Talysarn
Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorothea quarry and Ysgol Bro Lleu.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes.
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
Lake
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf is a lake in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, Wales. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle". Llyn Nantlle Isaf no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-y-groes and Groeslon.
Pen-y-groes
Village
Pen-y-groes is a village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is located to the south of Caernarfon, and north of Porthmadog, by the A487 road. Pen-y-groes' population stands at 1,793 at the 2011 census, of which 88% are Welsh-speaking, making it one of the most predominantly Welsh-speaking areas of the country.
Groeslon
Village
Groeslon is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in Gwynedd, Wales. The population was 880 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages are Pen-y-groes, Carmel and Dinas.
Nantlle
Village
Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
Talysarn
- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: village in Gwynedd, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0525° or 53° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
-4.257° or 4° 15′ 25″ west
Population
1,090
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3P3V+26
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Talysarn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tal y Sarn”
- Asturian: “Talysarn”
- Basque: “Talysarn”
- Breton: “Talysarn”
- Catalan: “Nhalysarn”
- Catalan: “Tal y Sarn”
- Catalan: “Tal-y-Sarn”
- Catalan: “Talysarn”
- Dutch: “Talysarn”
- French: “Talysarn”
- Irish: “Talysarn”
- Persian: “تلیسارن”
- Scots: “Talysarn”
- Spanish: “Talysarn”
- Swedish: “Talysarn”
- Welsh: “Dolbebin”
- Welsh: “Tal-y-sarn”
- Welsh: “Talysarn”
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