Y Glyn
Y Glyn is an island in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Y Glyn is situated nearby to the hamlet Fachwen, as well as near the locality Gallt - y - foel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cei Llydan railway station and Dolbadarn Castle.
Cei Llydan railway station
Railway station
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway.
Dolbadarn Castle
Castle
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales.
National Slate Museum
Museum
Photo: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinorwig and Clwt-y-bont.
Dinorwig
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.
Clwt-y-bont
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clwt-y-bont is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying just to the south of Deiniolen. The two villages form one urban unit. Both were built in the early 19th century to house workers in the Dinorwig slate quarry, and both suffered when the quarry was closed in 1969.
Deiniolen
Village
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deiniolen is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen.
Y Glyn
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1275° or 53° 7′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.13316° or 4° 7′ 59″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
9C5Q4VG8+XPGeoNames ID
13286424
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