Y Foel

Y Foel is a peak in Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 1,335 feet. Y Foel is situated nearby to the village Frongoch, as well as near the hamlet Rhyd-uchaf.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moel Emoel and Frongoch Internment Camp memorial.

Moel Emoel

Peak

Photo: John Horner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moel Emoel is a hill within the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, North Wales.

Frongoch Internment Camp memorial

Memorial

Frongoch internment camp at Frongoch in Merionethshire, Wales was a makeshift place of imprisonment during the First World War and the 1916 Easter Rising.

Maes Tegid is a community playing field in Bala, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Bala Town. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 504 seats and has been used by Bala Town since the 1950s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bala and Frongoch.

Bala

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Frongoch

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.

Llanfor

Village

Photo: Tamara Kwan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.

Y Foel

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,335 feet
Category: landform
Location: Llanycil, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.941° or 52° 56′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.6127° or 3° 36′ 46″ west

Elevation

1,335 feet (407 metres)

Open location code

9C4RW9RP+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3300828926

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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