Porth Neigwl, Abersoch

#1 among attractions in Abersoch

Beach, Top attraction

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Porth Neigwl, also known in English as "Hell's Mouth", is a broad bay, about 3 miles wide, on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales. ()

Coordinates: 52°48'52"N, 4°34'12"W

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Abersoch United Kingdom

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Porth Neigwl – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Plas yn Rhiw, St Tudwal’s Lighthouse, Carn Fadryn, Rhiw.

2.1 miW
Historical place, Manor house
Plas yn Rhiw, Aberdaron
55 min walk • Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th-century manor house in Y Rhiw, Gwynedd in northwestern Wales. The estate consists of a small house of Tudor/Georgian style, a garden of just under one acre in size, and many wooded acres.
4.3 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
109 min walk • St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete.
4.9 miN
Archaeological site
Carn Fadryn
126 min walk • Carn Fadryn, sometimes Carn Fadrun or Garn Fadryn, is a five-hectare Iron Age hillfort and is the name of the mountain on which the fort is situated. It lies in the centre of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, and overlooks the village of Garnfadryn, Wales.
1.3 miN
Village
Rhiw
34 min walk • Y Rhiw is a small village on the south west tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd in Wales. From the village there are fine views towards Snowdonia and nearby is the National Trust owned Plas yn Rhiw, above which, on the slopes of Mynydd Rhiw is a late Stone Age burial chamber, and neolithic quarries.
3.2 miSE
Beach
Porth Ceiriad
81 min walk • Porth Ceiriad is a south-east facing beach and bay in the parish of Llanengan, near to Abersoch, in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It has several interesting geological features.
2.5 miN
Church
Capel Newydd
65 min walk • Capel Newydd, Nanhoron, near Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales is probably the oldest surviving Nonconformist chapel in North Wales. The chapel dates from 1770-72.
5.4 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church
138 min walk • St Mary's Church, Penllech, is a redundant church in the village of Penllech, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.