Bronbiban Slate Quarry

Bronbiban Slate Quarry is a quarry in Bryn-Crug, Gwynedd, Wales. Bronbiban Slate Quarry is situated nearby to Tynllwynhen Halt railway station, as well as near the motorhome stopover Tynllwyn Caravan & Camping Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tynllwynhen Halt railway station and Rhydyronen railway station.

Tynllwynhen Halt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

This is a list of the stations and halts on the Talyllyn Railway, a 2 ft 3 in narrow gauge preserved railway line running for 7.25 miles from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. Tynllwynhen Halt railway station is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Bronbiban Slate Quarry.

Rhydyronen railway station

Railway station

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Rhydyronen railway station is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway, near Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. It was built in 1867 to serve local farms, and the village of Bryn-crug. The name 'Rhyd-yr-onen' means 'Ford of the ash tree'. Rhydyronen railway station is situated 3,100 feet west of Bronbiban Slate Quarry.

Brynglas railway station

Railway station

Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brynglas railway station is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway, serving the hamlet of Pandy near Bryn-crug, in Gwynedd, Mid-Wales. It is 3.17 miles from Tywyn Wharf. Brynglas railway station is situated 3,200 feet north of Bronbiban Slate Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bryncrug and Abertrinant.

Bryncrug

Village

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Bryncrug, sometimes spelt Bryn-crug, is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Afon Fathew flows through the village and into the River Dysynni. The village is situated to the north east of the town of Tywyn, at the junction of the A493 and B4405 roads.

Abertrinant

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abertrinant is a small settlement in Gwynedd, Wales. It is 7 kilometres northeast of the town of Tywyn. Abertrinant is situated 2 miles northeast of Bronbiban Slate Quarry.

Tywyn

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Tywyn is a town of 3,300 people and seaside resort in Gwynedd, Wales. Tywyn sits on the Cardigan Bay shoreline of Mid Wales and is surrounded by the green valleys and hills of Bro Dysynni, which form the south-western corner of the Snowdonia National Park.

Bronbiban Slate Quarry

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

52.60007° or 52° 36′ 0″ north

Longitude

-4.03228° or 4° 1′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C4QJX29+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 817547715

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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In Other Languages

“Bronbiban Slate Quarry” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Chwarel Lechi Bronbiban”

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Highlights include Tynllwyn Caravan & Camping Park and Cwm-Pandy Slate Quarry.

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