Bontnewydd

Bontnewydd 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.
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  • Type: Village with 951 residents
  • Description: village and community in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Bontnewydd, Gwynedd”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newborough Arms and Bontnewydd railway station.

Pub
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is a pub.

Railway station
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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 Bontnewydd, and is between and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route.

Railway station
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanwnda and Caeathro.

Village
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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 .

Village
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is a village situated on the A4085 road between and in , northwest . It is one and a half miles from Caernarfon and two miles from , and is part of the community of Waunfawr. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Bontnewydd.

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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

Latitude
53.11411° or 53° 6′ 51″ north
Longitude
-4.26681° or 4° 16′ 1″ west
Population
951
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4P7M+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29264932
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8224200
Wiki­data ID
Q3396864
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Bontnewydd” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bontnewydd”
  • Breton: “Bontnewydd”
  • Catalan: “Bontnewydd”
  • Cebuano: “Bontnewydd”
  • Cornish: “Bontnewydd”
  • Dutch: “Bontnewydd”
  • French: “Bontnewydd”
  • Irish: “Bontnewydd”
  • Spanish: “Bontnewydd”
  • Swedish: “Bontnewydd”
  • Welsh: “Bontnewydd, Arfon”
  • Welsh: “Bontnewydd”
  • Welsh: “Y Bontnewydd”

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