Penlan

Penlan is a motorhome stopover in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales. Penlan is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Coed Elernion, as well as near the peak Moel-Pen-llechog.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tre’r Ceiri and St Aelhaearn’s Church.

Tre’r Ceiri

Archaeological site

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tre'r Ceiri is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means "town of the giants", from cewri, plural of cawr, "giant". The settlement is 450 metres above sea level on the slopes of Yr Eifl, a mountain on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. Tre’r Ceiri is situated 1 mile southwest of Penlan.

St Aelhaearn’s Church

Church

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Aelhaearn’s Church is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Penlan.

Capel Gosen

Residential building

Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Capel Gosen is a residential building, which is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Penlan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trefor and Nant Gwrtheyrn.

Trefor

Village

Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Trefor is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales. It had a population of 1,067 at the 2021 Census. Trefor is in the community of Trefor a Llanaelhaearn, and Llithfaen is nearby.

Nant Gwrtheyrn

Hamlet

Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nant Gwrtheyrn is a Welsh language and heritage centre, located near the village of Llithfaen on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, in northwest Wales. Nant Gwrtheyrn is situated 2 miles west of Penlan.

Llithfaen

Village

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llithfaen is a village on the North West of Wales on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is within the community of Pistyll near Caernarfon Bay. Pwllheli is the nearest town, approximately 8 miles away, and Caernarfon is 16 miles away. Llithfaen is situated 2½ miles southwest of Penlan.

Penlan

Type: Motorhome stopover
Categories: tourism and transportation
Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98696° or 52° 59′ 13″ north

Longitude

-4.41148° or 4° 24′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C4QXHPQ+QC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1566447387

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=caravan_site

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