Penyglannau
Penyglannau is a hill in Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 741 feet. Penyglannau is situated nearby to the village Gellilydan, as well as near Maentwrog.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Twrog’s Church and The Grapes Hotel.
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.
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be built inland, with cooling water that was taken from the artificial Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir which also supplies the hydro-electric Maentwrog power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gellilydan and Tan-y-Bwlch.
Gellilydan
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Tan-y-Bwlch
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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 2½ miles northeast of Penyglannau.
Penyglannau
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 741 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.93289° or 52° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.97429° or 3° 58′ 27″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
9C4RW2MG+57GeoNames ID
12615283
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