North Wales
Gwynedd
Pentir

Vaynol

Vaynol or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near in , . It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: country estate in Gwynedd, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Faenol Estate”, “Vaynol Hall”, and “Y Faenol”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ysgol Glanaethwy and Britannia Bridge.

College
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is a drama school in , . It is known in particular for its choir, Côr Glanaethwy.

Bridge
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is a bridge in that crosses the between the Isle of Anglesey and city of . It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic.

Islet
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, sometimes Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the between and in . It is situated in the stretch of the strait called the between Thomas Telford's and Robert Stephenson's .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Y Felinheli and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Village
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, formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the between Bangor and in , northwest Wales.

Photo: Raphael Frey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, .

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet in the community of , , Wales, which is 126 miles from Cardiff and 208.1 miles from London. It is located on the , opposite . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Vaynol.

Vaynol

Latitude
53.20196° or 53° 12′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.19127° or 4° 11′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C5Q6R25+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 666397161
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q7917575
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Satellite Map

Discover Vaynol from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Spanish to Welsh—“Vaynol” goes by many names.
  • Spanish: “Vaynol”
  • Welsh: “Faenol”
  • Welsh: “Y Faenol”
  • Welsh: “ystad Faenol”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Capel-y-graig and Aber Pwll.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vaynol chapel and Top Slate Covert.

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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 “Vaynol”. Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.