Nantlle Valley
The Nantlle Valley is an area in Gwynedd, North Wales, characterised by its numerous small settlements. The area is also historically important geologically, and featured in one of the most contentious disputes of the 19th century, between the 'Diluvialists'…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 597 feet
- Description: area of Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ysgol Baladeulyn and Mynydd Tal-y-Mignedd.
Mynydd Tal-y-Mignedd
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Mynydd Tal-y-Mignedd is a peak on the Nantlle Ridge in Snowdonia, north Wales. It is located at the centre of the ridge, and is a subsidiary summit of Trum y Ddysgl.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantlle and Y Fron.
Nantlle
Village
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn.
Talysarn
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.
Nantlle Valley
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Nantlle Valley” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
- Basque: “Nantlle Valley”
- Cebuano: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
- Dutch: “Nantlle Valley”
- French: “Nantlle Valley”
- German: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
- German: “Nantlle Valley”
- Hebrew: “עמק ננטל’ה”
- Swedish: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
- Welsh: “Dyffryn Nantlle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cilgwyn and Tanyraltt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and Pen Cwm Silyn.
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