St Gwenfaen’s Well
St Gwenfaen's Well is an early medieval holy well in the south west of Holy Island, Anglesey, named after St Gwenfaen, whose cloister was nearby. The site includes substantial remains of a building and is both a scheduled monument and a Grade II listed building.Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The White Eagle Pub and Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station.
The White Eagle Pub
Pub
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The White Eagle Pub is situated 3,500 feet east of St Gwenfaen’s Well.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, a village and seaside resort overlooking Trearddur Bay, just 2 miles south of Holyhead, but on the opposite south-west corner of Holy Island, off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales. Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is situated 2½ miles north of St Gwenfaen’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Four Mile Bridge and Trearddur Bay.
Four Mile Bridge
Village
Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Four Mile Bridge is a village spanning both sides of the Cymyran Strait in Wales, connecting Holy Island with Anglesey, and is approximately three miles southeast of Holyhead. Four Mile Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of St Gwenfaen’s Well.
Trearddur Bay
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur or Trearddur Bay is a village, seaside resort and community south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales.
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey in the north west of Wales. The community includes the villages of Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn and Caergeiliog, and had a population of 1,688, increasing to 1,874 at the 2011 census. Llanfair-yn-Neubwll is situated 2½ miles east of St Gwenfaen’s Well.
St Gwenfaen’s Well
- Type: Spring
- Description: early medieval holy well on Holy Island, Anglesey, named after St Gwenfaen
- Categories: holy well, historic site, and body of water
- Location: Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.24734° or 53° 14′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.61005° or 4° 36′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C5Q69WQ+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 471739894OpenStreetMap feature
historic=water_wellOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap feature
water=yesWikidata ID
Q24116880
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In Other Languages
“St Gwenfaen’s Well” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Gwenfaen”
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Gwenfai”
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Santes Wenfaen”
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Wenfaen”
- “Ffynnon Wenfaen”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Gwenfaen and St Gwenfaen’s church.
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