Criccieth

Criccieth is a town in . It is one of the more easterly towns on the south coast of and overlooks Tremadog Bay. It is associated with the one time prime minister of the UK, David Lloyd George, who grew up in the nearby village of Llanystumdwy.
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  • Town with 1,750 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 128 feet (39 metres)
  • …is also known as “Cricieth”
  • Description: town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Criccieth Castle and Criccieth railway station.

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Criccieth, , Wales.

Railway station
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the seaside town…

College
Photo: Jim Killock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic house in , near Criccieth, in , north-west .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Garndolbenmaen.

Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in … is situated 2½ miles east of Criccieth.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , Wales. is situated 3½ miles north of Criccieth.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 miles northeast of Criccieth.

Criccieth

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Latitude
52.9206° or 52° 55′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.2332° or 4° 13′ 60″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB CCC
Open location code
9C4QWQC8+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29208590
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2651994
Wiki­data ID
Q1139893

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Criccieth” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Criccieth”
  • Basque: “Criccieth”
  • Basque: “Cricieth”
  • Breton: “Cricieth”
  • Bulgarian: “Крикийт”
  • Catalan: “Cricieth”
  • Cebuano: “Criccieth”
  • Chinese: “克里基厄斯”
  • Cornish: “Cricieth”
  • Czech: “Criccieth”
  • Dutch: “Criccieth”
  • French: “Criccieth”
  • German: “Criccieth”
  • German: “Cricieth”
  • Hebrew: “קריקיית‘”
  • Irish: “Cricieth”
  • Italian: “Criccieth”
  • Italian: “Cricieth”
  • Japanese: “クリキエス”
  • Japanese: “クリクキエス”
  • Latin: “Criccieth”
  • Persian: “کریکیث”
  • Polish: “Criccieth”
  • Russian: “Криккиет”
  • Scots: “Cricieth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cricieth”
  • Slovak: “Criccieth”
  • Spanish: “Criccieth”
  • Swedish: “Criccieth”
  • Welsh: “Cricieth”

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