Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries
Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries is a quarry in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales. Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries is situated nearby to the quarry Twll Coch, as well as near Chwarel Cefn Du.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glynrhonwy quarries and Penllyn railway station.
Glynrhonwy quarries
Quarry
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The Glynrhonwy quarries were two adjacent quarries in the Glynrhonwy area, north-west of Llanberis, in Carnarvonshire, Wales. They were: The quarries operated internal railways of 2 ft gauge and were served by Glynrhonwy Siding off the LNWR's Caernarfon to Llanberis branch. Glynrhonwy quarries is situated 1,700 feet east of Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries.
Penllyn railway station
Railway station
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Penllyn railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platform, but passengers are allowed to alight. Penllyn railway station is situated 1 mile north of Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries.
Cei Llydan railway station
Railway station
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway 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. Cei Llydan railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanberis and Cwm-y-glo.
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.
Cwm-y-glo
Village
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Cwm-y-glo is a small village in Wales, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Caernarfon, between Llanberis and Llanrug. It is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency, the community of Llanrug, and the Gwynedd Council electoral ward.
Brynrefail
Village
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Brynrefail is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency and the Gwynedd Council Ward of Penisa'r Waun.
Cook and Ddol Slate Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12385° or 53° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.15313° or 4° 9′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4RFW+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 426621912OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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