Treflan Slate Quarries
Treflan Slate Quarries is a quarry in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales. Treflan Slate Quarries is situated nearby to the quarry Garreg-Fawr Slate Quarries, as well as near Garreg-Fawr Trial.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and St Garmon’s Church.
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 4,000 feet west of Treflan Slate Quarries.
St Garmon’s Church
Church
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Garmon’s Church is situated 3,300 feet south of Treflan Slate Quarries.
Moel Eilio
Peak
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Moel Eilio is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, that is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of Snowdon itself. It has two subsidiary tops, Foel Gron and Foel Goch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waunfawr and Rhosgadfan.
Waunfawr
Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waunfawr is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of Caernarfon, near the Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, in Wales.
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. Rhosgadfan is situated 2 miles southwest of Treflan Slate Quarries.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
Treflan Slate Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1042° or 53° 6′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.18387° or 4° 11′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4R38+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 477026473OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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