Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes

Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes is a quarry in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales. Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes is situated nearby to the quarry Twll Coch, as well as near Chwarel Cae’r-banciau.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glynrhonwy Slate Quarry and Cei Llydan railway station.

Glynrhonwy Slate Quarry

Quarry

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Slate Quarry is situated 2,800 feet north of Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes.

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 1¼ miles northeast of Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes.

St.Padarn Church

Church

Photo: Meirion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saint Padarn's Church, Llanberis is a parish church of the Church in Wales in Llanberis. St.Padarn Church is situated 1 mile east of Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes.

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 division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.

Cwm-y-glo

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 north of Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes.

Brynrefail

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2 miles north of Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes.

Chwarel Bwlch-y-groes

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.11745° or 53° 7′ 3″ north

Longitude

-4.15046° or 4° 9′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C5Q4R8X+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 477016853

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Twll Coch and Chwarel Cae’r-banciau.

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