Rhosgadfan

Coordinates: 53°05′28″N 4°13′48″W / 53.091°N 4.230°W / 53.091; -4.230
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Rhosgadfan
Rhosgadfan Chapel
Rhosgadfan is located in Gwynedd
Rhosgadfan
Rhosgadfan
Location within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH506572
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAERNARFON
Postcode districtLL54
Dialling code01286
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Arfon
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
53°05′28″N 4°13′48″W / 53.091°N 4.230°W / 53.091; -4.230

Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and in the community of Llanwnda. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum (see below).

History and description

The view is of

Snowdonia National Park. The nearest town is Caernarfon and the nearest city is Bangor
. There are no shops in Rhosgadfan even though it has a population of almost 2,000.

The closest

glaciation there .[2]

Farming is the main economic activity in the village. However, the village once had a

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. The farming mostly consists of sheep
rearing but some other animals inhabit the area.

The

football club, Mountain Rangers, is very well attended and is the focal point of the village.[3]

The

C'mon Midffild was filmed in the village hall, prior to its destruction. The hall was destroyed in a blaze believed to have been caused by arson.[4] Nobody has been brought to justice. During March and April 2010 filming of SNOWDONIA 1890
, a new television series to be shown on BBC1 Wales in the autumn of 2010, took place at various locations in the area.

Education

Cae'r Gors - the Kate Roberts Heritage Centre, Rhosgadfan. In 1965 Roberts bought Cae'r Gors and presented it to the nation, but at the time there was not enough money to restore it.[5] It was not restored until 2005, after a long campaign to raise the money. It is now in the care of Cadw as a museum presentation of Roberts.[6]

A Welsh medium primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan, serves the village and the local rural community.[7] There were 47 pupils on roll at the school in 2016, and approximately 68% of the children speak Welsh at home.[8]

References

  1. ^ Moel Tryfan is at grid ref. SH515562; a larger mountain nearby, Tryfan, is also sometimes called Moel Tryfan.
  2. S2CID 131273984
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  3. ^ Mountain Rangers
  4. ^ "Villagers plagued by vandals". BBC News. 13 February 2004.
  5. ^ Gae'r Gors
  6. ^ Dylan Iorwerth, "Cadw's new quarry cottage", Heritage in Wales, Issue 54, Spring 2013.
  7. ^ "Inspection Report Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan 2010" (PDF). Estyn. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

External links

Media related to Rhosgadfan at Wikimedia Commons


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