Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog
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For Tan-y-Bwlch near Aberystwyth, see Tan-y-Bwlch, Aberystwyth.
Tan-y-Bwlch (Welsh for Under the pass/gap) lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.
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Tan-y-Bwlch | |
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Tan-y-Bwlch railway station | |
Location within Gwynedd | |
OS grid reference | SH657408 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BLAENAU FFESTINIOG |
Postcode district | LL41 |
Dialling code | 01766 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
52.947°N 3.997°W / 52.947; -3.997 |
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Llyn Mair, an artificially created lake, is a popular picnic place, and there is a walk around it.
Nearby is Plas Tan-y-Bwlch, which today is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority.[1]