Waen

Waen is a hamlet in Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales. Waen is situated nearby to the village Penisa’r Waun, as well as near the hamlet Glascoed.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Deiniolen’s Church and Penllyn railway station.

St Deiniolen’s Church

Church

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penllyn railway station

Railway station

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Penllyn railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platform, but passengers are allowed to alight. Penllyn railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Waen.

Moel Rhiwen

Peak

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moel Rhiwen is a peak, which is situated 1½ miles east of Waen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penisa’r Waun and Brynrefail.

Penisa’r Waun

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penisa'r-waun is a small village which is located 4 miles to the east of Caernarfon and one mile to the northeast of Llanrug on the A4244 in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.

Brynrefail

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brynrefail is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency and the Gwynedd Council Ward of Penisa'r Waun.

Clwt-y-bont

Hamlet

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clwt-y-bont is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying just to the south of Deiniolen. The two villages form one urban unit. Both were built in the early 19th century to house workers in the Dinorwig slate quarry, and both suffered when the quarry was closed in 1969.

Waen

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.15867° or 53° 9′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.16008° or 4° 9′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C5Q5R5Q+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3216375753

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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