Penmaenpool
Penmaenpool is a hamlet on the south side of the estuary of the River Mawddach in Wales, near Dolgellau. A Grade II listed toll bridge provides access across the estuary for light vehicles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Penmaen Pool” and “Penmaen-pŵl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cymer Abbey and Craig y Castell.
Cymer Abbey
Archaeological site
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Cymer Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey near the village of Llanelltyd, just north of Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dolgellau and Llanelltyd.
Dolgellau
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Dolgellau is a picturesque little town in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is located within the Snowdonia National Park and is an important centre for Welsh traditional music.
Llanelltyd
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelltyd is a small village and community in Gwynedd, to the northwest of Dolgellau. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 514, 57.4% of which speak Welsh.
Bontddu
Village
Photo: Anonymous, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bontddu is a small settlement just east of Barmouth, near the town of Dolgellau in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the community of Llanelltyd.
Penmaenpool
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7478° or 52° 44′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.935° or 3° 56′ 6″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C4RP3X8+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 29748370OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Penmaenpool” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Penmaenpool”
- Dutch: “Penmaenpool”
- French: “Penmaenpool”
- Irish: “Llynpenmaen”
- Japanese: “ペンマーンプール”
- Welsh: “Llyn Penmaen”
- Welsh: “Llynpenmaen”
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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 “Penmaenpool”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.