Arfon, from the

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for ''Facing Anglesey'', refers to the southern shore of the

Menai Strait The Menai Strait () is a strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Gwynedd, on the mainland of Wales. It is situated between Caernarfon Bay in the south-west and Conwy Bay in the north-east, which are both inlets of the Irish Sea. The s ...

, the part of mainland Wales closest to the island of

Anglesey Anglesey ( ; ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the Principal areas of Wales, county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island () and some islets and Skerry, sker ...

. It may refer to:

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District of Arfon The Borough of Arfon was a local government district with borough status from 1974 to 1996; it was one of five districts in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Etymology means 'opposite Anglesey' ( + which is the soft mutation of , t ...

, an administrative subdivision of Gwynedd county (1974–1996) *

Arfon (Senedd constituency) Arfon is a Senedd constituency, constituency of the Senedd. It was created for the former Assembly's 2007 National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 election. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Als ...

(2007–2026) *

Arfon (UK Parliament constituency) Arfon was a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament at Palace of Westmins ...

(2010–2024) *

Arfon transmitting station The Arfon transmitting station is a facility for FM, DAB digital radio and television transmission near the villages of Nebo and Nasareth in Gwynedd, northwestern Wales (). It includes a guyed mast with antennas attached at various heights ...

, a radio and television mast near Caernarfon *

Cantref Arfon Arfon (or Arvon) was a mediaeval Welsh cantref in north-west Wales. It was the core of the kingdom of Gwynedd. Later it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Llŷn and Arllechwedd under the terms of the Statute of Rhud ...

, an administrative division of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (until 1284)

People

Arfon Griffiths Arfon Trevor Griffiths MBE (born 23 August 1941) is a Welsh former football player and manager. During his playing career which lasted from 1959 to 1979, Griffiths played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a football ...

(born 1941), Welsh footballer *

Arfon Haines Davies Arfon Haines Davies (born 1948) is a Welsh television presenter who began his career as a continuity announcer for HTV Wales (now part of ITV Cymru Wales) during the 1970s and 1980s. Haines-Davies comes from Aberystwyth and studied drama in Lond ...

(born 1948), Welsh television presenter *

Arfon Jones Owain Arfon Jones (born March 1955) is a Welsh police officer who was the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police from 2016 to 2021. He is a former member of Plaid Cymru. Jones had a long career in the North Wales Police, becoming O ...

, Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police *

Arfon Williams Arfon Williams (born 1958) is a Welsh Anglican priest. Williams was educated at Aberystwyth University and Wycliffe Hall Oxford. After a curacy in Carmarthen he held Incumbencies in Aberystwyth and . He was Archdeacon of Merioneth This is a ...

(born 1958), Welsh Anglican priest

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Arfon (hymn tune) Arfon is a traditional Welsh hymn tune which exists with major and minor variants. General information The hymn tune Arfon originates as a Welsh folk tune of six lines (with the second couplet duplicate of the firstbeing omitted), but it was adap ...

, a traditional Welsh hymn tune * HMT ''Arfon'', a WWI Royal Navy minesweeper; now a protected wreck in the English Channel

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