Gilfach Ddu railway station
Gilfach Ddu railway station is an intermediate 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Gilfach Ddu Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Slate Museum and Dolbadarn Castle.
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. National Slate Museum is situated 740 feet south of Gilfach Ddu railway station.
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. Dolbadarn Castle is situated 2,200 feet south of Gilfach Ddu railway station.
Quarry Hospital
Museum
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quarry Hospital is a museum, which is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Gilfach Ddu railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanberis and Dinorwig.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
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.
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. Deiniolen is situated 1½ miles north of Gilfach Ddu railway station.
Gilfach Ddu railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12266° or 53° 7′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.11547° or 4° 6′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4VFM+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1270215766OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q28197591
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Gilfach Ddu railway station” goes by many names.
- French: “Gilfach Ddu”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Gilfach Ddu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Padarn Water Sports Centre and Vivian Quarry.
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