Allt Ddu

Allt Ddu is a quarry in Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales. Allt Ddu is situated nearby to the house Bron Elidir including surrounding wall and steps to Dinorwic Slate Quarry, as well as near the ruins Tan-y-ffordd.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dolbadarn Castle and National Slate Museum.

Dolbadarn Castle

Castle

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Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales. Dolbadarn Castle is situated 1 mile south of Allt Ddu.

National Slate Museum

Museum

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The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd. National Slate Museum is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Allt Ddu.

Gilfach Ddu railway station

Railway station

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Gilfach Ddu railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway. Gilfach Ddu railway station is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Allt Ddu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dinorwig and Llanberis.

Dinorwig

Village

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Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.

Llanberis

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Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.