Esgairgeiliog
Esgairgeiliog is a village in Powys, Wales, UK. It is situated at the junction of the Afon Glesyrch's and Afon Dulas' valleys. Behind the village is the former Era slate quarry, in the Glesyrch valley, and the Centre for Alternative Technology lies about a mile south of the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in the county of Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Ceinws”, “Esgair-geiliog”, and “Esgairgeiliog Ceinws”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maespoeth Junction and Centre for Alternative Technology.
Maespoeth Junction
Railway station
Photo: Rob Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maespoeth Junction is a railway station south of Corris in Gwynedd. It lies in the historic county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd, in the valley of the Afon Dulas.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: chestertouristcom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Centre for Alternative Technology is a charity and eco-centre in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development.
Corris Institute
Community center
Photo: Peter Glyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corris Institute is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corris and Pantperthog.
Corris
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corris is a small village in the hills of Gwynedd, on the border with Powys. In the 19th century it was a slate-mining town and has many remnants of those times, especially the narrow-gauge railway, which has been restored.
Pantperthog
Hamlet
Photo: Alzarian16, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pantperthog is a hamlet in southern Gwynedd in Wales, 2 miles north of Machynlleth and 14 miles southeast of Dolgellau. Nearby is the former Llwyngwern quarry, which is now the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Corris Uchaf
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corris Uchaf, also known as Upper Corris, is a village in the south of Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature. It lies about 1.5 miles north of Corris. Corris Uchaf is situated 2 miles northwest of Esgairgeiliog.
Esgairgeiliog
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Glantwymyn, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63784° or 52° 38′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.83339° or 3° 50′ 0″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C4RJ5Q8+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4124827674OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Esgairgeiliog” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Esgairgeiliog”
- Dutch: “Ceinws”
- Dutch: “Esgairgeiliog”
- French: “Esgairgeiliog”
- Irish: “Ceinws”
- Irish: “Esgairgeiliog”
- Scots: “Esgairgeiliog”
- Welsh: “Ceinws”
- Welsh: “Esgairgeiliog”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tafarn Dwynant Inn and Rhiw’r Gwreiddyn Slate 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 “Esgairgeiliog”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.