Blaenau Ffestiniog

Blaenau Ffestiniog
St David's Church, Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is located in Gwynedd
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Location within Gwynedd
Population4,011 (2011)
OS grid referenceSH705455
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLAENAU FFESTINIOG
Postcode districtLL41
Dialling code01766
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°59′38″N 3°56′20″W / 52.994°N 3.939°W / 52.994; -3.939

Blaenau Ffestiniog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbleɨ̯naɨ̯ fɛstˈɪnjɔg]) is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies much on tourists, drawn for instance to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It reached a population of 12,000 at the peak development of the slate industry, but fell with the decline in demand for slate. The population of the community, including the nearby village Llan Ffestiniog, was 4,875 at the 2011 census: the fourth most populous in Gwynedd after Bangor, Caernarfon and Llandeiniolen. The population not including Llan is now only about 4,000.[1][2]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Blaenau F. population (W37000076)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Tanygrisiau population (W00000278)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2021.