Borth-y-Gest

Borth-y-Gest is a village in , , . Borth-y-Gest is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .
Photo: Peter Glyn, CC0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Borth-y-Gêst”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Cyngar’s Church and Ysgol Borthygest.

Church
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a school.

Railway station
Photo: Eagle1942, CC BY 2.0.
in , , , is the passenger terminus of two narrow gauge railways: the Ffestiniog Railway, which was opened in 1836 to carry dressed slate from the Quarries around to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Portmeirion.

Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in , , with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.

Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of , most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the community of , in , north west ; about one mile north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. is situated 1½ miles north of Borth-y-Gest.

Borth-y-Gest

Latitude
52.91571° or 52° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-4.13772° or 4° 8′ 16″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9C4QWV86+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29208778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12264819
Wiki­data ID
Q25558292
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In Other Languages

From Irish to Welsh—“Borth-y-Gest” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Borth-y-Gest”
  • Welsh: “Borth-y-Gest”

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