Aber-erch ([abɛrˈɛrχ], Welsh for "Mouth of the Erch") is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The village lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Pwllheli. A river, the Afon Erch runs through the village.
| Aber-erch | |
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 Aber-erch | |
  Aber-erch Location within Gwynedd | |
| Population | 1,354 (Ward 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SH395365 |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PWLLHELI |
| Postcode district | LL53 |
| Dialling code | 01758 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
The parish was abolished in 1934 and incorporated into that of Llannor, now the community of Llannor.[2] It is a mostly Welsh-speaking village[3] and its name is often truncated to "Berch" [bɛrχ] in the local Welsh dialect.[4]
There is a primary school, playschool, and a railway station. The Church of St Cawrdaf is a grade I listed building.[5]
Aber-erch has a beach called 'Traeth Glan y Don' (which roughly translates to 'Shore of the wave beach') which extends from Morfa'r Garreg, Pwllheli to Pen-ychain. Parking for the beach is near the railway station. From the beach you have a view of Harlech Castle in the east all the way down to Tywyn (on a clearer day even further south) and to the west Pwllheli and the St Tudwal's Islands. Access to the beach is through a footpath next the caravan and camp-site. This beach is ideal for days when the wind is from the north or north west due to the sheltered bay.
The ward includes the village of Y Ffor and the small settlement of Penrhos.
Notable people
edit- John Elias (1774-1841), a powerful Christian preacher: "as if talking fire down from heaven"
- Ellis Owen Ellis (1813-1861), a Welsh portrait painter, cartoonist and illustrator.
References
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- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Abererch AP/CP through time | Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: Hierarchies, boundaries". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Abererch Civil Parish Retrieved 12 January 2010
- ^ "2001 Census - Electoral Division Level Language Data". Archived from the original (XLS) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ Rhys, Guto (2022). Amrywiaith 2 - Blas ar dafodieithoedd Cymru (in Welsh) (1 ed.). Llanrwst: Carreg Gwalch. p. 40. ISBN 9781845278526.
- ^ Cadw. "Church of St Cawrdaf, Abererch (Grade I) (4317)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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