Glanrafon Slate Quarries

Glanrafon Slate Quarries is a quarry in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales. Glanrafon Slate Quarries is situated nearby to the lake Llyn Nadroedd, as well as near the reservoir Llyn Ffynnon y Gwas.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rhyd Ddu railway station and Llyn Nadroedd.

Rhyd Ddu railway station

Railway station

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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 Dinas Junction on the LNWR. Rhyd Ddu railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Glanrafon Slate Quarries.

Llyn Nadroedd

Lake

Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Nadroedd is a lake.

Llyn Ffynnon y Gwas

Reservoir

Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Ffynnon y Gwas is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Nant Peris.

Rhyd Ddu

Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.

Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of Beddgelert, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.