Minffordd Quarry

Minffordd Quarry is a quarry in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales. Minffordd Quarry is situated nearby to Minffordd Ffestiniog Railway Station, as well as near Minffordd railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Minffordd railway station and Boston Lodge Halt railway station.

Minffordd railway station

Railway station

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Minffordd railway station is a pair of adjacent stations on separate lines in Gwynedd, Wales. The mainline station opened as Minfford Junction on 1 August 1872 at the point where the then recently built Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway line from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli passes under the earlier narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. Minffordd railway station is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Minffordd Quarry.

Boston Lodge Halt railway station

Railway station

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Boston Lodge Halt in North Wales is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea. Boston Lodge Halt railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Minffordd Quarry.

Penrhyndeudraeth railway station

Railway station

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Penrhyndeudraeth railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Penrhyndeudraeth on the Dwyryd Estuary in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with services between Shrewsbury and Pwllheli via Machynlleth. Penrhyndeudraeth railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Minffordd Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minffordd and Portmeirion.

Minffordd

Village

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Minffordd is a village within the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is situated on the A487 road between Porthmadog and Penrhyndeudraeth, and in the community of the latter.

Portmeirion

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Portmeirion is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of North Wales, most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.