Ysgol Friars
Ysgol Friars is a school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and the second oldest extant school in Wales.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: School
- Description: comprehensive school in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Friars School” and “Friars School, Bangor”
- Address: Lôn Y Bryn, LL57 2LN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Menai Bridge and Ysgol Babanod Coedmawr.
Menai Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Monsyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed. Menai Bridge is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Ysgol Friars.
Ysgol Babanod Coedmawr
School
Photo: Huwpritchard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ysgol Babanod Coedmawr is a school, which is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Ysgol Friars.
Church Island
Islet
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church Island, also known as Llandysilio Island, is a small island in the Menai Strait on the shores of Anglesey to which it is attached by a short causeway that is reachable only on foot. Church Island is situated 1 mile northwest of Ysgol Friars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menai Bridge and Maesgeirchen.
Menai Bridge
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.
Maesgeirchen
Suburb
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maesgeirchen is a large housing estate on the edge of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, the second largest and Caia Park in Wrexham, which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants. Maesgeirchen is situated 1½ miles east of Ysgol Friars.
Glasinfryn
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasinfryn is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is situated between the village of Tregarth and the city of Bangor, Gwynedd, and in the community of Pentir. Glasinfryn is situated 2 miles southeast of Ysgol Friars.
Ysgol Friars
- Categories: secondary school, architectural structure, and education
- Location: Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.21668° or 53° 13′ 0″ northLongitude
-4.1517° or 4° 9′ 6″ westOperator
Cyngor GwyneddOpen location code
9C5Q6R8X+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 395885196OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q5503369
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Ysgol Friars” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “escola Friars, Bangor”
- Catalan: “ysgol Friars”
- French: “Friars School”
- Galician: “Ysgol Friars”
- Japanese: “フリアーズ・スクール”
- Ukrainian: “Школа Фраєра (Банґор)”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Friars, Bangor”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Friars”
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