Dolgellau

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Dolgellau is a historic market town in Gwynedd, Wales, known for its stone buildings, former woollen industry, and scenic location near the southern edge of Snowdonia National Park.

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Surface form Occurrences
Dolgellau Town Council 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
town
country Wales
dialCode 01341
economy agriculture
services
tourism
governingBody Gwynedd Council
hasArchitecturalStyle traditional stone-built townscape
hasBuildingMaterial local stone
hasCommunityCouncil Dolgellau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dolgellau Town Council
hasFunction local service centre for surrounding rural area
hasHighProportionOfWelshSpeakers true
hasParliamentaryConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd
hasPopulation approximately 2,500–3,000
hasRoadConnection A470 road NERFINISHED
A487 road
A494 road NERFINISHED
hasTrail Mawddach Trail
hasWelshAssemblyConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd
historicalIndustry gold mining in surrounding area
tanning
woollen manufacturing
historicCounty Merionethshire NERFINISHED
isCountyTownOf historic county of Merionethshire
isHistoricTown true
isMarketTown true
knownFor former woollen industry
scenic location
stone buildings
language English
Welsh
locatedIn Gwynedd NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
North Wales
surface form: north-west Wales
locatedInAdministrativeArea Gwynedd Council
surface form: unitary authority of Gwynedd
locatedNear southern edge of Snowdonia National Park
locatedOnRiver Afon Wnion
surface form: River Wnion
near Barmouth
Cadair Idris
surface form: Cader Idris

Snowdonia
surface form: Snowdonia National Park
nearRiver River Mawddach
osGridReference SH728178
postcodeArea LL
postcodeDistrict LL40
postTown DOLGELLAU
region Snowdonia

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Merionethshire contains Dolgellau
Sir Feirionnydd contains Dolgellau
Snowdonia contains Dolgellau
Dwyfor Meirionnydd containsTown Dolgellau
River Mawddach flowsThrough Dolgellau
Dolgellau hasCommunityCouncil Dolgellau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dolgellau Town Council
Trawsfynydd hasNearbyTown Dolgellau
Barmouth locatedNear Dolgellau
Llanelltyd near Dolgellau
A470 road passesThrough Dolgellau
Llanelltyd postalTown Dolgellau