Capel Bangor
Built-up area in Ceredigion, Wales
| Coordinates: | 52.403, -3.973 |
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| OS grid ref: | SN 65 80 |
| Population: | 256 |
| Dialling code: | 01970 (Aberystwyth) |
Capel Bangor is a small village on the banks of the River Rheidol in rural Ceredigion, west Wales, a few miles upriver from the university town of Aberystwyth. It sits in a steep, wooded valley popular with walkers and birdwatchers and is best known for its halt on the heritage Vale of Rheidol Railway, which runs through the dramatic Rheidol valley towards the hills and coastline.
The settlement has a quiet, community feel and a history shaped by transport and rural industries; today the local economy leans on tourism, agriculture and people commuting to nearby Aberystwyth. Visitors come for scenic steam-train rides, riverside walks into the Cambrian Mountains and the sense of a small village that retains much of its Victorian and early 20th-century character.
Postcode districts covering Capel Bangor
Most populated places nearby
- Aberystwyth 3.8 miles6.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Melindwr Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Trefeurig Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Penrhyn-coch Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Faenor Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Ystwyth Ward 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Trawsgoed Parish 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Llanbadarn Fawr Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Bow Street Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Aberystwyth Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Llanilar Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Tirymynach Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Aberystwyth Penparcau Ward 4.1 miles6.6 km
Example postcodes in Capel Bangor
SY23 3LX, SY23 3NR, SY23 3LZ, SY23 3LY, SY23 3LS, SY23 3LR, SY23 3NL, SY23 3LT, SY23 3LP … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 74.5 miles120 km
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 79.5 miles128 km
- Aberystwyth railway station 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Borth Railway Station 6.9 miles11.1 km
Hotels near Capel Bangor Ad
- Aberystwyth Park Lodge 3 4 miles6.5 km
- The Glengower 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Gwesty Cymru 4.8 miles7.7 km
- The Hafod Hotel 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The George Borrow Hotel 2 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Harry's Hotel & Restaurant 2 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Gwesty'r Marine Hotel & Spa 3 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Castle Hotel 4.9 miles7.8 km
- Penrhos Park 3 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Queensbridge Hotel 4.9 miles7.8 km
Schools in Capel Bangor
- Ysgol Penllwyn Primary
Local points of interest
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Theatre Y Werin Theatre 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Penglais Campus, University of Wales, Aberystwyth University 3.9 miles6.3 km
- National Library of Wales Library 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Park Avenue Stadium Stadium 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Commodore cinema Theatre 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Aberystwyth bandstand Theatre 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Aberyswyth Marina Harbour 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Old College, University of Wales, Aberystwyth University 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Plynlimon Mountains 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Aberdovey Harbour Harbour 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Museum 13.4 miles21.5 km
- Talybont Estate 15.2 miles24.5 km