Blaenau Ffestiniog

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community former industrial centre town

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic slate-mining town in Gwynedd, Wales, known for its dramatic mountainous landscape and role in the Welsh slate industry.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Blaenau Ffestiniog canonical 22
BLAENAU FFESTINIOG 1
Vale of Ffestiniog 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
former industrial centre ⓘ
town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Gwynedd ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
dominantReligionHistorical Nonconformist Protestantism ⓘ
economicTransition from slate mining to tourism ⓘ
geography located in a high valley ⓘ
surrounded by mountains ⓘ
hasAttraction Antur Stiniog bike park ⓘ
Llechwedd Slate Caverns ⓘ
Zip World Titan ⓘ
hasNearbyReservoir Llyn Ystradau ⓘ
Tanygrisiau reservoir ⓘ
hasNearbyVillage Manod ⓘ
Tanygrisiau ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Blaenau Ffestiniog Station ⓘ
surface form: Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station
hasRiver Afon Barlwyd ⓘ
heritage industrial heritage town ⓘ
historicCounty Merionethshire ⓘ
knownFor Ffestiniog Railway ⓘ
Llechwedd Slate Caverns ⓘ
Nantlle Valley slate quarries ⓘ
surface form: Welsh slate industry

Zip World Slate Caverns ⓘ
dramatic mountainous landscape ⓘ
slate mining ⓘ
underground slate quarries ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
localAuthority Gwynedd Council ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
Snowdonia ⓘ
surface form: Snowdonia National Park

north-west Wales ⓘ
near Betws-y-Coed ⓘ
Ffestiniog ⓘ
Porthmadog ⓘ
OSGridReference SH7046 ⓘ
partOf Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales ⓘ
surface form: Welsh Slate Landscape World Heritage Site
postalTown Blaenau Ffestiniog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
primaryIndustryHistorical slate quarrying ⓘ
railwayLine Conwy Valley Line ⓘ
Ffestiniog Railway ⓘ
region Eryri ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
industrial heritage tourism ⓘ
traditionalIndustry slate export by rail and sea ⓘ
transportHistory terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ffestiniog Railway → terminus → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Ffestiniog Railway → connects → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Trawsfynydd → hasPostTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Trawsfynydd → hasNearbyTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Minffordd → hasHeritageRailConnectionTo → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Gwynedd → contains → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Conwy Valley Line → connectsTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
A470 → connects → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station → locatedIn → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station → locatedInTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station → serves → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station → nearbyTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
artificial lake Llyn Trawsfynydd → nearbySettlement → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
subject surface form: Llyn Trawsfynydd
LL41 postcode district → postTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Gellilydan → hasPostTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Gellilydan → locatedNear → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Blaenau Ffestiniog → postalTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
Llyn Trawsfynydd → locatedNear → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) → mainSettlementsInclude → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Maentwrog → locatedIn → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vale of Ffestiniog
Maentwrog → hasPostTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Maentwrog → hasNearbySettlement → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Llandudno Junction railway station → connectsTo → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ
Dolwyddelan → nearbyTown → Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ