuddlan Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.6 miles21.8 km
- Erddig Country house 14.1 miles22.7 km
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 14.2 miles22.9 km
- The Airfield Stadium 14.3 miles23 km
- Airbus UK FC Stadium 14.3 miles23 km
- Rhyl FC Stadium 15.8 miles25.4 km