Nebo, Gwynedd

Nebo
The centre of the village, looking towards the primary school
Nebo Location within Gwynedd
OS grid reference	SH479505
Community	Llanllyfni
Principal area	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAERNARFON
Postcode district	LL54
Dialling code	01286
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Arfon
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Arfon

Nebo is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is adjacent to the small village of Nasareth and near the larger villages of Llanllyfni and Penygroes.

Amenities

Nebo has a Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Nebo. As of 2022, there were 15 children enrolled at the school, making it the fourth smallest school in Wales.^[1] In 2017, approximately 58% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.^[2]

Nebo is now mainly a small residential area, as the chapel and post office have been sold in the last couple of decades.^{[citation needed]} There is a play-area and a football pitch where school and community events are held.

Broadcasting mast

The Arfon television broadcasting mast is on a nearby mountain and supplies most of the valley below, as well as a large part of Gwynedd. Erected in 1962, it is currently the highest structure in Wales since the addition of a new antenna in 2008 slightly extended it to 317 metres.^[3]

In popular culture

The village is the primary setting of, and lends its name to, the Welsh-language post-apocalyptic fiction book Llyfr Glas Nebo, by Manon Steffan Ros.^[4]

References

1. "Pupils by school and type of school, 2022". statswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "Ysgol Gynradd Nebo | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
3. The nantlle.com Team (18 November 2009). "Nebo Mast, Arfon Transmitter > Nebo and Nasareth Village History". Nantlle.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
4. "Llyfr Glas Nebo (The Blue Book of Nebo)".

External links

• Media related to Nebo, Gwynedd at Wikimedia Commons
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Nebo, Gwynedd and surrounding area