Bala
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.
- Town with about 2,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 550 feet (170 metres)
- Description: market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as“Bala, Gwynedd”“Y Bala”
Places of Interest
Discover Bala Lake and Bala railway station.
Bala railway station
Bala is the current terminus of the heritage Bala Lake Railway, in Gwynedd, Wales, since 1976.
Maes Tegid
Maes Tegid is a community playing field in Bala, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frongoch and Llangywer.
Llanfor
Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.
Bala
This page is based on…
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
52.9112° or 52° 54′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.5995° or 3° 35′ 58″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB BAA
Open location code
9C4RWC62+F6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Bala” goes by many names.
بالاArabic
Y BalaAsturian
BalaBasque
БалаBelarusian
Бала (Гвінэд)Belarusian
বালাBengali
Y BalaBreton
БалаBulgarian
ಬಾಲಾKannada
발라Korean
BalaLithuanian
Y BalaNorthern Sami
BalaNorwegian
BalaNorwegian Bokmål
Y BalaNorwegian Bokmål
BalaSwedish
Bala, WalesSwedish
பாலாTamil
బాలాTelugu
بلاUrdu
BalaWelsh
Y BalaWelsh
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Llanycil and Rhos-y-gwaliau.
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
Gwynedd: Highlights
Learn more about Bangor and Tywyn.
