Bontnewydd
Bontnewydd is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+2⁄3 miles (2.7 km) south of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles (3.2 km) from its outflow into Foryd Bay.
Bontnewydd is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+2⁄3 miles (2.7 km) south of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles (3.2 km) from its outflow into Foryd Bay.
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Worth seeing in and around Bontnewydd
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site located in North West Wales. It includes the castles of Beaumaris and Harlech and the castles and town walls of Caernarfon and Conwy.
2.6 km · World Heritage site in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283.
2.6 km · castle in Caernarfon, North Wales · Wikipedia - 03St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan
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.
2.8 km · church in Llanfaglan, north Wales · Wikipedia - 04Black Boy Inn
The Black Boy Inn is a hotel and public house in the Royal Town of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales which is thought to date back to 1522, making it one of the oldest surviving inns in North Wales. It is within the medieval walls of Caernarfon, a few hundred yards from Caernarfon Castle.
2.7 km · hotel and public house in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales · Wikipedia - 05The Oval
The Oval is a multi-use stadium in Caernarfon, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Caernarfon Town F.C. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 1,200 seats.
2 km · Multi-use stadium in Caernarfon, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Aber Swing Bridge
The Aber Swing Bridge, also known as the Pont yr Aber and Caernarfon swing bridge, is a pedestrian swing bridge in Gwynedd, Wales. This footbridge crosses over the Afon Seiont from the foreshore to the Watergate entrance in the centre of Caernarfon near Caernarfon Castle.
2.6 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre
The Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, in Llanberis Road, Caernarfon, Wales.
2.6 km · judicial building in Caernarfon, Wales · Wikipedia - 08County Court (former County Hall)
County Hall is a former municipal facility at Castle Ditch in Caernarfon, Wales. The County Hall, which was the headquarters of Caernarfonshire County Council from 1889 to 1974, is a Grade I listed building.
2.6 km · Grade I listed building in Caernarfon. Administrative building in Caernarfon · Wikipedia - 09Royal Welsh Yacht Club
Porth yr Aur is a Grade I listed 13th-century fortification in Caernarfon which forms part of Caernarfon Castle's medieval defences. Originally known as the West gate, it was the main seaward entrance to the walled town.
2.7 km · Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Swyddfa'r Cyngor
The Council Offices is a municipal facility at Shirehall Street in Caernarfon, Wales. The structure, which is the headquarters of Gwynedd Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.6 km · Grade II listed building in Caernarfon. On the N side of the Crown Court. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bontnewydd
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 110 km · Manchester (MAN), 135 km
- Stations
- Dinas railway station, 1.6 km · Caernarfon railway station, 2.3 km · Caernarvon railway station, 3.1 km · Bontnewydd railway station, 500 m · Llanwnda railway station, 2.6 km
- Liverpool → Bontnewydd92 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £12–15
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bontnewydd141 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £16–21
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Bontnewydd174 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £21–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bontnewydd
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bontnewydd. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inis a request stop on the main line between Holyhead, where ferries from Ireland berth, and Bangor, just across the Menai Strait on the Welsh mainland.
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