Gellilydan
Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomen y Mur and St Twrog’s Church.
Tomen y Mur
Archaeological site
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Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales, dating to the first century AD. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78.
St Twrog’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park.
Maentwrog Road railway station
Building
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maentwrog Road railway station was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tan-y-Bwlch and Llan Ffestiniog.
Tan-y-Bwlch
Hamlet
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Tan-y-Bwlch lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. Tan-y-Bwlch is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gellilydan.
Llan Ffestiniog
Village
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 2 miles south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is situated 2 miles northeast of Gellilydan.
Trawsfynydd
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trawsfynydd is a linear village in Gwynedd, Wales, near Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau and 10 km south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Trawsfynydd is situated 3 miles southeast of Gellilydan.
Gellilydan
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9377° or 52° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.96083° or 3° 57′ 39″ westElevation
499 feet (152 metres)Open location code
9C4RW2QQ+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 3751513455OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gellilydan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gellilydan”
- Dutch: “Gellilydan”
- French: “Gellilydan”
- Irish: “Gellilydan”
- Welsh: “Gellilydan”
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