Tomen y Bala
Tomen y Bala is a castle in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. Tomen y Bala is situated nearby to the hotel The Goat, as well as near the church Capel Tegid & Bala English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte and bailey in Bala, Wales
- Also known as: “Tomen Y Bala”, “Tomen y Bala Castle Mound”, and “Tomen y Bala, Bala”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capel Tegid & Bala English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel and Maes Tegid.
Capel Tegid & Bala English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Church
Photo: Graeme Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capel Tegid & Bala English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a church, which is situated 690 feet southwest of Tomen y Bala.
Maes Tegid
Stadium
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maes Tegid is a community playing field in Bala, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Bala Town. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 504 seats and has been used by Bala Town since the 1950s. Maes Tegid is situated 1,400 feet west of Tomen y Bala.
The Goat
Hotel
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Goat is a hotel, which is situated 650 feet west of Tomen y Bala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfor and Rhos-y-gwaliau.
Llanfor
Village
Photo: Tamara Kwan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.
Rhos-y-gwaliau
Hamlet
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhos-y-gwaliau is a small hamlet in Meirionnydd, Gwynedd, North Wales, about 1.5 miles south-east of Bala. It is home to the Rhos y Gwaliau Outdoor Activity Centre and a now disused Victorian chapel, built for the Calvinistic Methodists.
Rhyd-uchaf
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhyd-uchaf is a hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, approximately 2.4 miles northwest of Bala and 1.4 miles south of Frongoch, on an unnamed road which provides access to Arenig Fawr. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78. Rhyd-uchaf is situated 2 miles northwest of Tomen y Bala.
Tomen y Bala
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, motte, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bala, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91156° or 52° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.59541° or 3° 35′ 44″ westElevation
548 feet (167 metres)Open location code
9C4RWC63+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 3334151452OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Tomen y Bala” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tomen y Bala”
- Swedish: “Tomen y Bala”
- Welsh: “Tomen y Bala Castle Mound”
- Welsh: “Tomen y Bala”
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