St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg

St Tanwg's Church, Llandanwg, also known as "the church in the sand", is an early medieval church dedicated to St Tanwg in the village of , , . The church is a Grade I listed building.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: grade I listed church in Llandanwg, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Church Of St Tanwg”, “Parish Church of St Tanwg”, “Saint Tanwg’s”, and “St Lanwg’s Church”
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Llandanwg railway station and Pensarn railway station.

Railway station
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is in the village of in , Wales. It is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with direct passenger services to , and to the north and west, and , , and to the south and east. is situated 1,400 feet north of St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg.

Railway station
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serves the village of Pensarn in , Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to , , , and . is situated 3,400 feet east of St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg.

Railway station
Photo: Alan Vincent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to , , , and . is situated 1 mile southeast of St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llandanwg and Mochras.

Village
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is a village in the community of the Ardudwy area of , Wales. Situated on the coast, it has a railway station and a Grade II listed medieval church.

Locality
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is a peninsula lying west of in , Wales. The peninsula was formed after the was diverted by the Earl of Winchilsea in 1819 from its previous course where it entered the sea to the south of .

Village
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is a village in the Ardudwy area of , Wales, about 1 mile east of . The village is at the confluence of the and the River Cwmnantcol. is situated 2 miles east of St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg.

St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg

Latitude
52.83265° or 52° 49′ 58″ north
Longitude
-4.12598° or 4° 7′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C4QRVMF+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43513564
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q17199143
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“St Tanwg’s Church, Llandanwg” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ابرشيه كنيسه سانت تانج”
  • French: “église St Tanwg”
  • French: “Église St Tanwg”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Tanwg”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys St Tanwg”

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Highlights include Traeth Llandanwg Beach and Twyni Llandanwg Sand Dunes.

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