Carmel, Gwynedd Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Groeslon, Carmel and Bronyfoel (Fron) areas - Ysgol Bro Llifon . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306052540/https://www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Schools-and-learning/Schools-reorganisation/Groeslon,-Carmel-and-Bronyfoel-(Fron)-areas-Ysgol-Bro-Llifon.aspx . 6 March 2016 . dead .
  2. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/1274/73p567.pdf Proceedings of the Britich Academy, LXIII, 1987, 567-600