North Wales
Gwynedd
Ffestiniog

Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry

Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry was a slate quarry in the town of , . It was located about 300 feet above the settlement of Glan y Pwll, south of what was to become .
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Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: Disused slate quarry in Wales
  • Also known as: “Nyth-y-Gigfran Quarry”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran and Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station.

Peak
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the slate mining town of , , and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line. Transport for Wales Rail operates services to and . is situated 3,400 feet east of Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry.

Quarry
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a slate quarry west of the village of , north . Quarrying on the site started in 1810. In 1860 it was connected to the Ffestiniog Railway. is situated 2,800 feet west of Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Village
Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and area within in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of , north-west . It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in . is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.

Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.

Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry

Latitude
52.99607° or 52° 59′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.95393° or 3° 57′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C4RX2WW+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 372816810
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q16934288
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In Other Languages

“Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Chwarel Nyth-y-Gigfran”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nyth-y-Gigfran quarry”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.