Rhyd Ddu

Rhyd-ddu is a small village in , which is a starting point for walks up , , and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of , at its junction with the B4418 to and Penygroes. is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 37 residents
  • Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Rhyd-ddu” and “Rhyd-Ddu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Llyn y Gadair and Rhyd Ddu railway station.

Lake
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lake.

Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhyd Ddu is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1881 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to on the LNWR.

Peak
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a top of in , north and is the easterly end of the Nantlle Ridge. It has steep north-facing cliffs, the summit area being the highest point on a broad rocky plateau.

Rhyd Ddu

Latitude
53.0543° or 53° 3′ 15″ north
Longitude
-4.1359° or 4° 8′ 9″ west
Population
37
Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3V37+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1506384351
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
12264660
Wiki­data ID
Q1899529
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rhyd Ddu” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rhyd Ddu”
  • Breton: “Rhyd-ddu”
  • Breton: “Rhyd-Ddu”
  • Catalan: “Rhyd Ddu”
  • Catalan: “Rhyd-Ddu”
  • Dutch: “Rhyd Ddu”
  • French: “Rhyd-ddu”
  • Galician: “Rhyd-Ddu”
  • German: “Rhyd Ddu”
  • Irish: “Rhyd-ddu”
  • Persian: “رید دو”
  • Welsh: “Rhyd Ddu”
  • Welsh: “Rhyd-ddu”
  • Welsh: “Rhyd-Ddu”

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