Porthdinllaen
Porthdinllaen is a small coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Dwyfor area of Gwynedd, Wales, built on a small promontory, and historically in Caernarfonshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Porth Dinllaen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ty Coch Inn and Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station.
Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station sits on the spit of land north of the village of Morfa Nefyn, approximately 20 miles south-west of Caernarfon, on the north-west coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, within the community of Dwyfor in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales.
Llŷn Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llŷn Maritime Museum is situated 2 miles east of Porthdinllaen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morfa Nefyn and Edern.
Morfa Nefyn
Village
Photo: Shirley Roulston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Nefyn is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. 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 Llŷn Peninsula such as Abersoch and Llanbedrog have risen rapidly.
Edern
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edern, formerly known as Edeyrn, is a village and until 1939 a civil parish, in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is about 1 km southwest of the larger village of Morfa Nefyn, near Caernarfon Bay on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, on the B4417 road.
Boduan
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boduan is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 4 miles from Pwllheli. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It was due to host the National Eisteddfod in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead it hosted the 2023 edition. Garn Boduan, a hillfort built soon after Roman occupation, is located in the village. Boduan is situated 4 miles southeast of Porthdinllaen.
Porthdinllaen
- Category: locality
- Location: Nefyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94383° or 52° 56′ 38″ northLongitude
-4.56776° or 4° 34′ 4″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C4QWCVJ+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 20987795OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Porthdinllaen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Porthdinllaen”
- Breton: “Porth Dinllaen”
- Breton: “Porthdinllaen”
- Dutch: “Porthdinllaen”
- French: “Porthdinllaen”
- German: “Porthdinllaen”
- Irish: “Porth Dinllaen”
- Welsh: “Porth Dinllaen”
- Welsh: “Porthdinllaen”
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