Fort Belan
Fort Belan is a coastal fortress in North Wales. It is located opposite Abermenai Point, at the south-western end of the Menai Strait, on the coast of Gwynedd, in the parish of Llanwnda.Photo: Phyllis Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed building in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “Caer Belan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caernarfon Airport and St Baglan’s Church.
Caernarfon Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caernarfon Airport, is a general aviation airport located 4 nautical miles southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the site of the former RAF Llandwrog which was operational between 1941 and 1946.
St Baglan’s Church
Church
St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan, is a redundant church in the parish of Llanfaglan, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. St Baglan’s Church is situated 1 mile east of Fort Belan.
Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum
Museum
Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum is an air museum located on the former Royal Air Force station at Llandwrog, near Caernarfon in North Wales. Caernarfon Airworld Aviation Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Fort Belan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-Lôn and Caernarfon.
Pen-Lôn
Village
Pen-Lon is a village in the community of Rhosyr, Anglesey, Wales, located just south east of the larger village of Newborough. Attractions in the locality include the island's model village. Pen-Lôn is situated 2½ miles north of Fort Belan.
Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a Royal town in Gwynedd, North-West Wales. Caernarfon is famous for its breathtaking castle and as a stronghold of the Welsh language. The castle and fortified complex is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the finest examples of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe.
Dinas Dinlle
Dinas Dinlle is a hillfort in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The cliff above the beach is known as Boncan Dinas and is occupied by an Iron Age hillfort, Dinas Dinlle itself.Fort Belan
- Categories: fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rhosyr, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12269° or 53° 7′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.33219° or 4° 19′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4MF9+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 88916983OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q3399299
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Fort Belan” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort Belan”
- Dutch: “Fort Belan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بيلان”
- Spanish: “Fort Belan”
- Welsh: “Caer Belan”
- Welsh: “Caer y Belan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Erin and Clam saltflats / Samfire Forest.
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