Glan-y-gors
Glan-y-gors is a building in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales. Glan-y-gors is situated nearby to the archaeological site Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69, as well as near the peak Garreg Lefain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and St Michael’s Church, Llanrug.
Waunfawr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway. Waunfawr railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Glan-y-gors.
St Michael’s Church, Llanrug
Church
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael’s Church, Llanrug is situated 1½ miles north of Glan-y-gors.
Tryfan Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated. Tryfan Junction railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Glan-y-gors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waunfawr and Cwm-y-glo.
Waunfawr
Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waunfawr is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of Caernarfon, near the Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, in Wales.
Cwm-y-glo
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm-y-glo is a small village in Wales, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Caernarfon, between Llanberis and Llanrug. It is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency, the community of Llanrug, and the Gwynedd Council electoral ward. Cwm-y-glo is situated 2 miles northeast of Glan-y-gors.
Caeathro
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caeathro is a village situated on the A4085 road between Caernarfon and Waunfawr in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is approximately 2 km from Caernarfon and 1.5 km from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr. Caeathro is situated 2 miles west of Glan-y-gors.
Glan-y-gors
- Type: Building
- Location: Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12311° or 53° 7′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.197° or 4° 11′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4RF3+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 3209752774OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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