Corris
Corris is a small village in the hills of Gwynedd, on the border with Powys. In the 19th century it was a slate-mining town and has many remnants of those times, especially the narrow-gauge railway, which has been restored.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corris Institute and Maespoeth Junction.
Corris Institute
Community center
Photo: Peter Glyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corris Institute is a community center.
Maespoeth Junction
Railway station
Photo: Rob Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maespoeth Junction is a railway station south of Corris in Gwynedd. It lies in the historic county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd, in the valley of the Afon Dulas.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: chestertouristcom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Centre for Alternative Technology is a charity and eco-centre in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corris Uchaf and Aberllefenni.
Corris Uchaf
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corris Uchaf, also known as Upper Corris, is a village in the south of Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature. It lies about 1.5 miles north of Corris.
Aberllefenni
Village
Photo: Hefin Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberllefenni is a village in the south of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, in the valley of the Afon Dulas, and in the community of Corris.
Esgairgeiliog
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esgairgeiliog is a village in Powys, Wales, UK. It is situated at the junction of the Afon Glesyrch's and Afon Dulas' valleys. Behind the village is the former Era slate quarry, in the Glesyrch valley, and the Centre for Alternative Technology lies about a mile south of the village.
Corris
- Type: Village with 599 residents
- Description: village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6526° or 52° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.8429° or 3° 50′ 34″ westPopulation
599Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)Open location code
9C4RM534+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 29739647OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652330Wikidata ID
Q3398830
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Corris” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Corris”
- Breton: “Corris”
- Catalan: “Corris”
- Cebuano: “Corris”
- Chinese: “Corris”
- Cornish: “Corris”
- Dutch: “Corris”
- French: “Corris”
- German: “Corris”
- Hebrew: “קוריס”
- Irish: “Corris”
- Italian: “Corris”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Corris”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Corris”
- Silesian: “Corris”
- Swedish: “Corris”
- Welsh: “Corris”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Corris”. Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.