Nebo, Gwynedd
Nebo | |
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The centre of the village, looking towards the primary school | |
Location within Gwynedd | |
OS grid reference | SH479505 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CAERNARFON |
Postcode district | LL54 |
Dialling code | 01286 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Nebo is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is adjacent to the small village of Nasareth and near the larger villages of Llanllyfni and Penygroes.
Amenities
[edit]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.[1] In 2017, approximately 58% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.[2]
Nebo is now mainly a small residential area, as the chapel and post office have been sold in the last couple of decades.[citation needed] There is a play-area and a football pitch where school and community events are held.
Broadcasting mast
[edit]The Arfon television broadcasting mast is on a nearby mountain and supplies most of the valley below, as well as a large part of Gwynedd. 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.[3]
In popular culture
[edit]The village is the primary setting of, and lends its name to, the Welsh-language post-apocalyptic fiction book Llyfr Glas Nebo, by Manon Steffan Ros.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pupils by school and type of school, 2022". statswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Ysgol Gynradd Nebo | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ The nantlle.com Team (18 November 2009). "Nebo Mast, Arfon Transmitter > Nebo and Nasareth Village History". Nantlle.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ "Llyfr Glas Nebo (The Blue Book of Nebo)".
External links
[edit]- Media related to Nebo, Gwynedd at Wikimedia Commons
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Nebo, Gwynedd and surrounding area