Bethesda

Statistics
Population:	{{{Population}}}
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SH623667
Administration
Principal area:	Gwynedd
Nation:	Wales
Other
Police force:	North Wales Police
Ceremonial county:	Gwynedd
Historic county:	Caernarfonshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BANGOR
Postal district:	LL57
Dialling code:	+44-1248
Politics
UK Parliament:	Caernarfon
European Parliament:	Wales

Bethesda is a town lying on the River Ogwen and the A5 road in Snowdonia, north Wales, affectionately called Pesda by the locals. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. ... Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland - collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... There are a number of police forces in the United Kingdom. ... North Wales Police is the police force covering the north of Wales - specifically the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. ... The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. ... Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ... Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Gaernarfon, is a maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by the Irish Sea, E. by Denbighshire, S. by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and W. by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Straits, which separates it from Anglesey. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Caernarfon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... The River Ogwen (Afon Ogwen in Welsh) is a river in north Wales draining from some of the greatest peaks in Snowdonia before discharging to the sea on the eastern side of Bangor. ... Marble Arch - the start of the A5 road The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... See also Snowdonia National Park The north ridge of Tryfan (seen on the left in this picture) makes an enjoyable scramble in Snowdonia. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...

The town grew around the slate and stone quarrying industry, the largest of the local quarries being the Penrhyn Quarry. At its peak, it was exporting its dark blue-green slate all over the world, and in so doing it gained a reputation for being the world's best. The village was the site of a famous three-year strike led by the North Wales Quarrymen's Union from 1900. This led to the creation of the nearby village of Tregarth, built by the quarry owners, which housed the families of the workers who did not strike. Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... Stone can refer to any of the following: Stone may be used as a building material, as in this dry stone wall Look up stone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ...

During its heyday, the population of Bethesda peaked at 10,000 people, but it is currently around 4,327 people (2001 census). Current opportunities for employment are limited within the village. It is home to a small number of manafacturing businesses, although the majority of businesses are in the low-paid services and hospitality sector. For better paid employment, residents tend to commute to towns along the North Wales Coast. Bangor is the most popular location, however, some will travel as far as Cheshire on a daily basis. The lack of degree-based opportunites is one of the main reasons many of the younger people relocate out of the area to places such as Cardiff and Manchester as soon as they are qualified. Bangor, in north Wales, UK, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the English county. ... The Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle Aerial view of the Millennium Stadium The Wales Millennium Centre Opening of Millennium Centre The Cardiff Indoor Market Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ...

The architecture and layout of the town is utilitarian. Most of the buildings are constructed of stone with slate roofs. Some are constructed wholly of slate blocks although such buildings tend to suffer from damp and structural slippage because the very flat and smooth surfaces of slate do not bind well to mortar.

Most of the town is to the east and north east of the A5 road with housing packed onto the hill-side in irregular rows. This was due to the A5 marking the border of Lord Penrhyn's land, and the freehold land. This can still be seen in the layout of the current high street where all the public houses are only found on one side of the road. The upper parts of Carneddi, Cilfodan and Tany y Foel owe more to stone quarrying on the nearby hills rather than slate quarrying that supported the lower end of the town. At the eastern limits, the town is bounded by the rising land of the Carneddau mountains which form some of the more remote landscapes of Snowdonia. The Carneddau (a Welsh plural form, can also be written as Carnedds), are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. ... See also Snowdonia National Park The north ridge of Tryfan (seen on the left in this picture) makes an enjoyable scramble in Snowdonia. ...

Bethesda is noted for the number of chapels (see 1904-1905 Welsh Revival) and pubs in the town. The town was named after the Bethesda chapel, which was recently converted into residential flats. Infamous for its pubs, there are no less than ten places that serve alcohol in the Bethesda area (excluding Tregarth). It is noted throughout the surrounding area that the busiest night in Bethesda is Sunday, not the traditional Saturdays or Fridays. A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... The 1904–1905 Welsh Revival was the last full scale Christian Revival the nation of Wales has seen. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

Welsh is the main language of the village, and can be seen and heard everywhere. According to the 2001 census 77.0% of the residents are Welsh-speaking, higher than both the Gwynedd and Welsh average. Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...

Bethesda is the childhood home of shipman the lead singer of Super Furry Animals who grew up in the area known as Rachub / Llanllechid. Super Furry Animals (also known as SFA, the Furries and the Super Furries) are a Welsh rock band, with leanings towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. ... Rachub is a small village of about 700 people in Dyffryn Ogwen (Ogwen Valley), about half a mile away from the nearby, larger village of Bethesda, Gwynedd. ...