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.

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

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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 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 division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of 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

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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″ north

Longitude

-4.1131° or 4° 6′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C5Q4VFP+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 339621715

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vivian Quarry and Padarn Water Sports Centre.

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