Buan is a small, rural parish in Gwynedd on the north‑west tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales, set among rolling farmland, patches of heather moor and a short distance from the rugged coastline that forms much of the Llŷn Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The landscape combines agricultural fields and scattered hamlets, with lanes, old stone farmhouses and a historic parish church that hint at a long farming past.
Locally the community retains a strong Welsh identity and language, with a way of life shaped by sheep farming and increasingly by small‑scale tourism and holiday accommodation. Social life tends to be centred on village halls and chapel communities, and visitors will often notice the quiet, close‑knit feel and the mix of traditional rural economy with the seasonal pull of the nearby coast.
Postcode districts covering Buan
Neighbouring places
- Efailnewydd a Buan Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Nefyn Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Morfa Nefyn Built-up area 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Llanbedrog gyda Mynytho Ward 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Mynytho Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Llanbedrog Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Morfa Nefyn a Thudweiliog Ward 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Tudweiliog Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Gogledd Pwllheli Ward 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Llannor Parish 4.3 miles7 km
- Pwllheli Built-up area 4.3 miles7 km
- De Pwllheli Ward 4.4 miles7.1 km
Example postcodes in Buan
LL53 8YE, LL53 8PZ, LL53 6DT, LL53 7YW, LL53 6YQ, LL53 8UT, LL53 8YF, LL53 8TY, LL53 7PL … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 75.6 miles121.7 km
- Manchester Airport 98.4 miles158.3 km
- Pwllheli Railway Station 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Abererch Railway Station 6.1 miles9.8 km
Hotels near Buan Ad
- Bryn Noddfa 4 2.5 miles4 km
- Gwesty Nanhoron Arms Hotel 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Woodlands Hall Hotel 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Victoria Hotel 4.6 miles7.4 km
Local points of interest
- Porth Towyn Beach Beach 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Traeth Penllech Beach 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Plas yn Rhiw Estate 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Port Trevor Harbour 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Whistling Sands Beach 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Criccieth Beach Beach 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Porthmadog Stadium 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 19.6 miles31.5 km