 Blaenau Ffestiniog, seen from Moelwyn Bach, showing the large waste heaps that dominate the town. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in North Wales. It has a population of 4,830 including the (2001 census). The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 241 KB) Photo taken by Stemonitis of Blaenau Ffestiniog, taken from Moelwyn Bach File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 241 KB) Photo taken by Stemonitis of Blaenau Ffestiniog, taken from Moelwyn Bach File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Moelwyn Bach is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. ...
Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ...
Geography
Located in the mountains of Snowdonia, the town was once a major centre of the slate mining industry. This industry declined during the early 20th century. The town's economy is now largely dependent on tourism. Although the town is in the centre of the Snowdonia National Park, the boundaries of the Park are specifically arranged to omit the town with its substantial slate waste heaps from the Park. Tryfans north ridge (seen on the left in this picture) in Snowdonia. ...
Splitting of the slate blocks with hammer and chisel to produce roofing slates requires great skill. ...
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See also Snowdonia Snowdonia National Park, or Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri (in Welsh) was established in 1951 as the third national park in England and Wales. ...
The hills around Blaenau Ffestiniog form the watershed between the River Conwy flowing to the north and the River Dwyryd flowing to the west. The River Conwy, or, in Welsh Afon Conwy , is a river in North Wales. ...
River Dywryd (in Welsh Afon Dwyryd) is a river in North Wales which flows principally westwards draining to the sea into Tremadog Bay south of Porthmadog . ...
Education Ysgol y Moelwyn is the main secondry school in the area, covering Blaenau, Manod, Tanygrisiau, Llan Ffestiniog, Trawsfynydd, Gellilydan, and even stretching into the Vale of Ffestinog. There are many secondary schools in the area, many are due for closure of merges with other schools[1].
Tourism Blaenau Ffestiniog boasts several major tourist attractions, including the Ffestiniog Railway, and also the Llechwedd Slate Caverns, a former slate mine open to visitors. Llechwedd is regularly listed as one of Wales' top 5 visitor attractions [2]. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Ffestiniog Railway (in Welsh Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in North West Wales. ...
Llechwedd Slate Caverns is a visitor attraction in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. ...
Blaenau Ffestiniog hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1898. It is traditionally part of Merionethshire. The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...
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Pronunciation The "official"[1] Welsh pronunciation of Blaenau Ffestiniog (IPA) is [ˈblaɪnaɪ fesˈtɪnjɒg] but the first word is more commonly pronounced [ˈblaɪna] by local Welsh speakers. This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language. ...
Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Transport links The main access route to Blaenau Ffestiniog is via the A470 road which runs from the north to the south of Wales. The A497, which runs West to East, feeds the Lleyn Peninsula into the A487 (which runs from Bangor through Caernarfon and into Porthmadog, which in turn connects with the North South A470. Immediately to the north of the town the A470 climbs steeply to the Crimea Pass and meets the A5 at Betws-y-Coed. The A470 at Bwlch Oerddrws The A470 is a major road in Wales, running from Cardiff to Llandudno. ...
The Crimea Pass (Welsh: Bwlch y Gorddinan) is a mountain pass in North Wales, on the A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan. ...
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Village sign Betws-y-Coed is a village in the county borough of Conwy, within the traditional borders of Caernarfonshire, North Wales. ...
At various times the town has been the terminus for four independent railway lines, each with its own station or stations:
Today Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station on the site of the former Great Western station serves as a combined station for the Ffestiniog Railway and the Conwy Valley line, their previous stations being no longer in use. The Ffestiniog Railway (in Welsh Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in North West Wales. ...
The Festiniog & Blaenau Railway had a short independent existence as a narrow gauge railway. ...
The Conwy Valley Line is a railway line in North Wales. ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...
The Bala Ffestiniog Line was a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway (GWR) railway in North Wales which connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. ...
The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction. ...
Noted current & former residents John Cowper Powys (October 8, 1872 - June 17, 1963) was a British (English-Welsh) writer, lecturer, and philosopher. ...
Llwybr Llaethog (Welsh for Milky Way, although the Milky Way has several names in Welsh folklore) are an experimental Welsh language band that effectively mix such varied musical genres as rap, dub, reggae, hip hop, and punk in their music. ...
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Bywyd Bach - the autobiography Professor Gwyn Thomas (born 1936 in Tanygrisiau, Gwynedd[1]), is a Welsh poet, academic and the present National Poet for Wales. ...
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Local Divides Locals divide Blaenau Ffestiniog into "parts" - among these are Tanygrisau and Manod. In this sense Blaenau Ffestiniog is sometimes used to refer only to the centre of town.
See also Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan is a small village in Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. ...
Tanygrisiau, with the Moelwynion behind Tanygrisiau is a village in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales (52°58′0″N, 3°55′60″W). ...
Llechwedd slate quarry seen from the north in 2005 Llechwedd quarry was a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. ...
Oakley Quarry is a slate mine in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales Oakeley Quarry originated in 1818 when Samuel Holland leased a small quarry at Rhiwbryfdir farm. ...
References - ^ G. M. Miller (Ed), BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971. ISBN 0-19-431125-2
External links - Wales.Info Information & Details
- Walesdirectory.co.uk Top Tourist Attraction
- The Ffestiniog Local website
- Landscape photographs in and around Blaenau Ffestiniog
Coordinates: 52.99113° N 3.93075° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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