Llangollen
Llangollen is a small town and area in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, on the River Dee at the edge of the Berwyn mountains as well as the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan meaning "a religious negotiation" and Saint Collen, a 6th-century monk that established a church beside the river. St Collen is claimed to have arrived in Llangollen by coracle. There are nothing else churches in Wales dedicated to St Collen, as well as he might have had connections with Colan in Cornwall as well as with Langolen in Brittany. Today Llangollen counts greatly on the visitor industry, yet still gets considerable revenue from farming. A lot of the ranches in capitals around the community were sheep ranches, and the residential woollen industry, both rotating and weaving, was very important in the area for centuries. Several factories were later on developed along the banks of the River Dee, where both wool and also cotton were processed. The water mill opposite Llangollen Railway station is over 600 years old, and was originally used to grind flour for local farmers.
