{{Short description|Village in Denbighshire, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | coordinates = {{coord|53.096|-3.170|display=inline,title}} | country = Wales | official_name = Graianrhyd | welsh_name = Graeanrhyd | community_wales = Llanarmon-yn-Iâl | unitary_wales = Denbighshire | lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd | constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd West | constituency_westminster = Clwyd East | post_town = Mold | postcode_area = CH | postcode_district = CH7 | dial_code = 01824 | os_grid_reference = SJ216562 | static_image_name = The Bridal Emporium at Graianrhyd - geograph.org.uk - 201101.jpg | static_image_caption = The former Graianrhyd village school, closed in 2002 }}
'''Graianrhyd''', also spelt ''Graeanrhyd'', is a small, scattered village in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales. It lies in hilly limestone country around {{convert|2|mi}} to the east of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl village, and just to the south of Eryrys.
The name is likely derived from the Welsh ''graean'', "gravel", and ''rhyd'', "ford"; there is still a ford across the River Terrig on a minor road east of the village.<ref>The ford is at a place called Rhyd-y-Ceirw ("ford of the stags").</ref> There are several limestone and silicate quarries in the immediate area, which is on the borders of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; the Clwydian Way footpath runs nearby. The area is predominantly agricultural with a landscape of woods and pastureland.
There was no church in the village, though there was a nonconformist (Congregationalist) chapel, built in 1843 and rebuilt in 1859 in a simple vernacular style.<ref>[http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/7649/details/TABERNACL+WELSH+INDEPENDENT+CHAPEL%3BSOAR%2C+GRAIANRHYD/ Tabernacl Chapel; Soar, Graianrhyd], Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales</ref> In 1905 it was recorded as having a congregation of 192. The chapel is now closed.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/Llanarmonynial/ Llanarmon yn Iâl], GENUKI</ref> The former Graianrhyd primary school ceased to operate in 2002, after its intake for the year fell to only 3 pupils.<ref>"School shuts doors as just three pupils turn up for classes", ''Liverpool Daily Post'', 05-09-02</ref><ref>[http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk/CE/Councillors.nsf/549d86137889b6ac80256d58004cc70a/d44f24f79705fd5c802570150043ac65?OpenDocument Disposal of the former C.P. School at Graianrhyd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192746/http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk/CE/Councillors.nsf/549d86137889b6ac80256d58004cc70a/d44f24f79705fd5c802570150043ac65?OpenDocument |date=24 July 2011 }}, Denbighshire County Council</ref> The village has a pub, the Rose & Crown.
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Category:Villages in Denbighshire Category:Llanarmon-yn-Iâl