Frongoch

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Frongoch
OS grid reference SH905392
Principal area Gwynedd
Ceremonial county Gwynedd
Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district LL23
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
European Parliament Wales
List of places: UKWalesGwynedd

The village of Frongoch is located in north Wales. It lies close to the larger market town of Bala, on the A4212.

It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish prisoners from the 1916 Rising,


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