Capel Rhosgadfan
Capel Rhosgadfan is a church in Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales. Capel Rhosgadfan is situated nearby to Mountain Rangers FC, as well as near the school Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moel Tryfan and Tryfan Junction railway station.
Moel Tryfan
Peak
Moel Tryfan is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.
Tryfan Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated. Tryfan Junction railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Capel Rhosgadfan.
Waunfawr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway. Waunfawr railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Capel Rhosgadfan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhosgadfan and Y Fron.
Rhosgadfan
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and within the community of Llanwnda. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Carmel
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmel is a small village near Y Fron in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes. Carmel is situated 1½ miles southwest of Capel Rhosgadfan.
Capel Rhosgadfan
- Type: Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Llanwnda, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09171° or 53° 5′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.22954° or 4° 13′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3QRC+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 476739685OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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