[2] It is located 230 metres above sea level in the upper valley of the River Alyn on the A494 road between Ruthin and Mold.

[4] The village sits alongside the Welsh Assembly A494 Trunk Road on bus routes providing access to the nearest towns Mold and Ruthin.

The Parish or Community Council of Llanferres area includes the village of Maeshafn and hamlets of Tafarn-y-Gelyn and Loggerheads.

The parish church, is dedicated to St. Berres, a 4th-century to 5th-century Welsh hermit, who according to Thomas Pennant was a disciple of St. Martin of Tours.

[8] The Welsh landscape painter Richard Wilson lived at the hall in the latter part of his life and died there in 1782.