Morfa Bychan
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|---|---|
 Traeth Morfa Bychan | |
 Farmland near Morfa Bychan | |
  Morfa Bychan Location withinGwynedd | |
| Population | 524 |
| OS grid reference | SH544374 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PORTHMADOG |
| Postcode district | LL49 |
| Dialling code | 01766 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| 52°54′50″N4°09′50″W / 52.914°N 4.164°W /52.914; -4.164 | |
Morfa Bychan is a village located inGwynedd,North Wales, with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.[1]
Situated on theLlŷn Peninsula just west ofBorth-y-Gest andPorthmadog, Morfa Bychan can be reached from Porthmadog via the Borth-y-Gest/Morfa Bychan road or a country lane off theA497.
Morfa Bychan has a small supermarket, a fish-and-chips shop, a gift shop and a children's playground.
The village also contains Porthmadog Golf Club[2] and is near to the Glan Morfa Trout fishery.[3]
Morfa Bychan has a beach known as Traeth Morfa Bychan which stretches for two miles from the eastern end of the National Trust's Ynys Cyngar on theAfon Glaslyn (River Glaslyn) estuary alongTremadog Bay toCriccieth beach which is accessible at low tide. It is unusual as cars are allowed onto it, although this means that there can be problems with irresponsible drivers.[4] The sea along Traeth Morfa Bychan is shallow, with a gentle gradient making it ideal for swimming and paddling.[5]Dogs are allowed on the eastern and western sections of the beach but are banned from the central section. It also has designated bathing and boat-launching areas.[6]
Thesand dunes of Traeth Morfa Bychan are aSite of Special Scientific Interest.[7]
Part of the 1971 filmMacbeth was filmed at Traeth Morfa Bychan.[8]
The cover picture from theManic Street Preachers albumThis Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was taken at Traeth Morfa Bychan.[9]
There is also a small beach below the National Trust's Ynys Cyngar, the original point where Madocks was going to site a port before moving it toPorthmadog.
There are a number of caravan parks at Morfa Bychan including Greenacres, Garreg Goch, Cardigan View and Glan Morfa Mawr, the largest of which is Greenacres. There is also a touring and camping site just outside the village by Black Rock Sands.
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