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The Nantlle Valley is predominantly a football-playing region and a number of football clubs have been founded in the area over the years. The most prominent is Nantlle Vale FC [ 14 ] which was established in the early part of the 20th century and is still playing, based at Pen-y-groes.
Cilgwyn quarry is a slate quarry located on the north edge of the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales. It is one of the earliest slate quarries in Great Britain, having been worked as early as the 12th century. [1] [2] King Edward I of England was reputed to have stayed in a house roofed by Cilgwyn slates during his conquest of Wales. [3]
Unlike most of the other slate producing regions in Wales the Nantlle Valley developed a large number of small, independent quarries because most of the land in the valley was owned by a number of small landowners rather than a single large landowner. At the height of the industry there were over 50 quarries being worked in the valley. [4]
Nantlle (Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England. [1] war memorial in village
Railway enthusiast Rich Morris began collecting narrow gauge rolling stock in 1963, [2] storing many at his home in Longfield in Kent. [3] As the collection grew he sought a more permanent arrangement and in 1976, he came to an agreement with the Festiniog Slate Group to move many of his locomotives to Pen-yr-Orsedd, where he planned to set up a museum to exhibit his collection and tell the ...
Tal-y-sarn (Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog. [1] The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086. [2]
Penygroes (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɛnəˈɡroːɨs] ⓘ) is a village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is located to the south of Caernarfon , and north of Porthmadog , by the A487 road. Penygroes' population stands at 1,793 at the 2011 census , of which 88% are Welsh -speaking, making it one of the most predominantly Welsh-speaking areas of ...
Beddgelert (Welsh: [bɛðˈgɛlɛrt] ⓘ) is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2021 census was 460 (rounded to the nearest 10). [ 1 ]