Welcome To Bangor.

Bangor, North Wales, is one of the cmallest cities in the United Kingdom. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 8,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge the population is about 18,000. Also, according to the census, 76.7% of the population speak Welsh (despite most of the students coming from outside Wales).

Bangor is largely contained to the south by Bangor Mountain although the large housing estate of Maesgeirchen, originally built as council housing, is to the east of the toe of the mountain near to Port Penrhyn. The presence of Bangor Mountain casts a shadow across the High Street, Glan Adda and Hirael areas such that from November through to March some parts of the High Street in particular receive no direct sunlight as they lie in the shadow of the mountain. Another ridge rises to the north of the High Street, dividing the city centre from the Menai Strait; this area is known as Upper Bangor.

Bangor has two rivers within its boundaries. The River Adda is a largely culverted watercourse which only appears above ground at its western extremities near to the Faenol Estate, whilst the River Cegin enters Port Penrhyn at the eastern edge of the city. Port Penrhyn was an important port in the nineteenth century, exporting the slates produced at the Penrhyn Quarry.

Bangor lies at the western end of the North Wales Path, a 60 mile long-distance coastal walking route to Prestatyn. It is also on routes 5, 8 and 85 of the National Cycle Network.

Bangor Railway Station, which serves the city, is located on the North Wales Coastline from Crewe to Holyhead.