Nebo is a small village in
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
,
Wales
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. It is adjacent to the small village of
Nasareth and near the larger villages of
Llanllyfni
Llanllyfni () is a village and a community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Caernarfonshire. The community consists of the villages of Drws-y-coed, Nantlle, Nasareth, Nebo, Gwynedd ...
and
Penygroes.
Amenities
Nebo has a
Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Nebo. As of 2022, there were 15 children enrolled at the school, making it the fourth smallest school in Wales. In 2017, approximately 58% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.
Nebo is now mainly a small residential area, as the chapel and post office have been sold in the last couple of decades. There is a play-area and a football pitch where school and community events are held.
Broadcasting mast
The
Arfon television broadcasting mast is on a nearby
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
and supplies most of the valley below, as well as a large part of
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
. Erected in 1962, it is currently the highest structure in Wales since the addition of a new antenna in 2008 slightly extended it to 317 metres.
In popular culture
The village is the primary setting of, and lends its name to, the Welsh-language post-apocalyptic fiction book ', by
Manon Steffan Ros.
References
External links
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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Nebo, Gwynedd and surrounding area
Villages in Gwynedd
Biblical place-names in Wales
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