Llidiardau

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.

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mynydd Nodol and Llyn Celyn.

Mynydd Nodol

Peak

Photo: Ken Bagnall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mynydd Nodol is a 539m high hill in Snowdonia National Park and lying within the community of Llanycil in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It rises above the southern shores of the reservoir Llyn Celyn about 4 km northeast of its higher neighbour Arenig Fawr.

Llyn Celyn

Reservoir

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Llyn Celyn is a reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales. Llyn Celyn is situated 1½ miles northwest of Llidiardau.

Llyn Arenig Fawr

Reservoir

Photo: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Arenig Fawr is a lake and reservoir located to the northeast of Arenig Fawr, a mountain in North Wales. The reservoir's primary purpose is to supply water to the nearby town of Bala and the numerous small villages in the surrounding area. Llyn Arenig Fawr is situated 1½ miles west of Llidiardau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd-uchaf and Frongoch.

Rhyd-uchaf

Hamlet

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Rhyd-uchaf is situated 1½ miles east of 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. Frongoch is situated 2 miles east of Llidiardau.

Capel Celyn

Locality

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Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, in order to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry. Capel Celyn is situated 2½ miles northwest of Llidiardau.

Llidiardau

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

52.92925° or 52° 55′ 45″ north

Longitude

-3.6758° or 3° 40′ 33″ west

Elevation

1,112 feet (339 metres)

Open location code

9C4RW8HF+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8919346276

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13279102

Wikidata ID

Q24182555

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Welsh—“Llidiardau” goes by many names.

Irish: “Llidiardau”
Welsh: “Llidiardau”
“Llidiardau”

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