Betws Garmon

Betws Garmon

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=Betws Garmon
constituency_welsh_assembly=
latitude= 53.080
longitude= -04.163
official_name= Betws Garmon
unitary_wales= Gwynedd
lieutenancy_wales= Gwynedd
constituency_westminster=
post_town= CAERNARFON
postcode_district = LL54 7
postcode_area= LL
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SH547564
population=

Betws Garmon is a community and small hamlet outside Waenfawr and near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, Wales.

The summit of Snowdon lies within the community boundaries. Bryn Gloch has the newly reopened narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway passing alongside it.

Over the road from Bryn Gloch there is a parish church. Along the mountain you can see extensive slate workings.

Betws Garmon also has a park near it. Near the station there is a road which leads to Rhosgadfan. Up that road there is a footpath that leads to Y Fron. A river that flows through the hamlet is called Afon Gwyrfai.

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3499448 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Betws Garmon and surrounding area]


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