Rhuddlan

Rhuddlan
Rhuddlan Castle in May 2012
Rhuddlan Location within Denbighshire
Population	3,709 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ025785
Community	Rhuddlan
Principal area	Denbighshire
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RHUDDLAN
Postcode district	LL18
Dialling code	01745
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Vale of Clwyd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Vale of Clwyd
Website	rhuddlantowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places UK Wales Denbighshire 53°17′38″N 3°27′50″W / 53.294°N 3.464°W / 53.294; -3.464

Rhuddlan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈr̥ɨðlan]) is a town, community, and electoral ward in the county of Denbighshire, Wales, in the historic county of Flintshire. Its associated urban zone is mainly on the right bank of the Clwyd; it is directly south of seafront town Rhyl. It gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996. As of the 2001 census, the population was 4,296^[1] decreasing to 3,709 in the 2011 census.^[2]