Rhyd-uchaf
Rhyd-uchaf is a hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, approximately 2.4 miles northwest of Bala and 1.4 miles south of Frongoch, on an unnamed road which provides access to Arenig Fawr. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen Ty-Nant and Frongoch Internment Camp memorial.
Pen Ty-Nant
Peak
Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon, which is 1,085 metres tall.
Frongoch Internment Camp memorial
Memorial
Frongoch internment camp at Frongoch in Merionethshire, Wales was a makeshift place of imprisonment during the First World War and the 1916 Easter Rising.
Maes Tegid
Stadium
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maes Tegid is a community playing field in Bala, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Bala Town. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 504 seats and has been used by Bala Town since the 1950s. Maes Tegid is situated 2 miles southeast of Rhyd-uchaf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frongoch and Llidiardau.
Frongoch
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.
Llidiardau
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llidiardau is a small hamlet in Gwynedd, North Wales, approximately 4 miles northwest of Bala, on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from Arenig Fawr and in the shadow of Mynydd Nodol. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20. Llidiardau is situated 1½ miles west of Rhyd-uchaf.
Bala
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.
Rhyd-uchaf
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Llanycil, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.92787° or 52° 55′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.63702° or 3° 38′ 13″ westElevation
801 feet (244 metres)Open location code
9C4RW9H7+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 8919346275OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Rhyd-uchaf” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Rhyduchaf”
- Welsh: “Rhyduchaf”
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