Llangower

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Llangower
Welsh: Llangywer
Merionethshire

Church of St Cywair
Location
Grid reference: SH93SW04
Location: 52°52’34"N, 3°37’42"W
Data
Population: 253  (2001)
Post town: Bala
Postcode: LL23
Dialling code: 01678
Local Government
Council: Gwynedd
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Llangower is a village and parish in Merionethshire on the southern bank of Bala Lake some 2¾ miles south-west of Bala by road. In 2011 the population of Llangower was 253.[1]

Notable people from the parish include the poet Euros Bowen who was vicar of St Cywair Church in the village, which is a Grade II listed building, now empty.[2]

The Bala Lake Railway runs past the village of Llangower.

References

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