The
Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd) is a tract of low-lying ground in the
county of
Denbighshire in northeast
Wales. The Vale extends south-southwestwards from the coast of the
Irish Sea for some 20 miles (about 30 km) forming a triangle of low ground bounded on its eastern side by the well-defined
scarp of the
Clwydian Range and to the west by numerous low hills. The
River Clwyd (Welsh: Afon Clwyd) which rises within
Clocaenog Forest, southwest of Denbigh, runs the full length of the vale. It is joined by the two major left bank tributaries of the
River Clywedog (Welsh: Afon Clywedog) and
River Elwy (Welsh: Afon Elwy) and the smaller right bank tributary of the River Wheeler
(Welsh: Afon Chwiler).