Groeslon is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the community

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 of Llandwrog

Llandwrog

Llandwrog is a village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label Sain and the site of Caernarfon Airport...

 in the Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 county of Gwynedd

Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...

.

Nearby villages are Penygroes, Carmel

Carmel, Gwynedd

Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village has its own school, Carmel school and still has managed to keep a couple of shops, one a general store , which is run by Doris Jones, the...

 and Dinas

Dinas, Gwynedd

Dinas is a large hamlet near Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.It is in the ancient parish and modern community of Llanwnda and is served by the parish church of St...

. The village lies approximately five miles south of Caernarfon

Caernarfon

Caernarfon is a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the northeast, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast...

. It has one primary school in the centre of the village and no secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

s. Most secondary school age pupils go to Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle

Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle

Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle is a small bilingual secondary school in Penygroes for pupils aged 11–18. In 2009 there were approximately 530 children enrolled including about 50 pupils in the sixth form...

 in Penygroes.

Y Groeslon was by-passed in 2002 by the A487 road

A487 road

The A487 is a trunk road in Wales, running up the western side of the country from Haverfordwest in the south to Bangor in the north.It starts at Merlin's Bridge near Haverfordwest, from where it travels north west to St David's, then switches back north east through Fishguard, Cardigan, Aberaeron,...

, a trunk road

Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, and other things.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic...

 which cost around £12 million to complete. A bat bridge

Bat bridge

A bat bridge is a structure of varying construction crossing a new or altered road to aid the navigation of bats following the destruction of a hedgerow, and to cause the bats to cross the roadway at a sufficient height to avoid traffic...

 was constructed in 2010 to guide lesser horseshoe bat

Lesser horseshoe bat

The Lesser Horseshoe Bat , is a type of European bat related to but smaller than its cousin, the Greater Horseshoe Bat...

s across the road.

Formerly an agricultural and slate mining

Slate industry in Wales

The slate industry in Wales began during the Roman period when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon. The slate industry grew slowly until the early 18th century, then expanded rapidly until the late 19th century, at which time the most important slate producing areas were in...

 village, Y Groeslon is now expanding as a commuter village for the surrounding towns, especially Caernarfon and Bangor

Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

. Its initial growth came as a result of the construction of the LMS

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

 railway in 1867. Groeslon railway station

Groeslon railway station

Groeslon was a railway station located in Groeslon, Gwynedd. This station was closed in December 1964....

 closed in December 1964.

In the village there is one post office

Post office

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 and a pub called the Penionyn across the road to the post office.

At the bottom of the village, bordering the A487, a huge wall becomes visible. This is the wall to the Glynllifon estate, formerly the seat of Lord Newborough, which is now a country park

Country park

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 and college (Meirion Dwyfor) specialising in land based industries, e.g. agriculture, equine studies

Equestrianism

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 and arboriculture

Arboriculture

Arboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. It is both a practice and a science....

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Groeslon is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in Penygroes.

Notable residents

• Welsh
  Welsh language
  Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
  
   author Eirug Wyn
  Eirug Wyn
  Eirug Wyn was a Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in the Welsh language. He was born Eirug Price Wynne, in Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales, and educated at Brynrefail School and Trinity College, Carmarthen...
  
   until his death in 2004.
• The dramatist John Gwilym Jones (1904–1988)
• Poet Tom Huws.
• Llion Iwan
  Llion Iwan
  Llion Iwan is a Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author.He works through the medium of both Welsh and English.He worked for the North Wales Weekly News before joining the BBC where he worked variously as a journalist, producer and director....
  
  , Welsh
  Welsh language
  Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
  
   documentary journalist/producer and author.
• 'The Laughing Postman' Arwel Jones.
• Novelist Menna Medi

Darren Jones - Founder of Groeslon Football Club

External links

Y safle we dwyieithog Dyffryn Nantlle bilingual website (with section on Y Groeslon, including postcards and photos):

English version http://www.nantlle.com/y-groeslon-english.htm


Fersiwn Cymraeg http://www.nantlle.com/y-groeslon-cymraeg.htm

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Groeslon and surrounding area