Chwilog is a village in

Eifionydd Eifionydd () is an area in north-west Wales covering the south-eastern part of the Llŷn Peninsula from Porthmadog to just east of Pwllheli. The Afon Erch forms its western border. It now lies in Gwynedd. The commote of Eifionydd formed the ...

on the

Llŷn Peninsula The Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn or , ) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey. It is part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and historic region and local authority area of Gwynedd. Mu ...

in the Welsh

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of Gwynedd. It forms part of the

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Llanystumdwy Llanystumdwy is a predominantly Welsh-speaking village, community and electoral ward on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. It lies in the traditional county of Caernarfonshire but is currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Gwyned ...

. The name means 'abounding in beetles' and was perhaps transferred from an earlier name of the river (or a part of it). It had a population of 640 as of the 2011 UK census, with 78% born in Wales.

Village

The village is fairly linear, built up around the B4354 which used to be a turnpike/toll road crossing the peninsula to

Porthdinllaen Porthdinllaen (''in English'' sometimes Porth Dinllaen) is a small coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Dwyfor area of Gwynedd, Wales, built on a small promontory, and historically in Caernarfonshire. It is near the larger village of ...

. The

Afon Wen Afon Wen is a small hamlet on the Llŷn peninsula in the Welsh principal area of Gwynedd. Location It is located at the mouth of the Afon Wen river, half a mile from the village of Chwilog and midway between Pwllheli and Cricieth. History ...

or its original name Afon Carrog flows through the lower part of the village on its way to the sea at Afonwen, less than away.

Y Lôn Goed

Nearby is Y Lôn Goed, a tree-lined path, first nicknamed by the local population, then made well known due to its reference in "Eifionydd" a poem by R. Williams Parry. It was originally named 'Ffordd Maughan' (Maughan Way) after John Maughan, land commissioner for Sir Thomas Mostyn (1817-1828). It is a wide tree-lined avenue created in the 18th century for transporting

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from the coast to the upland farms of

. The track is no longer used for this purpose but is now popular with walkers.

Talhenbont

Talhenbont Hall is a Grade II listed manor house. It was a property formerly 'Plas Han' before its renaming in the 20th century by the daughter of Hugh Ellis-Nanney who owned the property via inheritance. Originally owned by Gruffydd ap John ap Grono and passed to Robert 'Fychan' in the late 15th century, the property passed through marriage, and by 1607 the new home of William Vaughan was built. In 1642, the owner William Lloyd was arrested as a Royalist sympathiser as Cromwell's men took over the Hall, and then the hall was used as headquarters for the Royalists under John Owen (Royalist). In 1758 Talhenbont was the largest single owned piece of land in the district of

. The estate was occupied by Sir Thomas Mostyn, the sixth baronet, from 1796. In 1884 the estate was split into sections to pay off debts that had crept up during the Napoleonic Wars. It is now operated as a holiday centre.

Amenities

Chwilog

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was opened in 1908 by

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, wife of

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. The village was built around the railway station on the Caernarfonshire Railway Line situated at the centre of the village, it opened in 1867 and has been disused since December 1964. Local businesses include a butcher's shop, and also a tractor sales outlet. The village pub, the Madryn Arms (est. 1868), had been permanently closed in 2019, and has since been reopened by a locals. The village is served by one main bus route - the number 3 from Pwllheli to Porthmadog - and is run jointly by Arriva Cymru and Caelloi. On Mondays to Saturdays there is also an hourly 3b service that runs on to Blaenau Ffestiniog until very late evening. On Sundays though there are just 6 journeys each way per day and only up to 18.30.

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