North Wales
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Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of in , , in the valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, , in order to supply and with water for industry.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Llyn Celyn and Mynydd Nodol.

Reservoir
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
is a constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River in , .

Peak
Photo: Ken Bagnall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 539m high hill in and lying within the community of in the county of in North . It rises above the southern shores of the reservoir about 4 km northeast of its higher neighbour .

Peak
Photo: Peter Aylmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain in southern , north . It is a peak in the Arenig range and lies to the north of its parent peak . It lies close to alongside the A4212 between and . and is to the east, while , and are to the south. is situated 2 miles west of Capel Celyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llidiardau and Frongoch.

Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet in , , approximately 4 miles northwest of , on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from and in the shadow of . The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Capel Celyn.

Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in , . It lies close to the market town of , on the A4212 road. It was the home of the , used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising. is situated 3½ miles east of Capel Celyn.

Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , Wales, approximately 2.4 miles northwest of and 1.4 miles south of , on an unnamed road which provides access to . The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Capel Celyn.

Capel Celyn

Latitude
52.95302° or 52° 57′ 11″ north
Longitude
-3.71324° or 3° 42′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C4RX73P+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1710559719
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q3402628
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Capel Celyn” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Capel Celyn”
  • Breton: “Capel Celyn”
  • Chinese: “卡佩·希林”
  • Dutch: “Capel Celyn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كابيل سيلين”
  • French: “Capel Celyn”
  • German: “Capel Celyn”
  • Hebrew: “קאפל קלין”
  • Welsh: “Capel Celyn”
  • Welsh: “Cwm Tryweryn”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tryweryn Memorial Chapel and Yr Oerfa.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Capel Celyn”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.