Glasinfryn

Glasinfryn

High Street, Glasinfryn
Glasinfryn
 Glasinfryn shown within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH585687
CommunityPentir
Principal areaGwynedd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BANGOR
Postcode district LL57
Dialling code 01248
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentArfon
Welsh AssemblyArfon
List of places
UK
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Gwynedd

Coordinates: 53°11′49″N 4°07′01″W / 53.197°N 4.117°W / 53.197; -4.117

Glasinfryn is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales.[1][2] It is situated between the village of Tregarth and the city of Bangor, Gwynedd. The village is residential in nature but with many outlying farms.

It is noted, perhaps, for having two bridges, one carries the old Bethesda, Wales to Bangor railway trackbed on an attractive Victorian architecture viaduct, the other is a concrete flyover built in the 1980s carrying the A55.

It is credited as the start of the A4244 road but in reality the road lies approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the village. "Infryn" means turf, therefore the name of the village means literally "blue turf".

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 115 Snowdon (Caernarfon) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231845.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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