Nefyn
Nefyn is a town and community on the northwest coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales. Nefyn is popular with visitors for its sandy beach, and has one substantial hotel, a community pub and a beach cafe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phil Eptlett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,370 residents
- Description: town and community in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Nevin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garn Boduan and Llŷn Maritime Museum.
Garn Boduan
Peak
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garn Boduan is an Iron Age hillfort and hill near Nefyn, on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. In a survey in the 1950s the traces of over 170 round houses were identified on this site, and around 100 round houses are still visible on the ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morfa Nefyn and Porthdinllaen.
Morfa Nefyn
Village
Photo: Shirley Roulston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Nefyn is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the crossroads of the B4417 and B4412. The village has seen a rise in popularity as house prices in nearby villages on the Llŷn Peninsula such as Abersoch and Llanbedrog have risen rapidly.
Porthdinllaen
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthdinllaen is a small coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Dwyfor area of Gwynedd, Wales, built on a small promontory, and historically in Caernarfonshire. Porthdinllaen is situated 2 miles west of Nefyn.
Boduan
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boduan is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 4 miles from Pwllheli. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It was due to host the National Eisteddfod in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead it hosted the 2023 edition. Garn Boduan, a hillfort built soon after Roman occupation, is located in the village.
Nefyn
- Categories: town, community, and locality
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.9356° or 52° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.5192° or 4° 31′ 9″ westPopulation
1,370Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NEFOpen location code
9C4QWFPJ+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 29207883OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Nefyn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nefyn”
- Basque: “Nefyn”
- Breton: “Nefyn”
- Bulgarian: “Невин”
- Bulgarian: “Нефин”
- Catalan: “Nefyn”
- Cebuano: “Nefyn (komunidad)”
- Cebuano: “Nefyn”
- Chinese: “Nefyn”
- Cornish: “Nefyn”
- Czech: “Nefyn”
- Dutch: “Nefyn”
- French: “Nefyn”
- German: “Nefyn”
- Hebrew: “נווין”
- Irish: “Nefyn”
- Italian: “Nefyn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nefyn”
- Persian: “نفین”
- Persian: “نوین، ولز”
- Persian: “نوین”
- Polish: “Nefyn”
- Scots: “Nefyn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Nefyn”
- Spanish: “Nefyn”
- Swedish: “Nefyn”
- Welsh: “Nefyn”
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