North Wales
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Edern

Edern, formerly known as Edeyrn, is a village and until 1939 a civil parish, in the county of . It is about 1 km southwest of the larger village of , near on the north coast of the , on the B4417 road.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Edern, Gwynedd” and “Ederyn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Ceidio and Garn Boduan.

Church
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peak
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Iron Age hillfort and hill near , on the in . In a survey in the 1950s the traces of over 170 round houses were identified on this site, and around 100 round houses are still visible on the ground. is situated 2 miles east of Edern.

Museum
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles east of Edern.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morfa Nefyn and Porthdinllaen.

Village
Photo: Shirley Roulston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the northern coast of the in , . It lies on the crossroads of the B4417 and B4412. The village has seen a rise in popularity as house prices in nearby villages on the such as and have risen rapidly.

Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small coastal village on the in the Dwyfor area of , Wales, built on a small promontory, and historically in .

Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Wales, about 4 miles from . It is in the historic county of . It was due to host the National Eisteddfod in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead it hosted the 2023 edition. , a hillfort built soon after Roman occupation, is located in the village. is situated 3 miles east of Edern.

Edern

Latitude
52.92764° or 52° 55′ 40″ north
Longitude
-4.56462° or 4° 33′ 53″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C4QWCHP+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1527138305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2650237
Wiki­data ID
Q5337042
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Edern” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Edern, Gwynedd”
  • Basque: “Edern”
  • Breton: “Edern (Gwynedd)”
  • Breton: “Edern”
  • Dutch: “Edern”
  • French: “Edern”
  • Irish: “Edern”
  • Welsh: “Edern, Gwynedd”
  • Welsh: “Edern”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eglwys Sant Edern and Capel Edern.

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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 “Edern”. Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.