Tan-y-Bwlch
Tan-y-Bwlch lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Tan-y-bwlch” and “Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Oakeley Arms Hotel and Plas Halt railway station.
The Oakeley Arms Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Markz55, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate.
Plas Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Markz55, Public domain.
Plas Halt is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway in Wales, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea.
St Twrog’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd and Gellilydan.
Rhyd
Hamlet
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhyd is a small village in the Welsh County of Gwynedd, located on the B4410 road, halfway between Maentwrog and Llanfrothen. Situated on an elevated site within the Snowdonia National Park, the village has views of the Moelwyns, notably Moelwyn Bach.
Gellilydan
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. Gellilydan is situated 1½ miles southeast of Tan-y-Bwlch.
Llanfrothen
Village
Llanfrothen is a hamlet and community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, between the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog and is 108.1 miles from Cardiff. Llanfrothen is situated 2 miles west of Tan-y-Bwlch.
Tan-y-Bwlch
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94856° or 52° 56′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.99685° or 3° 59′ 49″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C4RW2X3+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29217067OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Tan-y-Bwlch” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog”
- French: “Tan-y-Bwlch”
- Irish: “Tan-y-Bwlch”
- Welsh: “Tan-y-Bwlch”
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