Penygroes
Penygroes is a building in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Penygroes is situated nearby to the school Ysgol Gynradd Tanygrisiau, as well as near Tanygrisiau railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tanygrisiau railway station and Blaenau Ffestiniog railway 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 1,300 feet west of Penygroes.
Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station
Railway station
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line. Transport for Wales Rail operates services to Llandudno Junction and Llandudno. Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Penygroes.
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 3,300 feet southwest of Penygroes.
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.
Penygroes
- Type: Building
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98679° or 52° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.95732° or 3° 57′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C4RX2PV+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1090300974OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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