Caer y Belan
Caer y Belan is a grade I listed building. Look for it 3.9 km west of Bontnewydd. There are 28 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Caernarfon (4.6 km).
Castle near Bontnewydd
Just outside Bontnewydd
Caer y Belan is 3.9 km west of Bontnewydd. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Bontnewydd has 7 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Expect highs of 17–19°C in Bontnewydd from June to September.
Caer y Belan
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 6 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 3.9 km west of Bontnewydd
- Official site
- fortbelan.co.uk
Where it sits
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Caer y Belan is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Caer y Belan
By population, Caernarfon leads the 8 with 9,831. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Bontnewydd
Caernarfon
Dwyran
Newborough
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Caer y Belan is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bontnewydd | 3.9 km east of it | 821 | 11 |
| Caernarfon | 4 km northeast of it | 9,831 | 14 |
| Dwyran | 4.4 km north of it | 700 | 12 |
| Newborough | 4.6 km north of it | 840 | 5 |
| Caeathro | 6 km east of it | 248 | 8 |
| Groeslon | 6.2 km southeast of it | 826 | 4 |
| Rhostryfan | 6.4 km southeast of it | 308 | 9 |
| Brynsiencyn | 7.5 km northeast of it | 655 | 14 |
Around Caer y Belan
There are 28 within 15 km, 2 forts, 2 castles and 2 museums among them.
FortCaernarfon4.6 km away2
Castle · CadwCastell Caernarfon4.1 km away3CastleCastle · CadwCastell Dolbadarn15 km away4
Fort · CadwCaernarfon Town Walls4 km away5MuseumMuseumCaernarfon Airworld Museum2.5 km away6
AquariumAnglesey Sea Zoo5.8 km away7
MuseumWelsh Slate Museum14 km away8
Heritage railwayLlanberis Lake Railway13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Caer y Belan: the answers
Where is Caer y Belan?
Caer y Belan is 3.9 km west of Bontnewydd, Gwynedd.
What is Caer y Belan?
Grade I listed building in Gwynedd.
When is the best time to visit Caer y Belan?
June to September are the warmest months in Bontnewydd, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Caer y Belan a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Caer y Belan?
Within 15 km: Caernarfon (4.6 km), Castell Caernarfon (4.1 km), Castell Dolbadarn (15 km) and Caernarfon Town Walls (4 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Caer y Belan: Phyllis Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caernarfon: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Caernarfon: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caernarfon Town Walls: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Sea Zoo: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Welsh Slate Museum: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llanberis Lake Railway: The original uploader was Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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