Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a locality in , , . Castle Hill is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bangor Cathedral and Bangor Mountain.

Church
Photo: Denis Egan, CC BY 2.0.
is the cathedral church of , , Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the sixth century.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a scarp face of a hill below which the city of Bangor in , , sits. Though not a mountain in the true sense of the word it is so-called because of the way it rears up behind Bangor and appears mountainous, especially from the Glan Adda, High Street and Hirael areas of the city.

Dock
Photo: Linus Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north at the confluence of the River Cegin with the . It was formerly of great importance as the main port for the export of slate from the Penrhyn Quarry, the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the nineteenth century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maesgeirchen and Llandygai.

Suburb
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of and housing estate in , , with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind , , the second largest and in , which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village and community on the A5 road between and in , Wales. It affords a view of the nearby mountain range.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, is a small village to the southeast of the city of Bangor in , north , in the community of Llanllechid, and next to . It had a population of 465 as of 2011.

Castle Hill

Latitude
53.22977° or 53° 13′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.11554° or 4° 6′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C5Q6VHM+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1698536542
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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