Penygroes
Penygroes is a village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is located to the south of Caernarfon, and north of Porthmadog, by the A487 road. Penygroes' population stands at 1,793 at the 2011 census, of which 88% are Welsh-speaking, making it one of the most predominantly Welsh-speaking areas of the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,790 residents
- Description: village in Gwynedd, north Wales
- Also known as: “Penygroes, Gwynedd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ysgol Bro Lleu and Ysgol Gynradd Llanllyfni.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes. Dorothea quarry is situated 2 miles east of Penygroes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talysarn and Groeslon.
Talysarn
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Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.
Groeslon
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Groeslon is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in Gwynedd, Wales. The population was 880 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages are Penygroes, Carmel and Dinas. Groeslon is situated 1½ miles north of Penygroes.
Nebo
Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nebo is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is adjacent to the small village of Nasareth and near the larger villages of Llanllyfni and Penygroes. Nebo is situated 1½ miles south of Penygroes.
Penygroes
- Category: locality
- Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.05402° or 53° 3′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.28349° or 4° 17′ 1″ westPopulation
1,790Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3P38+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 27785306OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2640379Wikidata ID
Q3399272
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Penygroes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Penygroes”
- Breton: “Pen-y-Groes”
- Breton: “Penygroes”
- Catalan: “Pen-y-Groes”
- Catalan: “Penygroes”
- Dutch: “Penygroes”
- French: “Penygroes”
- Galician: “Penygroes”
- German: “Penygroes”
- Italian: “Penygroes”
- Japanese: “ペニーグローズ”
- Persian: “پنیگروز، گوینز”
- Russian: “Пенигрос”
- Scots: “Penygroes”
- Spanish: “Penygroes”
- Swedish: “Penygroes”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-groes”
- Welsh: “Penygroes”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Y Bont and Penygroes Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Penygroes”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.