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Garth Pier

Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in , . At 1,500 feet in length, it is the second-longest in Wales, and the ninth longest in the British Isles.
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  • Type: Pier
  • Description: Grade II* listed building in Gwynedd. Pier in Bangor, Wales
  • Also known as: “Bangor Pier” and “Pier y Garth”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tap & Spile, Garth and Bangor Cathedral.

Hotel
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hotel, which is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Garth Pier.

Church
Photo: Denis Egan, CC BY 2.0.
is the cathedral church of , , Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the sixth century. is situated 1 mile south of Garth Pier.

Dock
Photo: Linus Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north at the confluence of the River Cegin with the . It was formerly of great importance as the main port for the export of slate from the Penrhyn Quarry, the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the nineteenth century. is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Garth Pier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangor and Maesgeirchen.

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
is a small coastal city in in . It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby .

Suburb
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in , north-west , with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind , , the second largest and in , which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.

Village
is a village in the community of , , Wales, which is 128.9 miles from and 207.8 miles from . It is near . "Hen Bentref" in Welsh means "the old village".

Garth Pier

Latitude
53.23882° or 53° 14′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.12432° or 4° 7′ 28″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C5Q6VQG+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 87411586
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­pier
Geo­Names ID
11103410
Wiki­data ID
Q5524374
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Garth Pier” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Garth Pier”
  • German: “Bangor Pier”
  • German: “Garth Pier”
  • Welsh: “Pier Bangor”
  • Welsh: “Pier y Garth”

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