Johnstown, Wrexham

Johnstown

St. Mary's Church, Johnstown
Johnstown
Johnstown shown within Wrexham
Population 3,266 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ303463
Community
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WREXHAM
Postcode district LL14
Dialling code 01978
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Johnstown is a village in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales, and forms part of the old coal mining community of Rhosllannerchrugog.

The disused coal mine at Hafod is situated to the east of the village and the mine's former coal tip has now been converted to a country park, Bonc yr Hafod. The nearby clay quarry was used as a landfill site for waste from Liverpool. It now takes waste from anywhere after the transfer to Cory's.

The village has approximately 4,000 inhabitants, living in 1,300 households which are split into three main areas, the Moreton Estate, Nant Parc and the older part of the village (taken from police figures). The ward population at the 2011 census was 3,266.[1]

Johnstown is a located on the historic earth work of Offa's Dyke.

There are two schools in Johnstown: Johnstown Infants School and Johnstown Junior School.

There are three public houses in Johnstown; the New Inn; the Moreton Inn and the Grapes


In April 2012, a planning application was submitted by developers Capital & Centric Plc for a new supermarket on the disused Griflex industrial unit, potentially creating 300 jobs for the area.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/109864/-new-supermarket-could-create-up-to-300-jobs-.aspx


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.