Ffestiniog Granite Quarry
Ffestiniog Granite Quarry is a quarry in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Ffestiniog Granite Quarry is situated nearby to the park Oakeley Square, as well as near the pitch Blaenau Ffestiniog Crown Green Bowls Club.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station and Tanygrisiau railway station.
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 2,800 feet northeast of Ffestiniog Granite Quarry.
Tanygrisiau railway station
Railway station
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Tanygrisiau railway station is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway The line was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea but official passenger services began in 1865. Tanygrisiau railway station is situated 3,700 feet west of Ffestiniog Granite Quarry.
Ysgol y Moelwyn
School
Ysgol y Moelwyn is a Welsh secondary school in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The school provides education to students aged 11–16, in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, giving them GCSE qualifications. Ysgol y Moelwyn is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Ffestiniog Granite Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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.
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.
Ffestiniog Granite Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98862° or 52° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.94646° or 3° 56′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C4RX3Q3+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 461164232OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oakeley Square and Blaenau Ffestiniog Crown Green Bowls Club.
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