Rhuthun / Ruthin

90 second read ▼ Here’s something that passed us by. On April 20th, the Daily Post reported that Prestatyn was named the best shopping destination in Wales. So say the so-called ‘vitality rankings’. Prestatyn may have been first but Rhuthun/Ruthin cam…

Did you know that it is held among some Denbighshire county council officers that of all the residents of the county those in Rhuthun/Ruthin are the most likely to grumble. Yes, in Rhuthun, if it’s worth mentioning, it’s worth moaning. Take the new wa…

We remain the best place to live in Wales . That accolade will cease in about one month’s time. For 2024/25, the Sunday Times will have moved on to somewhere new. Have we capitalised on our status? The short answer is ‘probably not'.  Each is ran…

We do enjoy looking at estate agent speak . They're fair game, don't you agree. Perhaps as a prelude to the Sunday Times judging Rhuthun/Ruthin to be the best place in Wales to live , the Cavendish Ikin blog has run an article on 'Five Rea…

The shot the Sunday Times chose to illustrate Rhuthun was unexpected It's out. The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live' guide. So, what does it say about the Welsh winner , Rhuthun/Ruthin? And, how accurate is it? We liked the Old Courthouse…

Whether we like it or not, wherever there are children, there will be halloween. Why, though, do families on Glasdir give halloween such prominence? If you walk around Rhuthun/Ruthin's housing estates at this time of year you will see pockets of d…

Announced today, what does the promised £150 council tax rebate for householders from April 1st, 2022 mean to us? It depends where you live. Only bands A to D inclusive are applicable for the rebate and here is the breakdown when comparing Rhuthun/Rut…

Mococo cleared out its Rhuthun/Ruthin premises today. Out went literally every piece of jewellery, leaving an empty shop with nothing but advertising material and a space as deserted as a beach in a winter storm.  In any case, Mococo had been slow…

There was no approval today for the 77 units planned by Clwyd Alyn housing adjacent to Taylor Wimpey's Glasdir . Councillors rejected the proposal by nine votes to four. This in spite of an officer recommendation for approval. If not here, wh…

It's understandable that headline writers concentrate on the most deprived communities in Wales, upon the publication yesterday of the latest Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) figures. Like last time, Rhyl hit the headlines. Two Rhyl area…

Denbighshire council ran a workshop this morning on its town centres, writes an informed source . Note that this excluded Y Rhyl. The seminar started with the leader of the council, Hugh Evans of Llanelidan, stating that the problems Denbighshire'…

On Facebook's Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog, Jon Rosser asked a question. With some of its subsequent comments, the query is worthy of exegetical critiquing as a way of summing up things in Rhuthun/Ruthin in 2016. The simple answer is, as many a…

We're more used to trumpeting Rhuthun/Ruthin's relative prosperity but statistics as published by the Ruthin & District Civic Association indicate all that glisters is not gold. Between the start of the Rhuthun foodbank in April 2013 ti…

We last considered trends in housing here . With summer and the unusually mild & dry October now such a long way behind us, it's time once again to take stock of the local housing sales position. As the season closes down, as before, it remai…

J's Barbers recently moved one unit up Clwyd Street from these premises. This left a gap. But not for long. This week there appeared newspapers adorning the former J's shop windows, below. Its new occupants who are preparing to occupy? A hair…

What has Dinbych got that Rhuthun/Ruthin hasn't? For one thing, a Big Issue salesperson. Appeared over the summer was Dyffryn Clwyd's first seller, a man whose patch was outside Co-op Dinbych. Without a break in continuity, there's now a v…

In 10 years, this is only the third in our non-series on Rhuthun/Ruthin villages... the first dates back to 2008 and the second to 2010 It's bang in the middle of Denbighshire. It's barely eight minutes by car from Rhuthun/Ruthin. Yet, it…