Eglwys y Waun
Eglwys y Waun is a church in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales. Eglwys y Waun is situated nearby to the school Ysgol Waunfawr, as well as near the forest Y Bicell.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and Tryfan Junction railway station.
Waunfawr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway. Waunfawr railway station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Eglwys y Waun.
Tryfan Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated. Tryfan Junction railway station is situated 1¼ miles west of Eglwys y Waun.
St Garmon’s Church
Church
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Garmon’s Church is situated 1½ miles southeast of Eglwys y Waun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waunfawr and Caeathro.
Waunfawr
Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waunfawr is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of Caernarfon, near the Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, in Wales.
Caeathro
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caeathro is a village situated on the A4085 road between Caernarfon and Waunfawr in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is approximately 2 km from Caernarfon and 1.5 km from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr. Caeathro is situated 1½ miles northwest of Eglwys y Waun.
Rhosgadfan
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and within the community of Llanwnda. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum. Rhosgadfan is situated 2 miles southwest of Eglwys y Waun.
Eglwys y Waun
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11428° or 53° 6′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.21295° or 4° 12′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4Q7P+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 1535087611OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
“Eglwys y Waun” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Eglwys y Waun”
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