Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of . It borders across the to the north, , , and to the east, over the estuary to the south, and the to the west.
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is a small coastal city in Gwynedd in . It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby .

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is a town of 3,300 people and seaside resort in Gwynedd, Wales. sits on the Cardigan Bay shoreline of Mid Wales and is surrounded by the green valleys and hills of Bro Dysynni, which form the south-western corner of the .

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is a Royal town in Gwynedd, North-West . is famous for its breathtaking castle and as a stronghold of the Welsh language. The castle and fortified complex is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the finest examples of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe.

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is 1.9 miles off , on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. To the south the island is the lighthouse, visible from most of the North Wales coast.

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is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of , most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.

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, formerly Portmadoc, is a small coastal town in Gwynedd with a population of 4,000. It has a picturesque harbour. 19th-century wharves survive, but the harbour is used by leisure yachts.

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is the traditional market-town of the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula in . The town is on the coast, with two sandy beaches, a marina host to many sailing regattas and as the market town has shops and cafés.

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is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west ; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and . Located in the historic county of , the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber and the river's name, Mawddach.

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is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in . is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.

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is a town in north , the location of a magnificently-situated medieval castle and the steepest street in the world, Ffordd Pen Llech.

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is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake in Gwynedd, . It lies at the south-eastern edge of the . Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.

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is a village, community and electoral division in Gwynedd, northwest , on the southern shore of and at the foot of , the highest mountain in Wales.

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is a picturesque little town in Gwynedd, . It is located within the and is an important centre for Welsh traditional music.

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is a village in Gwynedd. It lies at the mouth of the river Dyfi, from which it derives its name. is a holiday resort, traditionally popular with golfers and sailors but also with more adrenaline-driven sportspeople, and is home to Britain's Best Beach Donkey.

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is an area in the county of Gwynedd, . It is, broadly speaking, the peninsula sticking out westwards beyond Snowdonia. Its beaches and headlands rival those of the better known in south-west Wales.

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is a town and community on the northwest coast of the , Gwynedd, . is popular with visitors for its sandy beach, and has one substantial hotel, a community pub and a beach café.

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is a town in Gwynedd, . It is often known locally as Pesda. The town lies at the foot of the Nant Francon pass, leading up the Ogwen valley into the heart of the Snowdonia mountains. It is ideal for walking Snowdonia.

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is a village of almost 1,000 people in Gwynedd. About three quarters of the community speak the Welsh language. It sits along a beautiful coast, and tourism has joined sheep-rearing as the village's main economic activity.

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is a picturesque village in Gwynedd, renowned for the grave of Prince Llywelyn's dog Gelert.

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is a town in Gwynedd. 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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is a seaside village in Gwynedd, . Located on the coast of in community, to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach, it is surrounded by .

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is a small village in the hills of Gwynedd, on the border with Powys. In the 19th century it was a slate-mining town and has many remnants of those times, especially the narrow-gauge railway, which has been restored.

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is a village in particularly favoured for sailing. The village and the roads to the headlands west of it tend to get very crowded. Packed with holiday homes, making housing unaffordable to most locals, it becomes a bit of a ghost town outside of the main tourist season.

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Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, , next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.

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is a small village in , which is a starting point for walks up , , and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of , at its junction with the B4418 to and Penygroes. is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and .

Gwynedd

Latitude of center
52.9172° or 52° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
-3.9544° or 3° 57′ 16″ west
Population
187,000
Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11612613
Wiki­data ID
Q109128
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gwynedd” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جوينيد”
  • Armenian: “Գվինեդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Quinet”
  • Basque: “Gwynedd”
  • Belarusian: “Гвінед”
  • Belarusian: “Гвінет”
  • Belarusian: “Гвінэд”
  • Bengali: “গেনেড”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Gwynedd”
  • Bulgarian: “Гуинед”
  • Catalan: “Gwynedd”
  • Cebuano: “Gwynedd”
  • Chinese: “Gwynedd Kūn”
  • Chinese: “圭內斯”
  • Chinese: “圭内斯”
  • Chinese: “格温内斯”
  • Chinese: “格溫內斯”
  • Cornish: “Gwynedd”
  • Cornish: “Gwynedh”
  • Croatian: “Gwynedd”
  • Czech: “Gwynedd”
  • Danish: “Gwynedd”
  • Dutch: “Gwynedd”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوينيد”
  • Estonian: “Gwynedd”
  • Faroese: “Gwynedd”
  • Finnish: “Gwynedd”
  • French: “Gwynedd”
  • Galician: “Condado de Gwynedd”
  • Galician: “County of Gwynedd”
  • Galician: “Gwynedd”
  • German: “GB-GWN”
  • German: “Gwynedd”
  • Greek: “Γκουίνεθ”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્વિનેડ”
  • Hebrew: “גוויניד‘”
  • Hebrew: “גוויניד’”
  • Hungarian: “Gwynedd”
  • Ido: “Gwynedd”
  • Irish: “Gwynedd”
  • Italian: “Gwynedd”
  • Japanese: “グウィネズ”
  • Japanese: “グウィネズ州”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ವಿನೆಡ್”
  • Korean: “귀네드 주”
  • Korean: “귀네드”
  • Ladin: “Gwynedd”
  • Latin: “Quineda”
  • Latvian: “Guineza”
  • Lithuanian: “Gvinedas”
  • Low German: “Gwynedd”
  • Macedonian: “Гвинед”
  • Manx: “Gwynedd”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwynedd Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gwynedd (Principal Area)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gwynedd”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gwynedd”
  • Norwegian: “Gwynedd”
  • Persian: “گویند”
  • Persian: “گوینز”
  • Polish: “Gwynedd”
  • Portuguese: “Gwynedd”
  • Romanian: “Gwynedd”
  • Russian: “Гвинедд”
  • Russian: “Гуинет”
  • Scots: “Gwynedd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gwynedd”
  • Serbian: “Гвинет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gwynedd”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Gwynedd”
  • Spanish: “Gwynedd Gales”
  • Spanish: “Gwynedd”
  • Swedish: “Gwynedd”
  • Tamil: “கினெட்ட்”
  • Telugu: “గైనెడ్”
  • Thai: “กวินเนดด์”
  • Turkish: “Gwynedd”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвінед”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґвінедд”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґвінет”
  • Urdu: “جوینید”
  • Urdu: “گوائنیڈ”
  • Welsh: “Gwynedd”
  • Welsh: “Sir Gaernarfon a Meirionnydd”
  • “Gwynedd”

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