Fachwen
Fachwen is a hamlet in Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales. Fachwen is situated nearby to the hamlet Clwt-y-bont, as well as near Clegir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cei Llydan railway station and Penllyn railway station.
Cei Llydan railway station
Railway station
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway.
Penllyn railway station
Railway station
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Penllyn railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platform, but passengers are allowed to alight.
Glynrhonwy quarries
Quarry
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The Glynrhonwy quarries were two adjacent quarries in the Glynrhonwy area, north-west of Llanberis, in Carnarvonshire, Wales. They were: The quarries operated internal railways of 2 ft gauge and were served by Glynrhonwy Siding off the LNWR's Caernarfon to Llanberis branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clwt-y-bont and Deiniolen.
Clwt-y-bont
Hamlet
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Clwt-y-bont is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying just to the south of Deiniolen. The two villages form one urban unit. Both were built in the early 19th century to house workers in the Dinorwig slate quarry, and both suffered when the quarry was closed in 1969.
Deiniolen
Village
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Deiniolen is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen.
Brynrefail
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynrefail is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency and the Gwynedd Council Ward of Penisa'r Waun.
Fachwen
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.13574° or 53° 8′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.13774° or 4° 8′ 16″ westElevation
548 feet (167 metres)Open location code
9C5Q4VP6+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 518119804OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
10103964
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