Vivian Quarry
Vivian Quarry is a quarry in Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales. Vivian Quarry is situated nearby to Gilfach Ddu railway station, as well as near Padarn Water Sports Centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gilfach Ddu railway station and National Slate Museum.
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 650 feet southwest of Vivian Quarry.
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 1,200 feet southwest of Vivian Quarry.
Dolbadarn Castle
Castle
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 2,600 feet south of Vivian Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanberis and Dinorwig.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Deiniolen
Village
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deiniolen is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen. Deiniolen is situated 1½ miles north of Vivian Quarry.
Vivian Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12375° or 53° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.1131° or 4° 6′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4VFP+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 339621715OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vivian Quarry and Padarn Water Sports Centre.
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