Llyn Peris
Llyn Peris is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, approximately 1.8 km long and situated close to the villages of Llanberis and Nant Peris, and the smaller twin of Llyn Padarn.Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dolbadarn Castle and National Slate Museum.
Dolbadarn Castle
Castle
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales.
National Slate Museum
Museum
Photo: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd.
Llanberis railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis railway station is the southern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanberis and Nant Peris.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
Dinorwig
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.
Llyn Peris
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir in Gwynedd, Wales
- Categories: reservoir, moraine-dammed lake, and body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Llyn Peris” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Llyn Peris”
- Arabic: “Llyn Peris”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Peris”
- Dutch: “Llyn Peris”
- French: “Llyn Peris”
- German: “Llyn Peris”
- Japanese: “ペリス湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Llyn Peris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Peris”
- Russian: “Перис”
- Swedish: “Llyn Peris”
- Ukrainian: “Llyn Peris”
- Welsh: “Llyn Peris”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Y Ceiliog Mawr and Llanberis railway station.
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