Rhyd Ddu
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Rhyd Ddu is small village in Snowdonia, North Wales.
Rhyd Ddu is well known as a popular starting point for walks up Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path), Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. Rhyd Ddu railway station is the current terminus of the Welsh Highland Railway from Caernarfon, which aims to extend to Porthmadog by 2009.
T. H. Parry-Williams, the poet, author and academic was born and raised at Rhyd Ddu. He twice won both the Chair and the Crown at the National Eisteddfod, in 1912 and 1915.
[edit] External links
- The Rhyd-Ddu and Y Garn Walk
- An independent webpage featuring almost daily news of construction progress of the WHR
- A blog about a model of Rhyd Ddu station and Fridd Isaf
- Map sources for Rhyd Ddu
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