Llangower
Llangywer is a community near Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Merionethshire, and is located on the south side of Llyn Tegid. In 2011 the population of Llangywer was 260, with 67.2% of them able to speak Welsh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Llangower railway station and Bala Lake.
Llangower railway station
Railway station
Llangower was a minor station opened by the GWR on the Ruabon to Barmouth line in 1929 on the southern shore of Llyn Tegid serving the hamlet of Llangower.
Bala Lake
Lake
Llyn Tegid, also known as Bala Lake or Lake Bala in English, is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 3.7-by-0.5-mile lake.
Pentrepiod Halt railway station
Railway station
Pentrepiod railway station is a small unstaffed railway halt on the Bala Lake Railway alongside the B4403. Trains will stop here by request only, and the station can only be accessed by means of footpaths around the lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parc and Llanuwchllyn.
Llanuwchllyn
Village
Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Llyn Tegid. It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales. Llanuwchllyn is situated 2 miles southwest of Llangower.
Bala
Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.Llangower
- Type: Locality
- Location: Llangywer, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.87641° or 52° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
-3.62943° or 3° 37′ 46″ west
Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)
Open location code
9C4RV9GC+H6
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