north wales walks in detail - Short Walks
grade:easy
distance: 0.00km , 0.00 miles
ascent/descent: 0.00
terrain: Mountainous, post industrial
os grid ref: SH695463
lat/long 52.9978, -3.9447
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3 : Blaenau Slate Trail
Nearest Town : Blaenau Ffestiniog
Two hundred years ago Blaenau Ffestiniog was an area of small hamlets and scattered farms. With the growth of the slate industry during the 19th Century the population of the parish of Ffestiniog grew from less than 800 to over 10,000. Unlike the areas further north, almost all of the workings were underground owing to the overlying thickness of rock. It was common for quarrymen and their families to supplement their wages from the quarry by running a smallholding (tyddyn). This was hard work as the land on the lower slopes of the mountains was often poor and unproductive. These small farms with their tidy paddocks surrounded by skilfully built dry stone walls are still familiar features throughout the slate areas.
Other Walks Nearby
Attractions Nearby
- Llechwedd Slate Caverns (~0.6 miles)
- Piggery Pottery (~0.6 miles)
- Ty Mawr Wybrnant (~5.5 miles)
- Portmeirion (~8.4 miles)
Accommodation Nearby
- Plas Tan y Bwlch - Blaenau Ffestiniog (~0.6 miles)
- The Don - Blaenau Ffestiniog (~0.6 miles)
- Ty Gwyn Hotel - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- Royal Oak Hotel - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- The Ferns Guest House - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- Penmachno Hall - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- Mairlys - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- Maes-y-Garth - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- Garth Dderwen - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
- YHA Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed (~10 miles)
