Alun
Alun is an university building in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales which is located on College Road. Alun is situated nearby to Bangor University, College Road Site, as well as near University Gardens Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bangor Cathedral and Bangor Library.
Bangor Cathedral
Church
Photo: Denis Egan, CC BY 2.0.
Bangor Cathedral is the cathedral church of Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the sixth century. Bangor Cathedral is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Alun.
Bangor Library
Library
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangor Library is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Alun.
Bangor Bus Station
Bus station
This is a list of bus stations in Wales:… Bangor Bus Station is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Alun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maesgeirchen and Menai Bridge.
Maesgeirchen
Suburb
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maesgeirchen is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, the second largest and Caia Park in Wrexham, which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.
Menai Bridge
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.
Llandygai
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llandygai is a small village and community on the A5 road between Bangor and Talybont in Gwynedd, Wales. It affords a view of the nearby Carneddau mountain range. Llandygai is situated 1½ miles southeast of Alun.
Alun
- Type: University building
- Address: College Road, LL57 2DG
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.23021° or 53° 13′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.13031° or 4° 7′ 49″ westOperator
Bangor UniversityOpen location code
9C5Q6VJ9+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 105756590OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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In Other Languages
“Alun” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Alun”
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