Pentir

Human settlement in Wales

Pentir

Gwynedd

CountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBangorPoliceNorth WalesFire North Wales AmbulanceWelsh

List of places: UK; Wales; Gwynedd

53°10′51″N 4°08′09″W / 53.180750°N 4.135899°W / 53.180750; -4.135899

Pentir is a community and electoral ward in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 124 miles (199.9 km) from Cardiff and 205 miles (329.4 km) from London.^[1]^[2] In 2011 the population of Pentir was 2450 with 58.7% of them able to speak Welsh.^[3] It includes the Penrhosgarnedd suburbs of Bangor, Glasinfryn, Caerhun and the hamlet of Pentir.

The Faenol Hall (Vaenol Estate) is a Grade II* Listed Building within the community, as well as a number of other buildings on the estate, e.g., Chapel of St. Mary.^[4]

References

^ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); accessed 9 May 2014
^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
^ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 9 May 2014
^ British Listed Buildings website.