Carmel, Gwynedd

Carmel, Gwynedd

:"See also the disambiguation page, Carmel."Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village has its own school, Carmel school and still has managed to keep a couple of shops, one a general store (Siop Doris), which is run by Doris Jones, the nicest shopkeeper in the world and the other a Post House, run by Mr. Campbell, not the post office as this was closed down in the postal cuts. The village also contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes. There are a number of other businesses including a driving lesson school and a car garage. Nearby villages are Pen-y-Groes and Groeslon. Notable residents have included Dafydd Glyn Jones.


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