Aberffraw Sands
Aberffraw Sands is a beach in Wales, United Kingdom. Aberffraw Sands is situated nearby to the ruins Penrhyn-du, as well as near the village Llangadwaladr.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cribinau and St Beuno’s Church, Aberffraw.
Cribinau
Islet
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Cribinau is a small tidal island off the south west coast of the isle of Anglesey in Wales between Porth China and Porth Cwyfan. The island is in Aberffraw Community, about 1+1⁄4 miles west of Aberffraw village. Cribinau is situated 1¼ miles west of Aberffraw Sands.
St Beuno’s Church, Aberffraw
Church
St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw is a 12th-century parish church in Anglesey, north Wales. A church was established in Aberffraw in the 7th century by St Beuno, who became the abbot of Clynnog Fawr, Gwynedd. St Beuno’s Church, Aberffraw is situated 3,900 feet north of Aberffraw Sands.
St Cwyfan’s Church
Church
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St Cwyfan's Church is a Grade II*-listed medieval church in Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales. Located on the small tidal island of Cribinau, it is popularly known as the "Little Church in the Sea". St Cwyfan’s Church is situated 1¼ miles west of Aberffraw Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberffraw and Llangadwaladr.
Aberffraw
Llangadwaladr
Village
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Llangadwaladr is a small village in south-west Anglesey, Wales, located around 2 miles east of Aberffraw and 3 miles south of Gwalchmai. It is part of the community of Bodorgan, and until 1984 was a community itself. Llangadwaladr is situated 2 miles northeast of Aberffraw Sands.
Hermon
Village
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Hermon is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It is located roughly halfway between Newborough and Aberffraw, some 6 miles south-west of Llangefni. Hermon is situated 2½ miles northeast of Aberffraw Sands.
Aberffraw Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.18018° or 53° 10′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.46264° or 4° 27′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5Q5GJP+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 42867302OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Aberffraw Sands” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Traeth Mawr”
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