North_West_Wales

North West Wales

North West Wales

Area of Wales

North West Wales (Welsh: Gogledd-Orllewin Cymru) is an area or region of Wales, commonly defined as a grouping of the principal areas of Conwy County Borough, Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey in the north-west of the country. These principal areas make up the entire preserved county of Gwynedd, and parts of Clwyd. It is bordered by Denbighshire, in North East Wales to the east, Powys, and Ceredigion in Mid Wales to the south, and the Irish sea to the north and west (as Cardigan Bay). It is the more mountainous, rural, and sparsely populated part of the north Wales geographic region.

Map of North West Wales

Settlements include: Bangor, Caernarfon, Colwyn Bay, Holyhead, Llandudno, and Pwllheli. The port of Holyhead serves as the major sea link between Wales and the Republic of Ireland. Snowdonia National Park is located wholly in the area, hosting Snowdon, the largest peak in Britain and Ireland excluding the Scottish Highlands. The area also hosts AONBs (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in the Llŷn Peninsula and Isle of Anglesey, and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]

Usage and definition

The term North West Wales is used by the Welsh Government in the Wales Spatial Plan[2] and the BBC.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Natural Resources Wales / Introduction to North West Wales Area Statement". naturalresources.wales. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Welsh Government - The Wales Spatial Plan Update 2008" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "BBC North West Wales". BBC.

53°N 4°W / 53; -4


Stub icon

This article about a location in Wales is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article North_West_Wales, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.