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The Ffestiniog Railway Company appealed to the Planning and Environment Decision Wales [PEDW] over a decision by the Eryri ...
You won’t find any bougie cafés, cosy pubs, or charming bookshops at this abandoned village, just relentless Welsh rain, ...
The proposed heritage railway station at Beddgelert has been approved on appeal after initial rejection by national park ...
Lost slate mining village on rugged hilltops in Snowdonia dubbed Britain's 'Machu Picchu' bids for World Heritage status Gwynedd Council chiefs launched bid to have mines around Blaenau Ffestiniog ...
The Ffestiniog Railway, which cuts through the countryside in Wales, is Europe's No.1 scenic train line. It tops a new ranking by Which? of Europe's '10 best scenic railways', generated from a ...
A community group's plan to reopen a village's last pub is a step closer. Grwp Pengwern Cymunedol said volunteers were already coming forward with exciting ideas for the Pengwern in Llan Ffestiniog, ...
Known for its dramatic slate landscape, high rainfall, and raw charm, the former industrial town of Blaenau Ffestiniog has long divided opinion. But, despite its proximity to Snowdonia, it has seen a ...
The recent extreme heat has revealed the ghostly remains of a Welsh village drowned to create a reservoir supplying Liverpool with water. Capel Celyn, Gwynedd was a village in the Tryweryn Valley ...
The A470 runs right through the village which lies just south of the famous slate town of Blaneau Ffestiniog. From the pub head up the main road, passing the village school and turn right before ...
Cwmorthin itself is now an abandoned village, but once home to around 200 people, ... Locals wishing to visit the area can hike up to the site near the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
A COMMUNITY has agreed to buy its own village pub – and now needs £185,000 to keep it going. Villagers in Llan Ffestiniog were devastated when the Pengwern Arms Hotel shut last February ...
A community group's plan to reopen a village's last pub is a step closer. Grwp Pengwern Cymunedol said volunteers were already coming forward with exciting ideas for the Pengwern in Llan ...