Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn

Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn is in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Llanberis Touring Park, as well as near Lonely Tree.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cei Llydan railway station and Dolbadarn Castle.

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 1,900 feet north of Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn.

Dolbadarn Castle

Castle

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Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales. Dolbadarn Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn.

Glynrhonwy Slate Quarry

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 Slate Quarry is situated 2,600 feet west of Ystad Ddiwydiannol y Glyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dinorwig and Clwt-y-bont.

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.

Clwt-y-bont

Hamlet

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Clwt-y-bont is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying just to the south of Deiniolen. The two villages form one urban unit. Both were built in the early 19th century to house workers in the Dinorwig slate quarry, and both suffered when the quarry was closed in 1969.