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Rhosgadfan

Rhosgadfan is a village in the county of , formerly part of the historic county of , and within the community of . It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum.
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Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moel Tryfan and Tryfan Junction railway station.

Peak
is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, and , in northern . The higher and more famous peak of above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.

Railway station
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated.

Railway station
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to on the London and North Western Railway. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rhosgadfan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Y Fron and Carmel.

Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of , overlooking the , in , near Rhosgadfan and , on the tail of , with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and .

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village near in , north-west . The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes.

Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of , near the , , in . is situated 2 miles northeast of Rhosgadfan.

Rhosgadfan

Latitude
53.09044° or 53° 5′ 26″ north
Longitude
-4.23085° or 4° 13′ 51″ west
Population
660
Elevation
804 feet (245 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3QR9+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3409318073
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12261581
Wiki­data ID
Q3396925
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rhosgadfan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Breton: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Dutch: “Rhosgadfan”
  • French: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Galician: “Rhosgadfan”
  • German: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Hebrew: “רוסגדבן”
  • Irish: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Scots: “Rhosgadfan”
  • Welsh: “Rhosgadfan”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan and Capel Rhosgadfan.

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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 “Rhosgadfan”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.