Afon Meillionen
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A bridge over Afon Meillionen
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Afon Meillionen flowing through the steep sided and forested Cwm Meillionen
Afon Meillionen (Welsh for Clover River) is a small river near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
It flows down , a small valley which lies on the north-eastern side of Moel yr Ogof (655m). Much of the river's catchment area lies within .
Afon Meillionen is a tributary of the Afon Colwyn, which itself joins the Afon Glaslyn in the village of Beddgelert.
"Meillionen" is also the name of a farmhouse in the Cwm and of a small halt on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
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- Beddgelert
- Rivers of Gwynedd
- Rivers of Snowdonia