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Nantlle Valley at sunset
The Nantlle Valley (Welsh: Dyffryn Nantlle) is an area in Gwynedd, north Wales, characterised by its large number of small settlements.
Around 80% of the population of the Nantlle Valley speak Welsh as their first language. Some of the communities came into being as a result of slate quarrying in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries. There were a number of quarries in the valley, the largest being the Dorothea and Pen yr Orsedd quarries. Although the major quarries are worked out, there remains demand for slate waste for garden decoration. The horse-drawn Nantlle Railway served the quarries from 1865 to 1963.
In 1991 Antur Nantlle Cyf was established as a community enterprise to work for the benefit of the Nantlle Valley and its surrounding area. The valley was also where Josie Russell and her father lived after the Russell murder case[1]
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Dorothea Quarry
Dorothea QuarrySince quarrying ended in 1970, the Dorothea Quarry has flooded and become a popular site for scuba diving (even though there are no facilities provided, and diving is officially banned in the quarry); in places the quarry is over 100 metres deep with a network of flooded tunnels, and the unregulated nature and depth of the site has encouraged some divers to overestimate their capabilities – in the decade 1994-2004 21 divers lost their lives in the quarry.[2]
Settlements
- Aberdesach
- Carmel
- Clynnog Fawr
- Dinas
- Dinas Dinlle
- Drws y Coed
- Gyrn Goch
- Llandwrog
- Llanllyfni
- Nantlle
- Nasareth
- Nebo
- Pant Glas
- Penygroes
- Pontllyfni
- Rhosgadfan
- Rhyd Ddu
- Talysarn
- Tanrallt
- Y Cilgwyn
- Y Fron
- Y Groeslon
See also
- Nantlle Ridge
- Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
References
- ^ "Russells' new life after murders". Wales News. BBC Online. 2005-01-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4187323.stm. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
- ^ "Why Dorothea claims lives". North-west Wales News. BBC Online. 2004-03-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3557437.stm. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
External links
- The Official Nantlle Valley Website
- Antur Nantlle Cyf
- A photographic journey through abandoned Nantlle quarries
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of the Nantlle Valley and surrounding area
Industry
Coordinates: 53°01′30″N 04°17′00″W / 53.025°N 4.2833333°W
Gwynedd Principal settlements Bala • Bangor • Barmouth • Bethesda • Blaenau Ffestiniog • Caernarfon • Criccieth • Dolgellau • Ffestiniog • Harlech • Nefyn • Porthmadog • Pwllheli • Tywyn
Towns and villages Aberangell • Aberdaron • Aberdesach • Aberdyfi • Abererch • Abergeirw • Abergwyngregyn • Abergynolwyn • Aberllefenni • Abersoch • Abertrinant • Afon Wen • Anelog • Arthog • Beddgelert • Bethania • Bethel • Bethesda • Betws Garmon • Bodferin • Boduan • Bontddu • Bontnewydd • Botwnnog • Bryncroes • Bryn-crug • Brynrefail • Buan • Bwlch-derwin • Caeathro • Capel Celyn • Carmel • Carnguwch • Ceidio • Chwilog • Clwt-y-bont • Clynnog Fawr • Corris Uchaf • Corris • Croesor • Cwm y Glo • Deiniolen • Dinas • Dinas Dinlle • Dinas Mawddwy • Dinorwig • Dolbenmaen • Dolmelinllyn • Dwygyfylchi • Edern • Efailnewydd • Eisingrug • Fairbourne • Friog • Frongoch • Ganllwyd • Garndolbenmaen • Garneddwen • Gellilydan • Glasinfryn • Groeslon • Llan Ffestiniog • Llanaber • Llanaelhaearn • Llanarmon • Llanbedr • Llanbedrog • Llanberis • Llandanwg • Llandegwning • Llandeiniolen • Llandudwen • Llandwrog • Llandygai • Llanegryn • Llanelltyd • Llanengan • Llanfaelrhys • Llanfaglan • Llanfair • Llanfihangel Bachellaeth • Llanfihangel-y-Pennant • Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen • Llanfrothen • Llangelynnin • Llangian • Llangwnnadl • Llangybi • Llaniestyn • Llanigian • Llanllechid • Llanllyfni • Llannor • Llanrug • Llanuwchllyn • Llanwnda • Llanymawddwy • Llanystumdwy • Llithfaen • Llwyndyrys • Llwyngwril • Maentwrog • Mallwyd • Mellteyrn • Minffordd • Morfa Bychan • Morfa Nefyn • Mynydd Llandygai • Mynydd Nefyn • Mynytho • Nantlle Valley • Rhostryfan • Nantmor • Nasareth • Nebo • Pant Glas • Penffridd • Penisa'r Waun • Penllech • Penllyn • Penmaenpool • Pennal • Penrhos • Penrhyndeudraeth • Pentre Gwynfryn • Penygroes • Pen-y-meinl • Pistyll • Pontrug • Porthdinllaen • Portmeirion • Prenteg • Rachub • Rhiwddolion • Rhosgadfan • Rhoshirwaun • Rhoslefair • Rhos-y-gwaliau • Rhyd Ddu • Rhyd • Rhydyclafdy • Sarn Meyllteyrn • Soar • Talsarnau • Tal-y-bont (near Bangor) • Tal-y-bont (near Barmouth) • Talysarn • Tanygrisiau • Trawsfynydd • Trefor • Tregarth • Tremadog • Tudweiliog • Tywyn • Waunfawr • Y Felinheli • Y Ffor • Y Fron • Y RhiwUniversities and colleges Castles and forts Rivers Afon Artro • Afon Cwmnantcol • Afon Dwyryd • Afon Dysynni • Afon Fathew • Afon Glaslyn • Afon Llyfni • Afon Mawddach • Afon Rhythallt • Afon Seiont • Afon TrywerynIslands Categories:- Geography of Gwynedd
- Valleys of Wales
- Slate industry in Wales
- Gwynedd geography stubs
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