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About Bethesda, Gwynedd

Bethesda lies along the A5 in Snowdonia's shadow, eight kilometres from Bangor via the main trunk road or A4244. This former slate town sits in the Ogwen Valley, with the A5 providing direct connections to the A55 and routes south toward Capel Curig. The Penrhyn Arms on High Street, built in 1840 for quarry workers, remains a focal point of this tight-knit Welsh community.

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Bethesda, Gwynedd is in Wales, at 53.181, -4.058 - about 12 km east of Aber-pwll.

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