Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry
Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry is a quarry in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales. Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry is situated nearby to Tyn Yr Weirglodd Quarry, as well as near South Dorothea Slate Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorothea quarry and Llyn Nantlle Uchaf.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
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Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes. Dorothea quarry is situated 2,400 feet north of Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry.
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
Lake
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Llyn Nantlle Uchaf is a lake in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, Wales. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle". Llyn Nantlle Isaf no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.
Ysgol Baladeulyn
School
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Ysgol Baladeulyn is a school, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talysarn and Nantlle.
Talysarn
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.
Nantlle
Village
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Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
Y Fron
Village
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Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn. Y Fron is situated 1½ miles north of Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry.
Nantlle Vale Slate Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.04893° or 53° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.23912° or 4° 14′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C5Q2QX6+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 475437828OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tyn Yr Weirglodd Quarry and South Dorothea Slate Quarry.
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