North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, in the United Kingdom, it is mountainous and home to beautiful beaches.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Bangor.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
Bangor
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Bangor is a small coastal city in Gwynedd in North Wales. It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby Snowdonia National Park.
Tywyn
Tywyn is a town of 3,300 people and seaside resort in Gwynedd, Wales. Tywyn sits on the Cardigan Bay shoreline of Mid Wales and is surrounded by the green valleys and hills of Bro Dysynni, which form the south-western corner of the Snowdonia National Park.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Gwynedd and Anglesey.
Gwynedd
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Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
Anglesey
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Anglesey, just off the coast of northwestern Wales, is the largest island off southern Great Britain at 276 sq mi. Well worth a stop when travelling between the UK and Ireland, and in its own right, Ynys Môn has a dramatic coastline, historical sights, and is a stronghold for the Welsh language.
Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county in the eastern part of North Wales. It consists of the unitary authorities Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, as well as Conwy.
Conwy
Conwy is a county borough in North Wales. Several of Wales' top attractions are concentrated in this small area, including Conwy Castle, the resort of Llandudno, and a large part of Snowdonia National Park.
Snowdonia National Park
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Snowdonia National Park, officially known as Eryri National Park since 2022, is like a little slice of the Alps tucked above the rolling moors and hills of North Wales.
North Wales
- Type: Area
- Description: geographical region of Wales
- Also known as: “Gogledd Cymru”, “North of Wales”, and “Northern Wales”
- Categories: region and statistical territorial entity
- Location: Llanycil, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“North Wales” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال ويلز”
- Basque: “Iparraldeko Gales”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны Ўэйлз”
- Catalan: “Gal·les del Nord”
- Chinese: “北威爾斯”
- Danish: “North Wales”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شمال ويلز”
- Esperanto: “Norda Kimrio”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Wales”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Wales”
- French: “Galles du Nord”
- French: “Pays de Galles septentrional”
- German: “Nordwales”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Ουαλία”
- Hebrew: “צפון ויילס”
- Indonesian: “Wales Utara”
- Italian: “Galles del nord”
- Japanese: “ノース・ウェールズ”
- Japanese: “北ウェールズ”
- Japanese: “北部ウェールズ”
- Korean: “웨일스 북부”
- Latin: “Genumia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Wales”
- Romanian: “Nordul Țării Galilor”
- Romanian: “Țara Galilor de nord”
- Spanish: “Gales del Norte”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Уельс”
- Venetian: “Gàłes del nord”
- Welsh: “Gogledd Cymru”
- Welsh: “Y Gogledd”
Gwynedd: Must-Visit Destinations
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