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 Ruabon is
located 6 miles south of Wrexham, just off the main A483 trunk road and on
the Chester to Shrewsbury railway line. Ruabon Station is the nearest
railway station to Llangollen.
The
village has a long history and its main features are the local Iron Age hill
fort, the remains of Offa’s dyke and Wat’s dyke, the parish Church, the
former Wynnstay hall and the Georgian ‘Wynnstay’ hotel.
The name
of Wynnstay is synonymous with Ruabon with the village being the historical
seat of the powerful Williams Wynn family. The name of Ruabon is know far
and wide as it gave its name to Ruabon brick, a distinctive shiny, durable
red brick, seen everywhere in buildings in the Wrexham area and beyond.
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