Friog

Friog
The road south of Y Friog. The railway passes through an avalanche shelter below and to the left of the road
Friog is located in Gwynedd
Friog
Friog
Location within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH618125
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFAIRBOURNE
Postcode districtLL38
Dialling code01341
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°41′35″N 4°02′38″W / 52.693°N 4.044°W / 52.693; -4.044
Rock avalanche shelter over the railway line, Friog
Track repairs, Friog

Friog (Welsh: Y Friog) is a small village in North Wales, near Fairbourne.

Its lake and beach are a tourist attraction to over 1,000 visitors a year.

Friog is notable for a rockfall-prone section of railway track, scene of two fatal accidents in 1883 and 1933 on the Cambrian Line. In both incidents, the only deaths were of the crew when the locomotives toppled over the edge of the cliffs after striking landslides with the coaches remaining on the track. In response, the Great Western Railway constructed a concrete avalanche shelter over the line in 1940.[1]

  1. ^ "Friog avalanche shelter, near Fairbourne". History Points. Retrieved 22 September 2023.