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Carreg Wen Beach Photos

Gwynedd, Wales

Off Geographing...

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Off in a world of my own, a dot in the distance, she describes it as... heading up into the Glaslyn estuary to bag another square of nondescript sand (in this particular case, going to get [[2523437]])

Uploaded to Geograph by Janet Law on 23 July 2011

Creative Commons License Photo © Janet Law, 23 July 2011. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence

Location: Borth-y-Gest

Location type: Village

OS Grid: SH560370

Coordinates: 52°54'41"N 4°8'28"W

Mapcode: GBR 5P.NNGG

What 3 Words: raft.magically.nitrogen

Coordinates and location codes are for an approximate mid-point of the beach, and may not reflect the best access point or the most popular part of the beach.

Country: Wales

Local Authority: Gwynedd

Parish: Porthmadog

Nearest postcode: LL49 9UF

(for sat-nav purposes only, a beach does not have a postal address!)

'Off Geographing...' - a photo of Carreg Wen Beach

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