Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers
Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers is an electrical substation in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers is situated nearby to the cliff Camfa Derw, as well as near Tanygrisiau railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ffestiniog Power Station and Tanygrisiau railway station.
Ffestiniog Power Station
Power station
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
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.
Tanygrisiau railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,300 feet northeast of Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers.
Moel-yr-hydd
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
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 Manod.
Tanygrisiau
Village
Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Manod
Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manod is a village, which is situated 1½ miles east of Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers.
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.
Ffestiniog Power Station Transformers
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98078° or 52° 58′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.96893° or 3° 58′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C4RX2JJ+8COpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Camfa Derw and Moel Ystradau.
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