Tywyn
in Gwynedd of Wales, United Kingdom
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Anglesey Airport (49 mi) - Hawarden Airport (62 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (64 mi)
- Swansea Airport (68 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (73 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (86 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (88 mi)
- Manchester Airport (92 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (102 mi)
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Isle of Man Airport (106 mi) - Exeter International Airport (131 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
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Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Unesco heritage, 97 mi) - Aberdovey Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Borth Animalarium (zoo, (7 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.586 and -4.093 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 35' 8" and W -4° 5' 33"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:13 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:54 am and 8:33 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.883 and 170.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pukehiki - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Discover Tywyn
Tywyn in Gwynedd (Wales) with it's 3,097 citizens is a place in United Kingdom about 184 mi (or 296 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Tywyn is now 05:13 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports near Tywyn, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Anglesey Airport in a distance of 49 mi (or 79 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd in a distance of 41 mi (or 66 km), North. Also, if you like playing golf, there is an option about 3 mi (or 6 km). away. We encountered 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Aberystwyth, Llanbedr, Corris, Llanfair and Lledrod. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 71% |
| Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
7°C (45 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
5°C (42 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
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A Day trip to Talyllyn Railway
30th May 2014, we arrive early morning to find staff already hard at work in the engine shed.
A short trip on the Talyllyn Railway
Take a trip on the World's first preserved steam railway from Tywyn Wharf to Nant Gwernol and back in about 14 minutes!.
Talyllyn Railway August bank holiday
A day out at Talyllyn narrow gauge railway in North Wales.
TALYLLYN RAILWAY
Opened in 1865 as the first narrow gauge railway for steam haulage. The Tallyllyn railway conveyed slate from Bryn Eglwys quarry as well as passengers. This video is a record of a journey...
My new model railway in OO gauge
Model railways never stay still and I have always wanted to create the canyon. That is the railway approaching a station through a cutting. My railway based on the Southern Region. Hope you...
Llechfan Garden Railway, 30 October 2008
Hidden away at the Talyllyn Railway's Wharf Station in Tywyn is the Llechfan Garden Railway. Do you take your garden trains with you on holiday? We did. Wrightscale "Wren" with mixed train,...
Narrow Gauge Pilgrimage - Wales 2012 - Part 2
Continuing on our trip to Snowdonia (see part 1 - http://youtu.be/VgCeRHKc0Ws). Part 2 sees us take a ride on the Talyllyn Railway, the first preserved railway in the world. Part 3 will come...
Westons Wales,Tal y Llyn Railway and the Dolgoch Falls.
A drive out deep into the snowdonia range and ended up in Tywyn,so thought we would take a trip on the Tal-y-Llyn Railway...fantastic all run by people who give a lot of their own time....brilliant...
BRELS meet at Tywyn
17:30 Arriva Trains meet at Tywyn. Only in the summer do four car units travel this line. Two car 158829 approaches the station while four car 158836 and 158826 waits at the station. I created...
Wales 2011 - Talyllyn Railway
12/6/11 - A trip up the Talyllyn Railway from Tywyn Wharf to Nant Gwernol behind 0-4-0ST "Talyllyn". Great day out. Shame about the weather. You can visit the Talyllyn Railway website here......
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow gauge railways situated at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. The Museum has a collection of more than 1,000 items from over eighty narrow gauge railways in Wales, England, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Scotland.
Tywyn railway station
Tywyn railway station serves the town of Tywyn in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Aberdovey, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. The line was built by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway in 1863 and became incorporated in the Cambrian Railways in 1867. Until the 1960s there was a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.
Ynysymaengwyn
Ynysymaengwyn (sometimes Ynysmaengwyn) was a gentry house in the parish of Tywyn, Gwynedd, situated near the south bank of the River Dysynni. The name means 'the meadow of the white stone'.
Afon Fathew
The Afon Fathew (English: River Mathew/Fathew) is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The river is downstream from the Dolgoch Falls which is a popular nature site.
RAF Towyn
RAF Towyn was a World War II Royal Air Force airfield on the mid Wales coast at Towyn. It was operational from 1940 and closed in 1945.
Broad Water
Broad Water, or Broadwater, is a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales formed from the silted up estuary of the River Dysynni. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the estuary was used by the shipbuilding industry, as small sailing ships were launched to carry peat from the local peat bogs. This industry was abandoned in the nineteenth century when the estuary became too silted up, forming the lagoon. The outflow of the lagoon flows beneath a railway bridge before entering Cardigan Bay.
Bala Fault
The Bala Fault is a SW-NE trending geological fault in Wales that extends offshore into Cardigan Bay. In the offshore area it is a major normal fault and forms the bounding structure to the Cardigan Bay Basin, with a fill including about 2500 m of Lias Group. At its northeastern end it links to the similarly orientated Llanelidan Fault.
St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn
St Cadfan's Church is situated in Tywyn in the county of Gwynedd, formerly Merionethshire, Wales. The church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth century or earlier which is inscribed with the oldest known written Welsh. Brut y Tywysogion states that the church was sacked by Vikings in 963, and during the twelfth century it was the subject of a memorable poem by Llywelyn Fardd (I).
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