Pen-sconce
Pen-sconce is a residential area in Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, Wales. Pen-sconce is situated nearby to Dragon Maze, as well as near the forest Dock Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include GreenWood and Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb.
GreenWood
Theme park
GreenWood, formerly GreenWood Forest Park and The GreenWood Centre, is a family fun park at Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, Wales. The park was opened by Stephen and Andrea Bristow in 1993 and attracts around 150,000 visitors a year. GreenWood is situated 2,300 feet south of Pen-sconce.
Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb
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Bryn Celli Ddu is a prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey located near Llanddaniel Fab. Its name means 'the mound in the dark grove'. It was archaeologically excavated between 1928 and 1929. Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb is situated 2 miles northwest of Pen-sconce.
Britannia Bridge
Bridge
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Britannia Bridge is a bridge in Wales that crosses the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the city of Bangor. It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic. Britannia Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Pen-sconce.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Y Felinheli and Vaynol.
Y Felinheli
Village
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Y Felinheli, formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the Menai Strait between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.
Vaynol
Hamlet
Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vaynol or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, North Wales. It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.
Moel-y-don
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moel-y-don is a small hamlet in the community of Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey, Wales, which is 126 miles from Cardiff and 208.1 miles from London. It is located on the Menai Strait, opposite Y Felinheli.
Pen-sconce
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1871° or 53° 11′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.19416° or 4° 11′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5Q5RP4+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 535721917OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
“Pen-sconce” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Penscoins”
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Highlights include Pen-sconce Covert and Dragon Maze.
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