Overlooked by Moel Findeg hill, the River Alyn flows to the west, and Loggerheads Country Park is towards the north towards the A494 road.

[1]Historically Maeshafn was a lead mining village called Maes y safn.

[2] A 1980 publication noted that the local miners would "build a house themselves by encroaching on the waste and enclosing a small field".

In 1982-4 proposal were made to extend mining at the quarry to 800,000 tonnes per annum, which was approved in 1987.

In 1998 it was purchased by Tilcon (South) Ltd., a subsidiary of Anglo American plc, and was later bought by Tarmac Central Ltd.[7] Maeshafn is connected by bus to Eryrys, Graianrhyd, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl and Llanbedr.