Gwêl y Môr

Gwêl y Môr is a residential area in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales. Gwêl y Môr is situated nearby to Trefor Post Office, as well as near the church Capel Gosen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capel Gosen and Yr Eifl.

Capel Gosen

Church

Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Capel Gosen is a church, which is situated 880 feet east of Gwêl y Môr.

Yr Eifl, sometimes called the Rivals in English, is a group of hills on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. On a clear day, the views from the highest summit reach as far as the Isle of Man, the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland and the Lake District, as well as the entire sweep of Cardigan Bay.

Trefor Quarry

Quarry

The Trefor Quarry railway was an industrial, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow-gauge railway connecting the Trefor granite quarry with the pier at Llanaelhaearn on the Llŷn Peninsula. Trefor Quarry is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Gwêl y Môr.

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 southwest of Gwêl y Môr.

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 south of Gwêl y Môr.

Gwêl y Môr

Type: Residential area
Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.99384° or 52° 59′ 38″ north

Longitude

-4.42867° or 4° 25′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C4QXHVC+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 367269217

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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