Bala

Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in , . It lies at the south-eastern edge of the . Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.
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  • Type: Town with 1,970 residents
  • Description: market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Bala, Gwynedd”, “Бала (Гвінэд)”, and “באלה, ויילס”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Bala Lake and Bala railway station.

Lake
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Tegid, also known as or Lake Bala…

Railway station
Photo: Ken Crosby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bala is the current terminus of the heritage Bala Lake Railway, in , Wales, since 1976.

Stadium
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community playing field in Bala, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frongoch and Llangywer.

Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in , . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bala.

Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community near Bala, , Wales. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bala.

Village
Photo: Tamara Kwan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , near the town of Bala, in the community of .

Bala

Latitude
52.9112° or 52° 54′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.5995° or 3° 35′ 58″ west
Population
1,970
Elevation
551 feet (168 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BAA
Open location code
9C4RWC62+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29761584
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656615
Wiki­data ID
Q171923
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالا”
  • Asturian: “Y Bala”
  • Basque: “Bala”
  • Belarusian: “Бала”
  • Bengali: “বালা”
  • Breton: “Y Bala”
  • Bulgarian: “Бала”
  • Catalan: “Y Bala”
  • Cebuano: “Bala”
  • Chinese: “巴拉”
  • Cornish: “Y Bala”
  • Dutch: “Bala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بالا”
  • French: “Bala”
  • German: “Bala”
  • Greek: “Μπάλα”
  • Gujarati: “બાલા”
  • Hebrew: “באלה”
  • Irish: “Y Bala”
  • Italian: “Bala”
  • Japanese: “バラ”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಲಾ”
  • Korean: “발라”
  • Lithuanian: “Bala”
  • Northern Sami: “Y Bala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bala”
  • Norwegian: “Bala”
  • Persian: “بالا، گوینز”
  • Persian: “بالا”
  • Polish: “Bala”
  • Portuguese: “Bala”
  • Russian: “Бала”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Bala”
  • Spanish: “Bala”
  • Swedish: “Bala, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Bala”
  • Tamil: “பாலா”
  • Telugu: “బాలా”
  • Urdu: “بلا”
  • Welsh: “y Bala”
  • Welsh: “Y Bala”
  • “Y Bala”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Llanycil and Rhos-y-gwaliau.

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