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 miles
- Bangor 4.1 miles
- Llandudno 19 miles
- Holyhead 19.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Y Felinheli Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Bethel a'r Felinheli Ward 0.8 miles
- Bethel Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Llanidan Parish 2.2 miles
- Brynsiencyn Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Y Faenol Ward 2.3 miles
- Llanrug Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Bodowyr Ward 2.6 miles
- Cadnant Ward 2.6 miles
- Llanddaniel Fab Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Pentir Parish 2.7 miles
- Menai Ward 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Y Felinheli
LL56 4UJ, LL56 4JG, LL56 4TJ, LL56 4SJ, LL56 4QX, LL56 4JP, LL56 4QQ, LL56 4JH, LL56 4AB … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 57.6 miles
- Manchester Airport 81.2 miles
- Llanfairpwll Railway Station 3 miles
- Caernarfon Railway Station 3.6 miles
Hotels near Y Felinheli Ad
- Garddfon Inn 0.5 miles
- Meifod House 4 4.6 miles
- Victoria Hotel Menai Bridge 4 3.8 miles
- Llety Arall 3.5 miles
- The Slate 5.9 miles
- Gazelle Hotel 4 5.9 miles
- Nant Yr Odyn Country Hotel & Restaurant Ltd 3 6 miles
- Nomi Rooms and Restaurant 5.6 miles
- Bishopsgate House Hotel 3 7.8 miles
- Padarn Hotel 3 5.7 miles
Schools in Y Felinheli
- Ysgol y Felinheli Primary
Local points of interest
- Llanidan House Estate 1 mile
- Plas Newydd Country house 1.7 miles
- Treborth Estate 2.6 miles
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 3.6 miles
- Farrar Road stadium Stadium 4.7 miles
- Penrhyn Castle Estate 5.6 miles
- National Slate Museum Museum 5.9 miles
- Carneddau Mountains 8.9 miles
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 12.8 miles
- Llys Dulas Estate 14.4 miles
- Port Trevor Harbour 14.8 miles
- Maenan Abbey Historic site 16.8 miles