South Sands
South Sands is in Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales. South Sands is situated nearby to the aerodrome Caernarfon Airport, as well as near Clam saltflats / Samfire Forest.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caernarfon Airport and Fort Belan.
Caernarfon Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caernarfon Airport, is a general aviation airport located 4 nautical miles southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the site of the former RAF Llandwrog which was operational between 1941 and 1946.
Fort Belan
Castle
Photo: Phyllis Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Belan is a coastal fortress in North Wales. It is located opposite Abermenai Point, at the south-western end of the Menai Strait, on the coast of Gwynedd, in the parish of Llanwnda. Fort Belan is situated 1¼ miles northeast of South Sands.
Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum
Museum
Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum is an air museum located on the former Royal Air Force station at Llandwrog, near Caernarfon in North Wales. Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of South Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinas Dinlle and Pen-Lôn.
Dinas Dinlle
Dinas Dinlle is a hillfort in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The cliff above the beach is known as Boncan Dinas and is occupied by an Iron Age hillfort, Dinas Dinlle itself.Pen-Lôn
Village
Pen-Lon is a village in the community of Rhosyr, Anglesey, Wales, located just south east of the larger village of Newborough. Attractions in the locality include the island's model village. Pen-Lôn is situated 3 miles north of South Sands.
Newborough
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newborough is a village in the southern corner of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is a part of the Bro Aberffraw electoral ward; to the northwest is Aberffraw, and to the northeast is Llanfairpwll.
South Sands
- Type: Mud
- Category: landform
- Location: Llandwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11465° or 53° 6′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.36196° or 4° 21′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4J7Q+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 301558720OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mud
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