6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

St Matthew's ChurchGrade II* listedBuckley Town Council Offices and LibraryGrade II listedThe TivoliGrade II listed+1See all photos

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

Cadw lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest, Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, and Grade II for buildings of special interest. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on Cadw’s register of listed buildings whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).

Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.

James Williams

Frederick Birks

Jabez Evans

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James Williams1880–1916 · Welsh professional footballer, born 1880s (1885–1916)

Frederick Birks1894–1917 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross. Grew up in Buckley, Flintshire, Wale…

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Jabez Evans1895–1966 · Welsh footballer

Everyone born in Buckley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Buckley has 6 listed buildings, including St Matthew's Church. James Williams (1880), Frederick Birks (1894) and Jabez Evans (1895) were all born here before 1900. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 19% of UK towns. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; the list grew between 1982 and 2009; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.