Llay

Llay Welsh: Llai
The Miners' Welfare Institute, the largest such building in the country at completion in 1931
Llay Location within Wrexham
Population	4,814 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ334561
Community	Llay
Principal area	Wrexham
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WREXHAM
Postcode district	LL12
Dialling code	01978
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Wrexham
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Wrexham
List of places UK Wales Wrexham 53°05′53″N 2°59′42″W / 53.098°N 2.995°W / 53.098; -2.995 Map of the community

Llay (Welsh: Llai; meaning meadow; Welsh pronunciation^ⓘ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

It borders several other villages including Gwersyllt and Gresford. At the 2001 Census, the total population of the community of Llay, including Llay village, was 4,905,^[2] reducing to 4,814 at the 2011 Census.

Prior to the 1960s, Llay was a coal mining village. Llay Main Colliery, at one time the largest colliery in Wales and after 1952 the deepest pit in the UK, was a major employer for the area before its coal reserves were exhausted in 1966.^[3]