Leeswood (Coed-Ilai)
Ward in Flintshire, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.14, -3.097 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 26 60 |
| Dialling code: | 01352 (Mold) |
Leeswood is a small, largely rural ward in Flintshire, Wales, lying a few miles from the market town of Mold and within easy reach of Wrexham. The area is characterised by rolling farmland, hedgerows and lanes with views towards the Clwydian hills, and its settlement pattern combines pockets of housing with working agricultural land.
Historically the locality has a strong industrial past in mining and quarrying which has shaped its landscape and community identity, and today it retains a tight-knit social fabric around a village hall, local school and pubs while many residents commute to nearby towns. The ward’s mix of heritage, countryside and community activity gives it a distinct semi-rural character within north-east Wales.
Postcode districts covering Leeswood
Most populated places nearby
- Liverpool 19.9 miles32 km
- Birkenhead 17 miles27.4 km
- Chester 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Chester Castle 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Wrexham 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Buckley 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Runcorn 21.1 miles34 km
- Widnes 22.2 miles35.8 km
- Wallasey 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Huyton with Roby 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Prescot 23.3 miles37.4 km
- Winsford 24.1 miles38.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Leeswood and Pontblyddyn Parish 0 miles0 km
- Leeswood Built-up area 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Buckley: Bistre West Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Padeswood Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Buckley: Bistre East Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Treuddyn Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Argoed Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Argoed and New Brighton Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Mynydd Isa Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Penyffordd Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Mold: Broncoed Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Buckley Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in Leeswood
CH7 4HH, CH7 4LA, CH7 4RF, CH7 4RG, CH7 4RQ, CH7 4RB, CH7 4RH, CH7 4JA, CH7 4RY … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 16.8 miles27 km
- Manchester Airport 37 miles59.6 km
- Hope and Pen-y-ffordd Station 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Buckley Railway Station 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Wrexham Bus Station 7.6 miles12.3 km
Hotels near Leeswood Ad
- Holiday Inn A55 Chester West 3 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa 4 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Beaufort Park Hotel 3 miles4.8 km
- Village Hotel Chester St David's 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Griffin Inn 5 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Hotel Indigo Chester 4 9.6 miles15.4 km
- The Hotel Chester 5 9.2 miles14.9 km
- Rossett Hall Hotel 4 6.6 miles10.7 km
- The Lemon Tree 3 7.5 miles12 km
- The Townhouse Chester 3 9.2 miles14.7 km
Schools in Leeswood
- Ysgol Derwenfa CP Primary
Local points of interest
- The Airfield Stadium 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Airbus UK FC Stadium 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Connahs Quay Nomads Stadium 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Clwydian Range Mountains 7 miles11.3 km
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Poulton Abbey Historic site 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Erddig Country house 8.7 miles14 km
- Chester Racecourse Recreation 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Eaton Hall Estate 8.9 miles14.2 km
- Valle Crucis Abbey Archaeological site 11.4 miles18.4 km
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 11.8 miles19 km
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles19.6 km