Drws-y-coed

Drws-y-coed is a hamlet in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales. Drws-y-coed is situated nearby to the locality Pinnacle Ridge, as well as near Sentries Ridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Capel Drws-y-coed and Ty Capel and Mynydd Mawr.

Capel Drws-y-coed and Ty Capel

Church

Photo: Phodgkin, CC0.

Capel Drws-y-coed and Ty Capel is a church.

Mynydd Mawr

Peak

Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Mynydd Mawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, approximately 7 km west of Snowdon itself, overlooking Llyn Cwellyn and being the northern outlier of the Moel Hebog group.

Y Garn is a top of Mynydd Drws-y-Coed in Snowdonia, north Wales and is the easterly end of the Nantlle Ridge. It has steep north-facing cliffs, the summit area being the highest point on a broad rocky plateau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Nantlle.

Rhyd Ddu

Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.

Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of Beddgelert, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.

Nantlle

Village

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England. Nantlle is situated 2 miles west of Drws-y-coed.

Y Fron

Village

Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn. Y Fron is situated 2 miles west of Drws-y-coed.

Drws-y-coed

Type: Hamlet
Description: territorial entity in Gwynedd
Categories: territory and locality
Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.05852° or 53° 3′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.17787° or 4° 10′ 40″ west

Elevation

482 feet (147 metres)

Open location code

9C5Q3R5C+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 311375126

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13282778

Wikidata ID

Q107032494

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In Other Languages

“Drws-y-coed” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Drws-y-coed”

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Localities in the Area

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