Shell Island
Shell Island is an island in Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales. Shell Island is situated nearby to the locality Mochras, as well as near the village Llandanwg.Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanbedr Airport and Pensarn railway station.
Llanbedr Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Peter Humphreys, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr Airfield, formerly RAF Llanbedr, is an operational general aviation aerodrome located in the Snowdonia National Park near the village of Llanbedr, Gwynedd, northwest Wales.
Pensarn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pensarn railway station serves the village of Pensarn in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
Llanbedr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Vincent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr railway station serves the village of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harlech and Llandanwg.
Harlech
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harlech is a town in north Wales, the location of a magnificently-situated medieval castle and the steepest street in the world, Ffordd Pen Llech.
Llandanwg
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llandanwg is a village in the Llanfair community of the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales. Situated on the coast, it has a railway station and a Grade II listed medieval church.
Mochras
Locality
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mochras is a peninsula lying west of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales. The peninsula was formed after the River Artro was diverted by the Earl of Winchilsea in 1819 from its previous course where it entered the sea to the south of Mochras.
Shell Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: tourism, campsite, locality, and landform
- Location: Llanbedr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8177° or 52° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.1401° or 4° 8′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C4QRV95+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 914511543OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=camp_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Shell Island” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Ynys Fochras”
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