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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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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The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales...
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The Ffestiniog Railway owns and operates a number of heritage and modern-day steam and diesel locomotives. A full list of these locomotives with details...
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Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd (formerly in the county of Merionethshire), Wales, about 2 miles south...
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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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Bala and Festiniog Railway (redirect from Bala Ffestiniog Line)
north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railway originally connected Bala with Llan Ffestiniog. It was incorporated on 28 July 1873 and...
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Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT (redirect from Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0TT)
The Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0T+T were six 0-4-0T+T steam locomotives built by George England and Co. for the Ffestiniog Railway between 1863 and 1867. The...
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Llandudno via Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) to Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was originally part of the London and North Western Railway, being...
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Bethesda and Blaenau Ffestiniog. This article describes the complex evolution of railway passenger services in Blaenau Ffestiniog The Dinorwic and Penrhyn...
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The Ffestiniog Power Station (Welsh pronunciation) is a 360-megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme near Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, north-west...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog North (initially named plain "Blaenau Festiniog", without a second f) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger...
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(Welsh: Hen Neuadd y Farchnad Blaenau Ffestiniog) is a municipal building in the Market Place, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The structure, which...
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944; -4.006 The Vale of Ffestiniog is a valley in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, North Wales. It stretches from Ffestiniog in the east and runs...
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Ffestiniog Travel was established in 1974. It is a sister company to the Ffestiniog Railway (FR), both organisations being owned by the Ffestiniog & Welsh...
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Fairlie locomotive (category Ffestiniog Railway)
success of Little Wonder on the Ffestiniog, Fairlie staged a series of very successful demonstrations on the Ffestiniog line in February 1870 to high-powered...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station, where it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway. Before 1961 the route continued as the Bala and Ffestiniog Railway...
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The facility has its origins in the Ffestiniog Union Workhouse which opened in 1839. It became the Ffestiniog Public Assistance Institution in 1930...
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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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miles (8 km) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon...
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Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog...
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The Ffestiniog Flags is a geologic formation in Wales. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. Earth sciences portal Wales portal Paleontology...
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Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Coffa Ffestiniog) was a hospital in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Closed in 2013, it was managed by the...
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The Ffestiniog transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located on the slopes of Mynydd Maentwrog about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)...
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Festiniog Railway served a cluster of quarries around the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Most of these were slate quarries, although granite quarries and...
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years, until the first such locomotive-hauled passenger railway, the Ffestiniog Railway, was built.[citation needed] In 1845, in the United Kingdom of...
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Porthmadog, where passengers can change for services on the Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Bus services in the town are provided by Arriva Buses...
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Coleford, I. C. (October 2010). Smith, Martin (ed.). "By GWR to Blaenau Ffestiniog (Part One)". Railway Bylines. 15 (11). Radstock: Irwell Press Limited...
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Ysgol y Moelwyn (category Ffestiniog)
Ysgol y Moelwyn is a Welsh secondary school in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The school provides education to students aged 11-16, in Key Stage 3...
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Rosae Crucis Ryanair (IATA code: FR), an Irish ultra low-cost airline Ffestiniog Railway, a tourist attraction in Gwynedd, Wales Furness Railway, an early...
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