Penrhyn Castle

Penrhyn Castle is a country house in , Bangor, , , constructed in the style of a Norman castle. The Penrhyn Estate was founded by Ednyfed Fychan.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum and Afon Cegin viaduct.

Museum
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in . In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family, owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Peak
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is a scarp face of a hill below which the city of Bangor in , , sits. Though not a mountain in the true sense of the word it is so-called because of the way it rears up behind Bangor and appears mountainous, especially from the Glan Adda, High Street and Hirael areas of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llandygai and Talybont.

Village
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is a small village and community on the A5 road between and in , Wales. It affords a view of the nearby mountain range.

Village
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, is a small village to the southeast of the city of Bangor in , north , in the community of Llanllechid, and next to . It had a population of 465 as of 2011.

Suburb
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is a suburb of and housing estate in , , with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind , , the second largest and in , which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.

Penrhyn Castle

Latitude
53.21667° or 53° 13′ north
Longitude
-4.1° or 4° 6′ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q6W82+M2
Geo­Names ID
2640420
Wiki­data ID
Q3402621
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Penrhyn Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Penrhyn gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Chinese: “彭林城堡”
  • Danish: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Dutch: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Burgo de Penrhyn”
  • French: “Château de Penrhyn”
  • French: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • German: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Italian: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Japanese: “ペンリン城”
  • Polish: “Zamek Penrhyn”
  • Russian: “Замок Пенрин”
  • Russian: “Пенрин”
  • Spanish: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Swedish: “Penrhyn Castle”
  • Turkish: “Penrhyn Kalesi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Penrhyn”
  • Welsh: “Castell y Penrhyn”

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