Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry
Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry is a quarry in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the quarry Chwarel Cae’r-banciau, as well as near Glynrhonwy quarries.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glynrhonwy quarries and Cei Llydan 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 1,100 feet north of Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
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 Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
National Slate Museum
Museum
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The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd. National Slate Museum is situated 1¼ miles east of Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinorwig and Cwm-y-glo.
Dinorwig
Village
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Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli. Dinorwig is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
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. Cwm-y-glo is situated 1½ miles northwest of Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
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. Brynrefail is situated 1½ miles north of Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry.
Chwarel Ffridd-glyn Slate Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Also known as: “Shotgun Quarry”
- Category: industry
- Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12156° or 53° 7′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.14434° or 4° 8′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4VC4+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 477012895OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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