Carrog

This article is about the village in Denbighshire. For the village in Anglesey, see Carrog, Anglesey.

Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, near Corwen. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy,^[1] it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the opposite bank of the River Dee, which in turn took its name (possibly to avoid confusion with the adjacent Glyn Dyfrdwy station and that in Llansanffraid Glan Conwy) from the Carrog estate on that bank. It is in the community of Corwen.

Carrog
Carrog
Carrog Location within Denbighshire
OS grid reference	SJ104437
Community	Corwen
Principal area	Denbighshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CORWEN
Postcode district	LL21
Dialling code	01490
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Clwyd South
List of places UK Wales Denbighshire 52.982°N 3.323°W / 52.982; -3.323

Carrog railway station is part of the Llangollen Railway and is a passing place on the line, now the extension to Corwen past the site of Bonwm has been opened. One notable resident of Carrog is Peredur Lynch who graduated from Bangor University to become a literary historian. Carrog has one primary school, Ysgol Carrog, which is over 100 years old.

References

1. "Take the Carrog Village Trail". Carrog Station. Retrieved 4 August 2011.