Nebo, Gwynedd Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Nebo
Coordinates:53.03°N -4.269°W
Static Image Name:Nebo village - geograph.org.uk - 141317.jpg
Static Image Caption:The centre of the village, looking towards the primary school
Community Wales:Llanllyfni
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:SH479505

Nebo is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is adjacent to the small village of Nasareth and near the larger villages of Llanllyfni and Penygroes.

Amenities

Nebo has a Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Nebo. As of 2022, there were 15 children enrolled at the school, making it the fourth smallest school in Wales.[1] In 2017, approximately 58% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.[2]

Nebo is now mainly a small residential area, as the chapel and post office have been sold in the last couple of decades. There is a play-area and a football pitch where school and community events are held.

Broadcasting mast

The Arfon television broadcasting mast is on a nearby mountain and supplies most of the valley below, as well as a large part of Gwynedd. Erected in 1962, it is currently the highest structure in Wales since the addition of a new antenna in 2008 slightly extended it to 317 metres.[3]

In popular culture

The village is the primary setting of, and lends its name to, the Welsh-language post-apocalyptic fiction book Llyfr Glas Nebo, by Manon Steffan Ros.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pupils by school and type of school, 2022 . 2023-06-11 . statswales.gov.wales.
  2. Web site: Ysgol Gynradd Nebo Estyn. 2021-05-10. www.estyn.gov.wales.
  3. Web site: The nantlle.com Team . Nebo Mast, Arfon Transmitter > Nebo and Nasareth Village History . Nantlle.com . 2009-11-18 . 2013-05-23.
  4. https://waleslitexchange.org/books/llyfr-glas-nebo-the-blue-book-of-nebo