Attractions near Caernarfon Maritime Museum

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Caernarfon Maritime Museum

Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 - Wales, UK

Caernarfon`s small maritime museum houses an intriguing collection of artefacts, pictures and information relating the town`s maritime history. Exhibitions include fishing, the Menai Strait ferries, Caernarfon`s export trades, imports, emigration and ship building. The story of Ellen Edwards, who ran...

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Attractions near Caernarfon Maritime Museum

A selection of attractions close to Caernarfon Maritime Museum:

Royal Welch Fusiliers (< 1 Mile)

This museum is housed in five separate galleries in two towers of Caernarfon Castle, a World Heritage Site. The collection tells the rich and...

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Caernarfon Castle (< 1 Mile)

Now a World Heritage Site, Caernarfon Castle is one of the castles founded by Edward 1 to subdue the Welsh. Sited at the mouth of...

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Caernarfon Town Walls (< 1 Mile)

Caernarfon is one of the oldest and most historical communities in the north of Wales, and has through the centuries been the site of a...

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St Mary's Church (< 1 Mile)

St Mary's was erected within the town walls to serve as a church for the garrison of Caernarfon Castle. It was built in 1307 by...

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Segontium (< 1 Mile)

Agricola founded Segontium after he conquered the Ordovices about AD77, and it was the main Roman base in north Wales until the garrison finally left...

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Caernarfon Airworld Museum (5.8 Miles)

Explore Caernarfon’s aviation museum and you will not be disappointed. On display are some magnificent examples of classic aircraft from a Seahawk to a Javelin...

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Parc Glynllifon (6.5 Miles)

Parc Glynllifon is a small country park that was once Lord Newborough`s private garden. The mansion is now an agricultural college, but the public can...

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Plas Newydd (7.1 Miles)

Home of the Marquess of Anglesey, Plas Nweydd is situated on the bank of the Menai Strait with magnificent views of Snowdonia. This elegant...

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Electric Mountain (8.6 Miles)

Deep inside Elidir Mountain are miles of tunnels and a huge cavern housing one of man`s greatest engineering achievements. Falling water from a lake on...

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Llanberis Slate Museum (8.7 Miles)

Slate mining has been an integral part of Welsh communities for generations. At the Llanberis Welsh Slate Museum, nestled in the valley below Mount...

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Llanberis Lake Railway (8.7 Miles)

The Llanberis Lake Railway is a delightful, little railway line that runs beside Padarn Lake, offering great views of Snowdonia`s mountains. Originally built in the...

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Snowdon Mountain Railway (8.7 Miles)

The highest mountain in England and Wales can be climbed by taking the only rack and pinion railway in the British Isles to within a...

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The Quarry Hospital (8.7 Miles)

The former quarry hospital stands on a wooded hillside in Padarn Country Park. It was built in the mid 19th Century for the workers of...

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Dolbadarn Castle (9.1 Miles)

Guarding the entrance to a pass through Snowdonia`s mountains, Dolbadarn Castle stands high on a rocky hill between two lakes. Built in the early 13th...

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Britannia Bridge (9.8 Miles)

West of Menai Bridge is Robert Stephenson`s railway bridge built in the mid 19th Century when railways arrived in north Wales. The Britannia Bridge was...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)