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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dinorwig

  

Dinorwig Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dinorwig

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Dinorwig history

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Dinorwig has a long history of slate quarrying. The Romans used local slate for the construction of Segontium and Caernarfon Castle. The main local quarry was the Dinorwic Quarry, which was worked from the late 1770s until 1969. After the First World War, cheaper alternative roofing materials became available.

Dinorwig etymology

It is thought that it was part of the territory of the pre-Roman Ordovices tribe. The element -orwig, -orweg has been thought to derive from the tribal name. From mediaeval times it has been part of Llanddeiniolen.

You can visit Dinorwig places with Walkfo Dinorwig to hear history at Dinorwig’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dinorwig has 26 places to visit in our interactive Dinorwig map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Dinorwig, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Dinorwig places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dinorwig & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Dinorwig Places Map
26 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Dinorwig tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Dinorwig

  

Best Dinorwig places to visit

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Dinorwig has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Dinorwig’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Dinorwig’s information audio spots:

Elidir Fawr Elidir Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales, the northernmost peak in the Glyderau. Lake Marchlyn Mawr is the upper reservoir for Dinorwig power station, a pump-storage power station hidden inside the mountain.

Dinorwig Dinorwig is a small village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. Dinorwic is a Welsh village located in the Welsh mountains.

Llanberis Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking and pony trekking. It takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.

Bangor University Boat Club The club’s home water is Llyn Padarn in the nearby village of Llanberis, approximately 20 minutes outside Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. BUBC competes in BUCS events throughout the year.

National Slate Museum The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry. The museum is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) and part of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

Dinorwig Power Station The Dinorwig Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme. It can supply a maximum power of 1,728-megawatt (2,317,000 hp) and has a storage capacity of around 9.1 GWh (33 TJ)

Snowdon Mountain Railway The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. The SMR was the inspiration for the fictional Culdee Fell Railway, appearing in the book Mountain Engines.

Gilfach Ddu Gilfach Ddu (also known as Dinorwic Slate Quarry Quarry Workshops) are a series of well preserved Grade I listed industrial buildings. The complex includes saw sheds, patternmaking shops, foundry with copula, blacksmiths shops, fitting shops, stores, engine sheds, a canteen, the chief engineers house, a hand operated crane and two waterwheels which provided the site with its power.

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