Garnedd-Wen Formation, Corris

Name: Garnedd-Wen Formation
Address: Corris, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Corris

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The Garnedd-Wen Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is a mixture of mudstones, siltstones, fine- to coarse-grained sandstones, greywackes and conglomerates. The formation extends from Dinas Mawddwy in the north-east to Tywyn in the south-west. ()

Coordinates: 52°38'7"N, 3°54'26"W

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Corris United Kingdom

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Garnedd-Wen Formation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: MOMA, Dolgoch Falls, Hughes Memorial, Castell y Bere.

3.8 miSE
Theater, Art museum, Museum
MOMA, Machynlleth
97 min walk • MOMA Machynlleth or Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth is an arts centre and gallery adjacent to Y Tabernacl in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. The Tabernacle was converted in the mid-1980s from a Wesleyan chapel into a centre for the performing arts. Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, with six exhibition spaces.
3.8 miW
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Dolgoch Falls, Snowdonia National Park
98 min walk • The Dolgoch Falls are a series of three waterfalls near Tywyn in Gwynedd, Mid Wales. The falls are part of the Nant Dol-gôch stream, which flows into the Afon Fathew, and form a popular walk from the nearby Dolgoch station on the Talyllyn Railway.
3 miNE
Memorial
Hughes Memorial, Corris
76 min walk • The Hughes Memorial in Corris is a memorial obelisk commemorating Alfred W Hughes, who served as a surgeon in the Second Boer War. He died of fever in South Africa in 1900. In 2013, Professor Chris Williams of Swansea University described it as one of the most important objects in Welsh history.
3.1 miNW
Ruins, Forts and castles
Castell y Bere, Tywyn
80 min walk • Castell y Bere is a Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, Wales. Constructed by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s, the stone castle was intended to maintain his authority over the local people and to defend the south-west part of the princedom of Gwynedd.
3.9 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House, Machynlleth
101 min walk • Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House was traditionally the building where Owain Glyndŵr held a parliament after being crowned Prince of Wales in 1404. However the origin of the building is probably later.
2.7 miNE
Classes and workshops, Arts and crafts
Corris Craft Centre, Corris
70 min walk • Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales. It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site. Celebrating 40 years in 2022.
7.7 miNW
Bridge
Barmouth Bridge
198 min walk • Barmouth Bridge, or Barmouth Viaduct is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the Afon Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales. It is 820 metres long and carries the Cambrian Line. It is the longest timber viaduct in Wales and one of the oldest in regular use in Britain.
2.9 miE
Museum
Centre for Alternative Technology, Snowdonia National Park
75 min walk • The Centre for Alternative Technology is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on alternative technology, but provides information on all aspects of sustainable living.
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Cwm Amarch, Snowdonia National Park
100 min walk • Craig Cwm Amarch is not synonymous with Craig y Cau but names the headwall of Cwm Amarch on Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. There seems to be some confusion over naming by people who are not local.
3.5 miS
Church
St Peter ad Vincula, Pennal
89 min walk • The parish church of St Peter ad Vincula in the village of Pennal in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, is notable as the site of the last senate meeting held by the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr. It was founded in the 6th century, supposedly by St Tannwg and St Eithrias, and is the only church in Wales with this dedication.
3.2 miNE
Rock
Broad Vein Mudstone Formation, Corris
83 min walk • The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length.