Best of North Wales
The 20 best historic churches in North Wales
Our curated top 20 historic churches in North Wales, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 851 historic churches see the full historic churches index for North Wales.
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Shrewsbury Abbey
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine m
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St Mary and All Saints' Church, Conwy
The Church of St Mary & All Saints is the parish church of Conwy, Wales in the United Kingdom. It was originally the Cistercian Aberconwy Abbey, but in 1283 King Edward I of England moved the Abbey to
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St Melangell's Church
St Melangell's Church (Welsh: [mɛˈlaŋgɛɬ]) is a Grade I listed medieval building of the Church in Wales located in the former village of Pennant Melangell, in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales. The churc
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Cylch-y-Garn
Cylch-y-Garn is a community in Anglesey, Wales, located on the north west coast of the county, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) west of Amlwch, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) north east of Holyhead and 15.0 miles (24.1 km)
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Rhoscolyn
Rhoscolyn is a village and community located on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales. It is just over five miles south of Holyhead and is the most southerly settlement on the island. The name Rhoscolyn is sai
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Rhosybol
Rhosybol (Welsh for 'moor in the hollow') is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 1,078. Located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the town of Amlwch,
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Gwynedd
Gwynedd (Welsh: [ˈɡwɨnɛð]) is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over
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St Twrog's Church
Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. It is in the Deanery of Ardudwy. It is designat
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Aberdaron
Aberdaron (Welsh pronunciation: [abɛrˈdarɔn]) is a community, electoral ward and former fishing village at the western tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It lies 14.8 miles (23.
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Afon Glaslyn
Afon Glaslyn (Welsh for '"River Glaslyn"') is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. While not of great significance in terms of its length (about 16 miles (26 km)), it is one of Gwynedd's primary rive
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St Mary's Church
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Mynytho
Mynytho is a small village in the parish of Llanengan near the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in northwestern Wales. It consists of a few houses and some farmland. There are also several campsit
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Mynydd Llandygai
Mynydd Llandygai (also spelled Mynydd Llandegai; Welsh: Mynydd Llandygái, [ˌmənɨðˌɬandəˈɡai] ; 'Llandygai mountain') is a small, partly forested hill in Gwynedd, North Wales. It forms the start of the
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St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo
St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo (Welsh: [ɬanˈaɬgɔ]) is a small church near the village of Llanallgo, on the east coast of Anglesey, north Wales. The chancel and transepts, which are the oldest features
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Llanarmon, Gwynedd
Llanarmon (Welsh for 'Garmon's Church') is a small village and former civil parish in the old commote of Eifionydd and Cantref Dunoding in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 193
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Nantmor
Nantmor is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd, Wales. The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modern – most old documents from the 16th to
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Gellilydan
Gellilydan () is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles (6 km) south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the
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Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas
The Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II Listed building in Toxteth, Liverpool, situated at the junction of Berkley Street and Princes Road. Built in the Neo-Byzantine architecture style
