Braichmelyn

Places of Interest

Penrhyn Slate Quarry

Quarry

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The Penrhyn quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda, North Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly 1 mile long and 1,200 feet deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen.

Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda

Church

Photo: The National Churches Trust, CC BY 2.0.

Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales is a Presbyterian Church of Wales chapel built in 1841–1842 and reconstructed in 1872–1875. Of colossal size, the chapel can accommodate 980 people in its horseshoe amphitheatre.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Flhuluba, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Mynydd Llandygai

Village

Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY 2.5.

Mynydd Llandygai is a small, partly forested hill in Gwynedd, North Wales. It forms the start of the Glyderau ridge. It is also the name of the quarry village at the base of the hill situated at the edge of Snowdonia National Park at grid reference SH603655. Mynydd Llandygai is situated 1½ miles west of Braichmelyn.

Sling

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sling is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles west of Braichmelyn.

Tregarth

Village

Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tregarth is a village between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is in Llandygai Community. It had a population of over 1,300 as of the 2011 census. Tregarth is situated 2 miles northwest of Braichmelyn.

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