Cymer Abbey
Cymer Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey near the village of Llanelltyd, just north of Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church and Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor.
Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church
Church
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Our Lady of Sorrows Church or its full name Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Dolgellau, Gwynedd. It was built in 1966 and is a Grade II listed building. Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Cymer Abbey.
Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor
School
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Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor is a college in Gwynedd, Wales with its main campus in Dolgellau. It serves the areas of Meirionydd and Dwyfor. It has a bilingual language policy and offers the opportunity to study most subjects through the medium of Welsh. Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor is situated 1 mile south of Cymer Abbey.
Salem Chapel
Church
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Salem Chapel is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Cymer Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanelltyd and Dolgellau.
Llanelltyd
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelltyd is a small village and community in Gwynedd, to the northwest of Dolgellau. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 514, 57.4% of which speak Welsh.
Dolgellau
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Dolgellau is a picturesque little town in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is located within the Snowdonia National Park and is an important centre for Welsh traditional music.
Penmaenpool
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Penmaenpool is a hamlet on the south side of the estuary of the River Mawddach in Wales, near Dolgellau. A Grade II listed toll bridge provides access across the estuary for light vehicles.
Cymer Abbey
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Grade I listed ruins in the United Kingdom
- Categories: abbey, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.75803° or 52° 45′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.89641° or 3° 53′ 47″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C4RQ453+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 3325205294OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cymer Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cymer Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Cymer”
- French: “Abbaye de Cymer”
- German: “Cymer Abbey”
- Welsh: “Abaty Cymer”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cymer Abbey”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.