Felin Fawr Slate Works, Bethesda

Name: Felin Fawr Slate Works
Address: Bethesda, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Bethesda

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Felin Fawr Works is a former slate works to Penrhyn Quarry Railway in Bethesda, Wales. It dates back to 1803; This is when the first mill was supposedly built. Felin Fawr closed in September 1965 with its current owners being Felin Fawr Cyf. Most of the buildings, if not all of them, are listed. ()

Coordinates: 53°10'35"N, 4°4'26"W

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Bethesda United Kingdom

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Felin Fawr Slate Works – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dinorwic Quarry, Penrhyn Castle, Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum, Jerusalem Chapel.

3.6 miS
Climbing
Dinorwic Quarry, Llanberis
93 min walk • Dinorwic quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in Wales.
3.5 miN
Forts and castles, Specialty museum, Museum
Penrhyn Castle, Bangor
90 min walk • Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan.
3.6 miN
Museum
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
91 min walk • The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales. In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family, owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda.
0.6 miNE
Church
Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda
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2.9 miE
Mountain
Carneddau, Snowdonia National Park
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3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Elidir Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
81 min walk • Elidir Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales, the northernmost peak in the Glyderau. To the north of the summit is a small lake, Marchlyn Mawr, which is the upper reservoir for Dinorwig power station, a pump-storage power station hidden inside the mountain.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carnedd y Filiast, Snowdonia National Park
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3.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carnedd Dafydd, Snowdonia National Park
93 min walk • Carnedd Dafydd is a mountain peak in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, North Wales, and is the third highest peak in Wales, or the fourth if Crib y Ddysgl on the Snowdon ridge is counted.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Spinnies, Bangor
91 min walk • Spinnies Aberogwen is a Nature reserve located 2 miles East of Bangor, in Gwynedd unitary authority, north west Wales. The reserve is owned and managed by North Wales Wildlife Trust.
2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Perfedd, Snowdonia National Park
69 min walk • Mynydd Perfedd is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, forming part of the Glyderau. The summit has a shelter cairn, offering good views of Foel-goch's north-eastern face, and the Carneddau.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yr Elen, Snowdonia National Park
96 min walk • Yr Elen is a mountain in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, Wales. It is the ninth highest mountain in Snowdonia. The average annual temperature of the peak is around 4 °C.