Druid, Denbighshire

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Druid
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The Druid Inn at Druid
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Druid
Location within Denbighshire
OS grid reference SJ 0405 4353
Community
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Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Corwen
Postcode district LL21
Dialling code 01490
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Denbighshire
52°58′50″N3°25′50″W / 52.980470°N 3.430518°W / 52.980470; -3.430518

Druid (Welsh : Y Ddwyryd) is a small village in Denbighshire, Wales. The village is located where the A5 and the A494 meet, about two miles west of Corwen and near the boundary with Gwynedd.

The name is an anglicisation of the Welsh name Y Ddwyryd (lit. 'the Two Fords') from its position nearby two fords, one on the River Ceirw, which runs into the River Dee lower down the valley, and the other on a small stream flowing into that river. It has no connection to Druidic history or folk lore.

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