Afon Ogwen
Afon Ogwen is a river in north-west Wales draining from some of the greatest peaks in Snowdonia before discharging to the sea on the eastern side of Bangor, Gwynedd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Ogwen” and “River Ogwen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beaumaris Castle and Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum.
Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris Castle, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. Plans were probably first made to construct the castle in 1284, but this was delayed due to lack of funds and work only began in 1295 following the Madog ap Llywelyn uprising. Beaumaris Castle is situated 2 miles north of Afon Ogwen.Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum was a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales. In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family, owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda.
Port Penrhyn
Dock
Photo: Linus Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Penrhyn is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north Wales at the confluence of the River Cegin with the Menai Strait. It was formerly of great importance as the main port for the export of slate from the Penrhyn Quarry, the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the nineteenth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talybont and Llandygai.
Talybont
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Talybont, is a small village to the southeast of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north Wales, in the community of Llanllechid, and next to Llandygai. It had a population of 465 as of 2011.
Llandygai
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llandygai is a small village and community on the A5 road between Bangor and Talybont in Gwynedd, Wales. It affords a view of the nearby Carneddau mountain range.
Maesgeirchen
Suburb
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maesgeirchen is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, the second largest and Caia Park in Wrexham, which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.
Afon Ogwen
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Afon Ogwen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Afon Ogwen”
- Galician: “Afon Ogwen”
- German: “Afon Ogwen”
- German: “River Ogwen”
- Irish: “Afon Ogwen”
- Japanese: “オグウェン川”
- Swedish: “Afon Ogwen”
- Welsh: “Afon Ogwan”
- Welsh: “Afon Ogwen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hirael and Garth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penrhyn Castle and Bangor Mountain.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Afon Ogwen”. Photo: Rhion, Public domain.