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near to Penmaenpool, Gwynedd, Wales
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Toll bridge over the Mawddach at Penmaenpool
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Penmaenuchaf Hall Hotel near Dolgellau
Penmaenuchaf Hall, now a country house hotel Link , is situated on the south side of the Mawddach estuary above Penmaenpool, three miles west of Dolgellau in the county of Gwynedd. It is a large, grey stone, gabled,... ( more)
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The Mawddach Trail heading eastwards from Penmaenpool
The Mawddach Trail follows Sustrans route 8 on the trackbed of the old Barmouth Junction to Dolgellau and Ruabon railway line. To the west of Dolgellau, just over a mile from the photo location, the railway route has been built over by the... (more)
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Frozen estuary January 2011
Photo taken looking towards toll bridge at Penmaenpool near Dolgellau on 31st January 2011. Taken from the car park at George III Hotel.
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Toll bridge at Penmaenpool
Penmaenpool toll bridge is a wooden toll bridge built in 1879 to replace a ferry crossing. It links the A493 running along the south bank of the Mawddach to the A496 running along the north. It is Cadw-registered and was Grade II listed in... (more)
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Tarw Du Cymreig - Welsh Black Bull
Grazing at the approach to Penmaenpool toll-bridge Link .
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Penmaenpool Bridge
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The George III Hotel, Penmaenpool
The hotel was built circa 1650 and was once two separate buildings-one half was a pub and the other a ship chandlers' serving the flourishing boat building industry outside the hotel. The two buildings were matched around 1890 to form... (more)
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Mawddach Trail, Penmaenpool
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Old station building, Penmaenpool
The former station building on the closed Barmouth to Ruabon railway route has been extended and provides extra space for the adjacent George III Hotel. The trackbed now forms the Mawddach Trail, a pedestrian and cycle route.
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Penmaenpool railway station (site), Gwynedd
Opened in 1865 on the Aberystwyth & Welsh Coast Railway's line from Barmouth Junction (now Morfa Mawddach) to Dolgellau, this soon became part of the Cambrian Railway's empire. The station closed in 1965.
View north east... (more)
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Mawddach Trail - towards Dolgellau at Penmaenpool
Mawddach Trail follows the old railway bed along the estuary
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