Located on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait in northern Gwynedd, Y Felinheli grew up as a busy slate-exporting port known in English as Port Dinorwic. The compact waterfront and marina sit beneath wooded slopes with easy access to Caernarfon and Snowdonia, leaving a landscape of tidal channels, quays and former industrial buildings.
The community retains a strong Welsh-speaking identity and blends working-harbour activity with leisure boating, small local businesses and tourism. Community events and the sensitive reuse of old industrial sites into housing and marina services give Y Felinheli a distinctive local character within Gwynedd, Wales.
Postcode districts covering Y Felinheli
Most populated places nearby
- Colwyn Bay 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Bangor 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Llandudno 19 miles30.7 km
- Holyhead 19.1 miles30.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Y Felinheli Built-up area 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Bethel a'r Felinheli Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Bethel Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Llanidan Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Brynsiencyn Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Y Faenol Ward 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Llanrug Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Bodowyr Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Cadnant Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Llanddaniel Fab Built-up area 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Pentir Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Menai Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Y Felinheli
LL56 4NJ, LL56 4JR, LL56 4SZ, LL56 4YJ, LL56 4JJ, LL56 4QP, LL56 4XA, LL56 4RX, LL56 4TQ … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 57.6 miles92.7 km
- Manchester Airport 81.2 miles130.7 km
- Llanfairpwll Railway Station 3 miles4.8 km
- Caernarfon Railway Station 3.6 miles5.8 km
Hotels near Y Felinheli Ad
- Garddfon Inn 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Garden Hotel 3 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Meifod House 4 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Llety Arall 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Victoria Hotel Menai Bridge 4 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Slate 5.9 miles9.6 km
- Nant Yr Odyn Country Hotel & Restaurant Ltd 3 6 miles9.6 km
- Nomi Rooms and Restaurant 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Celtic Royal Hotel 3 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Bishopsgate House Hotel 3 7.8 miles12.5 km
Schools in Y Felinheli
- Ysgol y Felinheli Primary
Local points of interest
- Llanidan House Estate 1 mile1.6 km
- Plas Newydd Country house 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Treborth Estate 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Farrar Road stadium Stadium 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Penrhyn Castle Estate 5.6 miles9 km
- National Slate Museum Museum 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Carneddau Mountains 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Llys Dulas Estate 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Port Trevor Harbour 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Maenan Abbey Historic site 16.8 miles27.1 km