Valve House

Valve House is a level crossing in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Valve House is situated nearby to Tanygrisiau railway station, as well as near Ffestiniog Power Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tanygrisiau railway station and Ffestiniog Power Station.

Tanygrisiau railway station

Railway station

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Tanygrisiau railway station is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway The line was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea but official passenger services began in 1865. Tanygrisiau railway station is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Valve House.

Ffestiniog Power Station

Power station

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The Ffestiniog Power Station is a 360-megawatt pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme near Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The power station at the lower reservoir has four water turbines, which can generate at full capacity within 60 seconds of the need arising. Ffestiniog Power Station is situated 1,300 feet south of Valve House.

Moel-yr-hydd

Peak

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Moel-yr-hydd is a subsidiary summit of Moelwyn Mawr in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. The mountain overlooks the village of Tanygrisiau and Tanygrisiau railway station from where the mountain can easily be ascended.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Tanygrisiau

Village

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Tanygrisiau is a village and area within Blaenau Ffestiniog in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.