Glan-y-Don Tip

Glan-y-Don Tip is in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Glan-y-Don Tip is situated nearby to the power station Pant yr Afon Powerhouse, as well as near the quarry Llechwedd Slate Mines.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Llechwedd Slate Caverns and Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station.

Llechwedd Slate Caverns

Museum

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Llechwedd is a visitor attraction near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. It details the history of slate quarrying in the town and specifically the Llechwedd quarry in which it is located. Llechwedd Slate Caverns is situated 1,500 feet north of Glan-y-Don Tip.

Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station

Railway station

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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line. Transport for Wales Rail operates services to Llandudno Junction and Llandudno. Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station is situated 2,300 feet south of Glan-y-Don Tip.

Commercial Hotel

Hotel

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Commercial Hotel is situated 1,900 feet south of Glan-y-Don Tip.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenau Ffestiniog and Tanygrisiau.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog 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.

Tanygrisiau

Village

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Tanygrisiau is a village and area within Blaenau Ffestiniog in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.