North Wales
Gwynedd
Ffestiniog

Tanygrisiau

Tanygrisiau is a village and area within in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of , north-west . It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.
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  • Type: Village with 349 residents
  • Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Tan-y-grisiau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tanygrisiau railway station and Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station.

Railway station
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is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway The line was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from to for export by sea but official passenger services began in 1865.

Railway station
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serves the slate mining town of , , and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line. Transport for Wales Rail operates services to and .

Quarry
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was a slate quarry west of the village of Tanygrisiau, north . Quarrying on the site started in 1810. In 1860 it was connected to the Ffestiniog Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenau Ffestiniog and Manod.

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is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in . is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in , , about 2 miles south of . is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. is situated 2 miles southeast of Tanygrisiau.

Tanygrisiau

Latitude
52.98753° or 52° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
-3.95696° or 3° 57′ 25″ west
Population
349
Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)
Open location code
9C4RX2QV+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29778731
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636251
Wiki­data ID
Q3398814
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Tanygrisiau” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tanygrisiau”
  • Breton: “Tan-y-grisiau”
  • Breton: “Tanygrisiau”
  • Dutch: “Tanygrisiau”
  • French: “Tanygrisiau”
  • Irish: “Tan-y-grisiau”
  • Welsh: “Tan-y-grisiau”
  • Welsh: “Tanygrisiau”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ysgol Gynradd Tanygrisiau and Ffestiniog Granite Quarry.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tanygrisiau”. Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 3.0.