Country: | Wales |
Official Name: | Carmel |
Coordinates: | 53.07°N -4.249°W |
Static Image Name: | Carmel village - geograph.org.uk - 141351.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Carmel village |
Community Wales: | Llandwrog |
Unitary Wales: | Gwynedd |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Arfon |
Constituency Westminster: | Arfon |
Post Town: | CAERNARFON |
Postcode District: | LL54 |
Postcode Area: | LL |
Dial Code: | 01286 |
Os Grid Reference: | SH492550 |
Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes. The Victorian village school and post office have also been closed.[1] The last of the village's shops closed in 2014 (Siop Doris). There are a number of other businesses including a driving school, coal merchant and a garage. Nearby villages are Penygroes and Groeslon. Notable residents have included Dafydd Glyn Jones, Sir Thomas Parry (1904-1985), Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1958 to 1969[2] and the artist Ifor Pritchard.