Loggerheads, Denbighshire

Loggerheads is a village in Denbighshire, Wales on the River Alyn, a tributary of the River Dee.

Loggerheads
We Three Loggerheads
Loggerheads is located in Denbighshire
Loggerheads
Loggerheads
Location within Denbighshire
Population(2001)
OS grid referenceSJ189626
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMOLD
Postcode districtCH7
Dialling code01352
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Denbighshire
53°09′10″N 03°12′11″W / 53.15278°N 3.20306°W / 53.15278; -3.20306

It is the location of Loggerheads Country Park which follows the course of the River Alyn through karstic limestone countryside including the sites of old lead mines and mills. There is a working flour mill on site.

A leat or leete, built around 1824, follows the side of the valley nearby and was used to carry water to the lead mines of Mold Mines, on land owned by the Grosvenor family. It is now the popular Leete Walk. The name Loggerheads may come from the dispute over estate boundaries between the lordships of Mold and Llanferres. The final boundary is marked by Carreg Carn March Arthur which is said to bear the imprint of Arthur's horse's hoof after it jumped from the nearby mountain, Moel Famau. The local pub has a sign showing two men grimacing at each other with the words We Three Loggerheads,[1] taken from a painting by Richard Wilson. The third loggerhead was the viewer.

Climate

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Climate data for Loggerheads: 210 m (689 ft) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1960–2020
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.7
(60.3)
16.7
(62.1)
22.2
(72.0)
23.2
(73.8)
25.0
(77.0)
29.4
(84.9)
30.1
(86.2)
31.7
(89.1)
27.2
(81.0)
23.9
(75.0)
17.6
(63.7)
14.6
(58.3)
31.7
(89.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.9
(44.4)
7.4
(45.3)
9.4
(48.9)
11.7
(53.1)
15.0
(59.0)
17.2
(63.0)
19.4
(66.9)
19.2
(66.6)
16.3
(61.3)
12.6
(54.7)
9.5
(49.1)
7.1
(44.8)
12.6
(54.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.8
(38.8)
4.2
(39.6)
5.9
(42.6)
7.5
(45.5)
10.3
(50.5)
12.8
(55.0)
15.0
(59.0)
14.7
(58.5)
12.1
(53.8)
9.0
(48.2)
6.4
(43.5)
3.9
(39.0)
8.8
(47.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3)
1.0
(33.8)
2.3
(36.1)
3.2
(37.8)
5.6
(42.1)
8.4
(47.1)
10.5
(50.9)
10.2
(50.4)
8.0
(46.4)
5.4
(41.7)
3.3
(37.9)
0.7
(33.3)
4.9
(40.9)
Record low °C (°F) −18.3
(−0.9)
−16.7
(1.9)
−19.4
(−2.9)
−11.0
(12.2)
−4.3
(24.3)
−2.1
(28.2)
0.7
(33.3)
1.1
(34.0)
−2.0
(28.4)
−6.2
(20.8)
−10.9
(12.4)
−18.7
(−1.7)
−19.4
(−2.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 77.3
(3.04)
66.0
(2.60)
57.5
(2.26)
70.2
(2.76)
60.2
(2.37)
66.0
(2.60)
69.6
(2.74)
78.9
(3.11)
91.0
(3.58)
112.6
(4.43)
106.9
(4.21)
98.1
(3.86)
954.3
(37.56)
Average precipitation days 13.5 13.4 11.9 13.1 10.0 11.5 10.9 11.1 12.3 15.5 16.2 15.2 154.6
Source 1: Météo Climat[2]
Source 2: Météo Climat[3]

Further reading

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  • C J Williams, Lead Mines of the Alyn Valley (1987) ISBN 0-9512776-0-X

References

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  1. ^ "We Three Loggerheads homepage (slideshow includes an external shot)". 23 December 2010.
  2. ^ "United Kingdom climate normals 1991-2020". Météo Climat. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Weather Extremes for Loggerheads". Météo Climat. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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