Borth-y-Gest
Borth-y-Gest is a village in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales. Borth-y-Gest is situated nearby to the locality South Snowdon Wharf, as well as near the village Morfa Bychan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Porthmadog Harbour railway station.
Porthmadog Harbour railway station
Railway station
Porthmadog Harbour railway station in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, 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 Blaenau Ffestiniog to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas.
Masonic Hall
Community center
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Masonic Hall is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Portmeirion.
Morfa Bychan
Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Bychan is a village located in Gwynedd, North Wales, with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.
Portmeirion
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmeirion is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of North Wales, most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.
Tremadog
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tremadog is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about one mile north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. Tremadog is situated 1½ miles north of Borth-y-Gest.
Borth-y-Gest
- Category: locality
- Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91571° or 52° 54′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.13772° or 4° 8′ 16″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C4QWV86+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29208778OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capel Bethel and Ysgol Borthygest.
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