Bala

E51644
market town town

Bala is a small historic market town in Gwynedd, Wales, best known for its proximity to Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), the largest natural lake in Wales.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
BALA 1
Y Bala 1
Y Bala (Bala) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf market town ⓘ
town ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
governingBody Gwynedd Council ⓘ
hasCategory Lakes of Gwynedd (via association with Llyn Tegid) ⓘ
Market towns in Wales ⓘ
Towns in Gwynedd ⓘ
Villages and communities in Gwynedd ⓘ
hasDialCode 01678 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Ysgol y Berwyn ⓘ
hasLake Llyn Tegid ⓘ
hasLieutenancyArea Gwynedd ⓘ
hasMarketTownStatusSince medieval period ⓘ
hasOSGridReference SH925365 ⓘ
hasParliamentaryConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 2000 ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea LL ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict LL23 ⓘ
hasPostTown Bala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BALA
hasRailwayHistory Bala Lake Railway ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Capel Tegid ⓘ
Christ Church Bala ⓘ
hasUnitaryAuthority Gwynedd ⓘ
hasWelshAssemblyConstituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd ⓘ
hasWelshName Bala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Y Bala
historicalCountyTownOf Merionethshire (periodically, for some functions) ⓘ
knownFor being near the largest natural lake in Wales ⓘ
proximity to Llyn Tegid ⓘ
languageMajority Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
North Wales ⓘ
surface form: north Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gwynedd ⓘ
locatedInRegion Snowdonia ⓘ
locatedNear Bala Lake ⓘ
Llyn Tegid ⓘ
locatedOn A4212 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
A494 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearWaterbody River Dee ⓘ
officialName Bala self-link ⓘ
partOf Merionethshire ⓘ
surface form: historic county of Merionethshire
tourismType outdoor recreation ⓘ
watersports ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Gwynedd → contains → Bala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Y Bala (Bala)
Meirionnydd → contains → Bala ⓘ
Merionethshire → contains → Bala ⓘ
Snowdonia → contains → Bala ⓘ
Bala → hasPostTown → Bala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BALA
Bala → hasWelshName → Bala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Y Bala
Bala Lake → locatedNear → Bala ⓘ
Llyn Tegid → locatedNear → Bala ⓘ
Arenig Fawr → nearestTown → Bala ⓘ
Bala → officialName → Bala self-link ⓘ