Church of St Ceidio
Church of St Ceidio is a church in Nefyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Church of St Ceidio is situated nearby to the hamlet Edern, as well as near the village Morfa Nefyn.Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: grade II listed building in Gwynedd, situated in a circular raised churchyard, on a hillock by minor lane running SSE from Edern, some 1.9 km from Edern village
- Also known as: “St Ceidio’s Chapel, Ceidio”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garn Boduan and Carn Fadryn.
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. Garn Boduan is situated 1½ miles northeast of Church of St Ceidio.
Carn Fadryn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Carn Fadryn, sometimes Carn Fadrun or Garn Fadryn, is a five-hectare Iron Age hillfort and is the name of the mountain on which the fort is situated. It lies in the centre of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, and overlooks the village of Garnfadryn, Wales. Carn Fadryn is situated 2 miles south of Church of St Ceidio.
Y Bryncynan Inn
Pub
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Bryncynan Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Church of St Ceidio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edern and Morfa Nefyn.
Edern
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edern, formerly known as Edeyrn, is a village and until 1939 a civil parish, in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is about 1 km southwest of the larger village of Morfa Nefyn, near Caernarfon Bay on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, on the B4417 road.
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.
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. Boduan is situated 2 miles east of Church of St Ceidio.
Church of St Ceidio
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Nefyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91394° or 52° 54′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.54803° or 4° 32′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C4QWF72+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1016378061OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q29483988
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In Other Languages
“Church of St Ceidio” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ceidio”
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Highlights include Ysgol Gynradd Edern and Eglwys Sant Edern.
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