Bwlch Carreg-y-Fran
Bwlch Carreg-y-Fran is a locality in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Bwlch Carreg-y-Fran is situated nearby to the locality Cwm Teigl, as well as near Rhyd yr Helen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Manod Mawr North Top and Blaen y Cwm quarry.
Manod Mawr North Top
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.
Blaen y Cwm quarry
Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914.
Rhiwbach quarry
Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhiwbach quarry was a slate quarry located to the east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. The quarry was a remote site; it was nearly 4 miles to north-east of Duffws, the Festiniog Railway's terminus in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Manod.
Cwm Penmachno
Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.
Manod
Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manod is a village, which is situated 2 miles west of Bwlch Carreg-y-Fran.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Bwlch Carreg-y-Fran
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.99258° or 52° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.88578° or 3° 53′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C4RX4V7+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9559050181OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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