Blaenau Ffestiniog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbleɨ̯naɨ̯ fɛstˈɪnjɔg]) is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it...
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and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling through forested and mountainous terrain. The line is...
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Bala and Festiniog Railway (redirect from Trawsfynydd and Blaenau Ffestiniog Railway)
north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railway originally connected Bala with Llan Ffestiniog. It was incorporated on 28 July 1873...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from...
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from Llandudno via Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) to Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was originally part of the London and North Western Railway,...
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Dinorwic Quarry near Llanberis, the Nantlle Valley quarries, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, where the slate was mined rather than quarried. Penrhyn and Dinorwig...
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in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875. Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284...
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of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The...
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activity within the park. The national park does not include the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, which forms a unique non-designated enclave within the park boundaries...
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The Festiniog & Blaenau Railway (F&BR) was a narrow gauge railway built in 1868 to connect the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales with the slate quarries...
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