Mochras
Mochras is a peninsula lying west of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales. The peninsula was formed after the River Artro was diverted by the Earl of Winchilsea in 1819 from its previous course where it entered the sea to the south of Mochras.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: a peninsula lying west of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Mochras (Shell Island)”, “Mochras Point”, “Shell Island”, “Shell Island, Gwynedd”, “Shell Island, Gwynedd, Wales”, and “Shell Island, Wales”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanbedr Airport and Llanbedr railway station.
Llanbedr Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Peter Humphreys, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr Airfield, formerly RAF Llanbedr, is an operational general aviation aerodrome located in the Snowdonia National Park near the village of Llanbedr, Gwynedd, northwest Wales.
Llanbedr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Vincent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr railway station serves the village of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
Pensarn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pensarn railway station serves the village of Pensarn in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Pensarn railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mochras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llandanwg and Pentre Gwynfryn.
Llandanwg
Village
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Llandanwg is a village in the Llanfair community of the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales. Situated on the coast, it has a railway station and a Grade II listed medieval church.
Pentre Gwynfryn
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pentre Gwynfryn is a village in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales, about 1 mile east of Llanbedr. The village is at the confluence of the River Artro and the River Cwmnantcol. Pentre Gwynfryn is situated 2½ miles east of Mochras.
Llanenddwyn
Village
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Llanenddwyn is a village, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mochras.
Mochras
- Categories: peninsula and cape
- Location: Llanbedr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.81855° or 52° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.14343° or 4° 8′ 36″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C4QRV94+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9205697896OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Mochras” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mochras Point”
- German: “Shell Island”
- Swedish: “Mochras Point”
- Welsh: “Mochras”
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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 “Mochras”. Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.