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Places of Interest

Bala Lake

Lake

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Tegid, also known as Bala Lake or Lake Bala in English, is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 3.7-by-0.5-mile lake.

Pentrepiod Halt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pentrepiod railway station is a small unstaffed railway halt on the Bala Lake Railway alongside the B4403. Trains will stop here by request only, and the station can only be accessed by means of footpaths around the lake.

Llanuwchllyn railway station

Railway station

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Llanuwchllyn railway station in the village of Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 at the same time as the rest of the line, but subsequently reopened in 1972 as the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway.

Places in the Area

Bala

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby.

Llanuwchllyn

Village

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Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Llyn Tegid. It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales.

Llangywer

Village

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llangywer is a community near Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Merionethshire, and is located on the south side of Llyn Tegid. In 2011 the population of Llangywer was 260, with 67.2% of them able to speak Welsh.

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