Groeslon-waun

Groeslon-waun is a hamlet in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales. Groeslon-waun is situated nearby to the village Waunfawr, as well as near the hamlet Ceunant.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and Tryfan Junction railway station.

Waunfawr railway station

Railway station

Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.

Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, located to the south of the village of the same name. It was built in 1877 by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways as part of their Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway.

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 1½ miles west of Groeslon-waun.

St Garmon’s Church

Church

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Garmon’s Church is situated 1½ miles south of Groeslon-waun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waunfawr and Caeathro.

Waunfawr

Village

Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waunfawr is a village and community, 4 miles southeast of Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located near Snowdonia.

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 one and a half miles from Caernarfon and two miles from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr. Caeathro is situated 2 miles northwest of Groeslon-waun.

Rhosgadfan

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and within the community of Llanwnda. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum. Rhosgadfan is situated 2 miles southwest of Groeslon-waun.

Groeslon-waun

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.1173° or 53° 7′ 2″ north

Longitude

-4.20218° or 4° 12′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C5Q4Q8X+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3217611330

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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