Rhydwyn

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Rhydwyn
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Rhydwyn
Location within Anglesey
OS grid reference SH 31517 88968
  Cardiff 142.5 mi (229.3 km)
  London 225.7 mi (363.2 km)
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Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Holyhead
Postcode district LL65
Police North Wales
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53°22′12″N4°32′02″W / 53.370°N 4.534°W / 53.370; -4.534

Rhydwyn ( Loudspeaker.svg Welsh pronunciation ; Rhyd-Wyn) is a village in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, in the north west of Anglesey, Wales. [1] Rhydwyn is named after a little stream that once crossed the centre of the village. "Rhyd" meaning Ford and "Wyn" white. It now runs through a culvert under the road.

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