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Bryn Offa

Coordinates: 53°02′29″N 3°00′38″W / 53.04139°N 3.01056°W / 53.04139; -3.01056
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Bryn Offa
Photo of the Bryn Offa housing estate.
Bryn Offa is located in Wrexham
Bryn Offa
Bryn Offa
Location within Wrexham
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL13
Dialling code01978
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53°02′29″N 3°00′38″W / 53.04139°N 3.01056°W / 53.04139; -3.01056

Bryn Offa (Welsh for 'Offa's Hill') is a local-authority housing estate in the south-western suburbs of the city of Wrexham, in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales in the community of Offa, and is close to the Wrexham Maelor Hospital. The main route through Bryn Offa is the A525 road to Ruthin Road. The estate is situated next to Ysgol Clywedog (formerly known as Ysgol Bryn Offa, or Bryn Offa High School),[1] and the Shrewsbury-Chester railway line.[2] The community of Offa is named after Bryn Offa.[3]

References

  1. ^ "School bells rings for last time". 11 July 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Bryn Offa". Under a Welsh Sky. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ Williams, Howard; Delaney, Liam (September 2020). "Living after Offa: Place-Names and Social Memory in the Welsh Marches". Offa's Dyke Journal. 2. University of Chester. JAS Arqueologia: 22–24. doi:10.23914/odj.v2i0.274.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)