Faenor

Faenor is a community and electoral ward sharing a boundary with the town of in , Wales. Faenor also has two community wards which elect 12 councillors to Faenor Community Council: One covers Waun Fawr and most of the student village Pentre Jane Morgan of Aberystwyth University, while the other covers Comins Coch, Capel Dewi and Lovesgrove.
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  • Type: Locality with 3,460 residents
  • Description: community in Ceredigion, Wales
  • Also known as: Faenor, Ceredigion

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberystwyth Castle and Aberystwyth railway station.

is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in , , . It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south. is situated 2 miles west of Faenor.

Railway station
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the town of , , Wales; it is served by passenger trains operated by Transport for Wales. It is the terminus of both the Cambrian Line and of the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.

Hospital
is an Acute District General Hospital in , . It is managed by Hywel Dda University Health Board. It is the only acute hospital within mid-Wales and is the main hospital for the students of Aberystwyth University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberystwyth and Penparcau.

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
is in the county of , in . , called the true capital of Wales by some, is a smallish town on the Ceredigion coast, just below the .

Village
is a village and electoral ward in , , situated to the south of . The original village was a hamlet, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed it.

Suburb
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , Wales. It is on the outskirts of next to and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth.

Faenor

Latitude
52.4212° or 52° 25′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.0399° or 4° 2′ 24″ west
Population
3,460
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Open location code
9C4QCXC6+F2
Geo­Names ID
7291013
Wiki­data ID
Q3404264
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Faenor” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Y Faenor
  • Bengali: ফেনর
  • Breton: Y Faenor
  • Bulgarian: Фаенор
  • Cebuano: Faenor
  • Chinese: Faenor
  • Chinese: 伊法埃诺尔
  • Chinese: 伊法埃諾爾
  • Dutch: Y Faenor
  • French: Faenor
  • German: Faenor
  • Gujarati: વાય ફેનર
  • Irish: Y Faenor
  • Japanese: フェイノー
  • Kannada: ವೈ ಫೀನರ್
  • Korean: 와이 패노르
  • Lithuanian: Faenoras
  • Min Nan Chinese: Faenor (Ceredigion)
  • Portuguese: Y Faenor
  • Russian: Уай-Фаэнор
  • Spanish: Y Faenor
  • Swedish: Faenor
  • Tamil: யி பாயினோர்
  • Telugu: వై ఫేనోర్
  • Urdu: وائے فاینور
  • Welsh: Y Faenor, Ceredigion
  • Welsh: Y Faenor

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Comins Coch and Waunfawr.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ffynnon Caradog and Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Ceredigion: Must-Visit Destinations

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