Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Caernarfon, from parking to pharmacies.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
999 or 112
Coast Guard
Dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard for anyone in trouble on the Menai Strait or the shore.
Police Station
Policing here is North Wales Police. Call 101 for non-emergencies and 999 or 112 in an emergency. Front-counter hours were not confirmed for this guide.
Caernarfon has no emergency department. The nearest is Ysbyty Gwynedd, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2PW, listed by NHS 111 Wales as open 24 hours every day. It is in Bangor, Gwynedd, not Bangor in County Down.
03000 840 840Meddygfa Hafan Iechyd
A GP practice on Doc Fictoria, listed by NHS 111 Wales. Visitors not registered here should ring 111 first; NHS 111 Wales gives the out-of-hours cover as 6:30pm to 8am weeknights and all weekend. Ysbyty Eryri on Lôn Parc is a hospital with outpatient clinics but, per NHS 111 Wales, no emergency department or minor injuries unit.
NHS 111 Wales is the free 24-hour number for urgent advice that is not life-threatening. Prescriptions are free in Wales when they are issued in Wales, for example by a Welsh GP or a Welsh out-of-hours service. A prescription issued in England and dispensed at a Welsh pharmacy is charged unless you hold an exemption, according to GOV.WALES and the NHS Business Services Authority.
Pharmacies
Boots
1-3 Pool Lane, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2AL
Listed by NHS 111 Wales with disabled access, a couple of minutes from Y Maes. Prescriptions are free when a Welsh prescriber issued them; an English prescription is charged, see the emergency notes.
Rowlands Pharmacy
Castle Square, 2 Bridge Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1AB
Listed by NHS 111 Wales with disabled access, on the corner of the square. It is the later of the two on weekdays.