Llandwrog (;

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut P ...

: meaning 'The church of

Saint Twrog Saint Twrog - feast day 26 June - was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the church at Maentwrog, having come to Wales early in the Age of the Saints. Early life It is believed that Twrog was the son of Ithel Hael o Lydaw of Brittany. He w ...

') is a village and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

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, north-west

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, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label Sain and the site of

Caernarfon Airport Caernarfon Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caernarfon) , formerly RAF Llandwrog, is located southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. Operations Caernarfon Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P866) that allows flights for the public transpor ...

. It has a population of 2,466, increasing to 2,539 at the 2011 Census. The community includes the villages of

Groeslon Groeslon (; Welsh: ''Y Groeslon'', "the crossroads") is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in the Welsh traditional county of Caernarfonshire. Groeslon is administered by Gwynedd Council. The population was 880 at the 2011 census ...

Carmel, Gwynedd Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted ...

Y Fron Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Tr ...

Dinas Dinlle Dinas Dinlle is a small settlement in Gwynedd, north-west Wales which is also, historically, part of Caernarfonshire. Description Dinas Dinlle has a large sand and pebble beach with vast areas of sand from mid-tide level. The foreshore consist ...

, and Cilgwyn. As suggested by the village name, the parish church is dedicated St Twrog.Profile
ChurchinWales.org. Accessdate 18 November 2022. It was the base of the first ever Sea and Mountain Rescue team, and includes the estate of

Glynllifon Glynllifon is the name of the old estate which belonged to the Barons Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales. The original mansion was until recently a privately owned ...

RAF Llandwrog Royal Air Force Llandwrog or, more simply, RAF Llandwrog is a former Royal Air Force station located at Llandwrog, southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. The site opened in January 1941 as a RAF Bomber Command airfield for training gunners, ra ...

was a training airfield during

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, and was later used as a weapons storage facility. It had a key role in

Operation Sandcastle Operation Sandcastle was a United Kingdom non-combat military operation conducted between 1955–1956. Its purpose was to dispose of chemical weapons by dumping them in the sea. Background The British possessed almost 71,000 air-dropped bombs o ...

, where a large quantity of Nazi Tabun weapons were stored prior to eventual disposal at sea.

References

External links

Council website - English language version
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