Nebo, Gwynedd

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53°01′48″N 4°16′08″W / 53.030°N 4.269°W / 53.030; -4.269

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

^ "Pupils by school and type of school, 2022". statswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "Ysgol Gynradd Nebo | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ The nantlle.com Team (18 November 2009). "Nebo Mast, Arfon Transmitter > Nebo and Nasareth Village History". Nantlle.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ https://waleslitexchange.org/books/llyfr-glas-nebo-the-blue-book-of-nebo