St Aelhaearn’s Church
St Aelhaearn’s Church is a church in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales. St Aelhaearn’s Church is situated nearby to the school Ysgol Gynradd Llanaelhaearn, as well as near the peak Moelfre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Church of St Aelhaearn”, “St Aelhaearn, Upper Llanaelhaearn”, “St Aelhaearn’s Chuch”, and “St Aelhaearn’s Church, Llanaelhaearn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tre’r Ceiri and Yr Eifl.
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 west of St Aelhaearn’s Church.
Yr Eifl
Peak
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Gyrn Ddu
Peak
Photo: Nia.owain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gyrn Ddu is a hill near the northeastern corner of the Llŷn Peninsula in the community of Llanaelhaearn in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It forms the western half of a wider upland area, another significant top of which is the 510 m summit of Bwlch Mawr to the east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trefor and Llithfaen.
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.
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 2 miles southwest of St Aelhaearn’s Church.
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 2½ miles west of St Aelhaearn’s Church.
St Aelhaearn’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.97635° or 52° 58′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.40372° or 4° 24′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C4QXHGW+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 370647546OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17744312
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In Other Languages
“St Aelhaearn’s Church” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Aelhaearn”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ysgol Gynradd Llanaelhaearn and Moelfre.
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