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Bontnewydd

Bontnewydd railway station

Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of , and is between and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Bontnewydd, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Bontnewydd Halt” and “Bontnewydd Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caernarfon Castle and Segontium.

is a medieval fortress in , north-west . The first fortification on the site was a built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283. is situated 1½ miles north of Bontnewydd railway station.

Archaeological site
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
is a Roman fort on the outskirts of in , . is situated 1½ miles north of Bontnewydd railway station.

Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR. is situated 1 mile south of Bontnewydd railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bontnewydd and Llanwnda.

Village
Photo: Bill Payer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+2⁄3 miles south of in , Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles from its outflow into Foryd Bay.

Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, community and electoral ward in , Wales. The community has a population of 1,994 as taken at the 2011 Census. It is situated about 3 miles to the south of , and 5 miles south-west of .

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is a Royal town in , North-West . is famous for its breathtaking castle and as a stronghold of the Welsh language. The castle and fortified complex is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the finest examples of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe.

Bontnewydd railway station

Latitude
53.11677° or 53° 7′ 0″ north
Longitude
-4.27591° or 4° 16′ 33″ west
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4P8F+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 673464658
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6955220
Wiki­data ID
Q4942626
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Bontnewydd railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Bontnewydd”
  • French: “Bontnewydd”
  • Welsh: “Gorsef Reilffordd Bontnewydd”

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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 “Bontnewydd railway station”. Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 3.0.