Abergwyngregyn is a village in Gwynedd, North Wales adjacent to the A55 five miles east of Bangor. Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. ... Bangor is the name of several places: In the United Kingdom: Bangor, a town in County Down, Northern Ireland Bangor, a city in Gwynedd, Wales (and home of the University of Wales, Bangor) Bangor-Is-y-Coed (a. ...

For almost all purposes, the name is shortened to Aber.

The full name derives from its position at the mouth of the River Gwyngregyn but this river itself is now also called the River Aber after the shortened form of the village name. The diversion of the road around the village in the 1990s damaged its historical value as a watering hole for travellers. The village provides the access to one of Wales' great waterfalls, the Aber Falls as the river falls precipitously from the Carneddau mountains into a pleasant wooded valley below. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... Tower Fall in Yellowstone National Park A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ...

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• grid reference SH653726