Arfon

Arfon, from the Welsh for Facing Anglesey, refers to the southern shore of the Menai Strait, the part of mainland Wales closest to the island of Anglesey. It may refer to:

Places

• District of Arfon, an administrative subdivision of Gwynedd county (1974–1996)
• Arfon (Senedd constituency) (2007–2026)
• Arfon (UK Parliament constituency) (2010–2024)
• Arfon transmitting station, a radio and television mast near Caernarfon
• Arfon (cantref), an administrative division of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (until 1284)

People

• Arfon Griffiths (born 1941), Welsh footballer
• Arfon Haines Davies (born 1948), Welsh television presenter
• Arfon Jones, Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police
• Arfon Williams (born 1958), Welsh Anglican priest

Other

• Arfon (hymn tune), a traditional Welsh hymn tune
• HMT Arfon, a WWI Royal Navy minesweeper; now a protected wreck in the English Channel

See also

• Arfor - Welsh economic programme