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Y Felinheli is a coastal village, located beside the Menai Strait in Caernarfonshire. The area was developed by the Assheton-Smith family as a port to export slate from around 1793. The name Port Dinorwic was coined with the completion of the Dinorwic Railway in 1824, linking the port to the Dinorwic quarry. Since commercial exports ended in the 1960s, the Welsh name Y Felinheli has been widely promoted for use in English-language contexts too. Nonetheless, the English name is still used, notably in relation to the maritime industry, e.g. in the port Dinorwic Marina and the Port Dinorwic Sailing Club. The village is within the council area of Gwynedd.
Primary Name(s): Y Felinheli (Welsh)
Variant Name(s): Port Dinorwic (Hybrid:Eng-Wel)
Place Type: Village
Historic County: Caernarfonshire
Lat, Long: 53.186568,-4.208892
Grid Reference: SH 5250 6777
Community (Civil Parish): Y Felinheli C
Council Area: Gwynedd CA
Police Area: North Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 36487
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Y_Felinheli,_Caernarfonshire_36487
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398922
Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Port_Dinorwic
Primary Name(s): Y Felinheli (Welsh)
Variant Name(s): Port Dinorwic (Hybrid:Eng-Wel)
Place Type: Village
Historic County: Caernarfonshire
Lat, Long: 53.186568,-4.208892
Grid Reference: SH 5250 6777
Community (Civil Parish): Y Felinheli C
Council Area: Gwynedd CA
Police Area: North Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 36487
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Y_Felinheli,_Caernarfonshire_36487 Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398922 Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Port_Dinorwic