Porth Ceiriad

#5547 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Facts and practical information

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. ()

Coordinates: 52°47'41"N, 4°30'6"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Plas yn Rhiw, St Tudwal’s Lighthouse, Porth Neigwl, Rhiw.

5.3 miW
Historical place, Manor house
Plas yn Rhiw, Aberdaron
135 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.
1.3 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
34 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.
3.2 miNW
Beach
Porth Neigwl, Abersoch
81 min walk • 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.
3.8 miNW
Village
Rhiw
98 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.
4.2 miNW
Church
Capel Newydd
107 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.

Porth Ceiriad

Facts and practical information

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

Plas yn Rhiw, Aberdaron

St Tudwal’s Lighthouse

Porth Neigwl, Abersoch

Rhiw

Capel Newydd