Pen Braich

Pen Braich is a forest in Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales. Pen Braich is situated nearby to the hamlet Gwernydd, as well as near the neighborhood Gerlan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penrhyn Slate Quarry and Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda.

Penrhyn Slate Quarry

Quarry

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The Penrhyn quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda, North Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly 1 mile long and 1,200 feet deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen.

Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda

Church

Photo: The National Churches Trust, CC BY 2.0.

Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales is a Presbyterian Church of Wales chapel built in 1841–1842 and reconstructed in 1872–1875. Of colossal size, the chapel can accommodate 980 people in its horseshoe amphitheatre.

Carnedd y Filiast

Peak

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Carnedd y Filiast is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, forming part of the Glyderau. It, along with its top Y Fronllwyd, forms the most northerly summit in the Glyderau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tregarth and Mynydd Llandygai.

Tregarth

Village

Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tregarth is a village between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is in Llandygai Community. It had a population of over 1,300 as of the 2011 census.

Mynydd Llandygai

Village

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Mynydd Llandygai is a small, partly forested hill in Gwynedd, North Wales. It forms the start of the Glyderau ridge. It is also the name of the quarry village at the base of the hill situated at the edge of Snowdonia National Park at grid reference SH603655.