Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway opened on 1 August 1896. It is a 778 feet long funicular railway in Aberystwyth and is the second longest funicular railway in the British Isles, after the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Grade II listed building in Ceredigion. At the bottom of the terrace, facing down Queen’s Road; the railway rises up Constitution Hill which forms the northern termination of the Promenade.
- Also known as: “Aberystwyth Cliff Railway Lower Station”, “Cliff Railway,Including Upper & Lower Stations,Cliff Terrace”, and “Rheilffordd y Graig”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Constitution Hill and Queensbridge Hotel.
Constitution Hill
Peak
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Constitution Hill is a hill in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth, situated to the north of the town. The hill overlooks Cardigan Bay in Ceredigion, Wales, running between the town and the coastal settlements Borth and Clarach to the north.
Queensbridge Hotel
Hotel building
Queensbridge Hotel is a hotel building, which is situated 380 feet south of Aberystwyth Cliff Railway.
North Beach
Beach
Photo: Keith Ruffles, CC BY 3.0.
North Beach is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Aberystwyth Cliff Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberystwyth and Clarach.
Aberystwyth
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Aberystwyth is in the county of Ceredigion, in Wales. Aberystwyth, called the true capital of Wales by some, is a smallish town on the Ceredigion coast, just below the Dyfi estuary.
Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
- Categories: funicular and transportation
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.42238° or 52° 25′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.08391° or 4° 5′ 2″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9C4QCWC8+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7352740538OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Aberystwyth Cliff Railway” goes by many names.
- Breton: “tren dre fun Aberystwyth”
- French: “funiculaire d’Aberystwyth”
- French: “Funiculaire d’Aberystwyth”
- Japanese: “アベリストウィス・クリフ鉄道”
- Welsh: “Rheilffordd y Graig”
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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 “Aberystwyth Cliff Railway”. Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.