Llandwrog (; ) is a village and
community
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in
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
, north-west Wales, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label
Sain and the site of
Caernarfon Airport
Caernarfon Airport () , is a general aviation airport located southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the site of the former RAF Llandwrog which was operational between 1941 and 1946. From the end of the 1960s, civil light aircraft st ...
. It has a population of 2,466, increasing to 2,539 at the 2011 Census. The community includes the villages of
Groeslon
Groeslon (; sometimes , ) is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in Gwynedd, Wales. The population was 880 at the 2011 census.
Nearby villages are Penygroes, Carmel and Dinas. The village lies approximately five miles south of Cae ...
,
Carmel
Carmel may refer to:
* Carmel (biblical settlement), an ancient Israelite town in Judea
* Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
* Carmelites, a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order
Carmel may also ...
,
Y Fron
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum ...
,
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. This fort has been eroded by the sea, such that only a double semi-circu ...
, and
Cilgwyn. As suggested by the village name, the parish church is dedicated
St Twrog
Saint Twrog - feast day 26 June - was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the church at Maentwrog, having come to Wales early in the Age of the Saints.
Early life
It is believed that Twrog was the son of Ithel Hael o Lydaw of Brittany. He ...
.
Profile
ChurchinWales.org. Accessdate 18 November 2022. It was the base of the first ever Sea and Mountain Rescue team, and includes the estate of Glynllifon
Glynllifon is an old estate which belonged to the Baron Newborough, Barons Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales. The original mansion was until recently a privately own ...
.
RAF Llandwrog
Royal Air Force Llandwrog, or more simply RAF Llandwrog, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village and in the community (Wales), community of Llandwrog, situated southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.
The site opened in J ...
was a training airfield during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, and was later used as a weapons storage facility. It had a key role in Operation Sandcastle, where a large quantity of Nazi Tabun weapons were stored prior to eventual disposal at sea.
References
External links
Council website - English language version
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