Aber-Tafol
Aber-Tafol is a hamlet in Aberdyfi, Gwynedd, Wales. Aber-Tafol is situated nearby to the hamlet Pant Eidal, as well as near the village Eglwys Fach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bearded Lake and Frongoch quarry.
Frongoch quarry
Quarry
Photo: WT79, Public domain.
Frongoch slate quarry was a slate quarry and mine in Mid Wales, approximately halfway between Aberdyfi and Pennal. The quarry was named after a nearby farm of the same name. 'Fron goch' is Welsh for 'Red breast'.
Penhelig railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Penhelig railway station serves the eastern outskirts of the seaside resort of Aberdyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1933. Penhelig railway station is situated 2 miles west of Aber-Tafol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eglwys Fach and Furnace.
Eglwys Fach
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eglwys Fach, also known as Eglwys-fach or Eglwysfach, is a small village, roughly 12 miles outside of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It is known for being the home of Welsh poet R. Eglwys Fach is situated 2½ miles east of Aber-Tafol.
Furnace
Village
Photo: PKwicipics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Furnace is a hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales on the A487 trunk road from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth, near Eglwysfach. It is the location of the Dyfi Furnace, used from the 1750s to the 19th century to make pig iron with charcoal as fuel. Furnace is situated 2½ miles southeast of Aber-Tafol.
Glandyfi
Hamlet
Glandyfi is a small hamlet in the county of Ceredigion in Wales on the A487 trunk road from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth. Glandyfi Castle was built in the Regency Gothic style in 1810 for George Jeffreys. Glandyfi is situated 2½ miles east of Aber-Tafol.
Aber-Tafol
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdyfi, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.55358° or 52° 33′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.99402° or 3° 59′ 39″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9C4RH234+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9205697897OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13281990
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In Other Languages
“Aber-Tafol” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Abertafol”
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