Best Kept Community Village 2019
The beautiful village of Llanasa is situated in a pleasant valley at the northern extremity of the county, on the south-western shore of the estuary of the Dee, near its influx with the Irish Sea.......in this neighbourhood are several genteel residences".
[From A Visitor's Guide to Rhyl and its Vicinity, D. Lloyd Lewis, 1852.]
Llanasa lies within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape, The beauty and significance of this exceptional landscape is protected and enhanced as one of only five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales. It has also been designated a Conservation Area. Approximately one mile from the coast, it is popular with walkers, horse riders and cyclists. It is close to the Offa's Dyke, the Clwydian Way, and the North Wales Cycle Path (Sustrans route 5). Consisting of approximately 60 homes (built predominantly of Gwespyr stone) and 150 residents, it includes a church recorded in the Domesday Book (and a place of worship for over 1400 years), and over 18 listed and historic 17th, 18th and 19th century properties and artefacts.
The Llanasa Conservation Society supports this site.
Best Kept Community Village
Conservation Area
National Landscape