Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. It is located in the foothills of Cadair Idris, and has a population of 402, reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castell y Bere and Graig Goch.

Castell y Bere

Castle

Castell y Bere is a Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, Wales. Constructed by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s, the stone castle was intended to maintain his authority over the local people and to defend the south-west part of the princedom of Gwynedd.

Graig Goch

Peak

Photo: alan fairweather, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Graig Goch is a 586m high hill in the Gwynedd area in Wales and lying within Snowdonia National Park. The hill falls within the communities of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Corris, the summit being located in the former.

Nant Gwernol railway station

Railway station

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Nant Gwernol railway station is the eastern terminus of the Talyllyn Railway near Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. It is 7 miles, 28 chains from Tywyn Wharf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corris and Abergynolwyn.

Corris

Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corris is a small village in the hills of Gwynedd, on the border with Powys. In the 19th century it was a slate-mining town and has many remnants of those times, especially the narrow-gauge railway, which has been restored.

Abergynolwyn

Village

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Abergynolwyn is a village in southern Gwynedd, Wales, located at the confluence of the Nant Gwernol and the Afon Dysynni. The population of the community which is named after the village of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant was 339 at the 2011 census.

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Type: Locality
Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6632° or 52° 39′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.9345° or 3° 56′ 4″ west

Elevation

1,109 feet (338 metres)

Open location code

9C4RM378+76

GeoNames ID

7298626

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