Llanbedr

Llanbedr

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly= Dwyfor Meirionnydd
map_type=
latitude= 52.82011
longitude= -4.10137
official_name= Llanbedr
unitary_wales= Gwynedd
lieutenancy_wales= Gwynedd
constituency_westminster= Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
post_town= HARLECH
postcode_district = LL46
postcode_area= LL
dial_code= 01341
os_grid_reference= SH582268
population= 1,005 (includes Llanfair & Llandanwg)
map_type= location map|Wales Gwynedd|label=|position=left|float=none|long=-4.05|lat=52.75|caption=|width=190

Llanbedr is a village in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales.

The village originally grew around the slate quarrying industry. Attractions in Llanbedr include Neolithic standing stones and Bronze Age hut circles. The Morfa Dyffryn sand dunes and Shell Island lie nearby and the village is home to a youth hostel.

A mile from the village is the hamlet of Pentre Gwynfryn which has an ancient chapel, Capel Salem. The inside of this chapel was made famous by the painter Sidney Curnow Vosper [http://www.gtj.org.uk/index.php?id=4846&L=1] who painted a member of the congregation, Siân Owen, in traditional Welsh costume.

Llanbedr has an airport which, until 2004, was operated by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), and QinetiQ as a launch site for remotely-piloted drone 'aircraft' for use as aerial targets by the RAF and other UK forces. [Mills, Wendy (2002) "Target Rolling: A History of Llanbedr Airfield 1941-2002", Hinckley, Leics: Midland Publishing ISBN 1857801369] Opposite the airport is one of two NACATC units (National Air Cadets Adventure Training Centres) in the UK.

To the north of the village is the smaller village of Pensarn, situated on the sea estuary where the river Artro enters the Irish Sea. This is the location of Llanbedr & Pensarn Yacht Club and the [http://www.cmcpensarn.org.uk Christian Mountain Centre] , a residential adventure activity centre.

At the southern entrance to the village is the former RAF complex of Maes Artro which featured in the paranormal television series "Most Haunted". [ [http://www.livingtv.co.uk/mosthaunted/547.php LIVING : Most Haunted ] ]

The village has a railway station (a little out of the village itself) served by the Cambrian Line.


ee also

* Petrosomatoglyph St. Mary's footprints at Llan Maria.

References

External links

*gbmapping|SH582268
* [http://www.lpyc.org.uk/ Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club]
* [http://www.shellisland.co.uk/ Shell Island/Mochras]
* [http://www.gwynfryncottages.com/ Gwynfryn Farm Cottages, Llanbedr, Gwynedd]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3498366 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanbedr and surrounding area]


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