The 13 5 mile narrow gauge line was originally built to carry slate and for many years was worked by gravity We travel aboard one of the famous double Fairlie steam engines Merddin Emrys for a ...

Bleanau Ffestiniog is a town in the county of Gywnedd. It is the slate capital of North Wales, and while the mining of slate is not at the level it once was it is still what the town is known for.

Firefighters battled a large hillside blaze at Blaenau Ffestiniog on Sunday night, March 16. The fire broke out at Cwm Bowydd yesterday evening. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had ...

Building Communities Trust's Chris Johnes says local projects like ydrefwerdd in Blaenau Ffestiniog are making it "better prepared to cope with economic shocks," like pandemics or the cost of ...

ORGANISERS behind a new website dedicated to Blaenau Ffestiniog hope it will bring the attractions and heritage of the town to a wider audience. ORGANISERS behind a new website dedicated to ...

Blaenau Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital would cease to have inpatient beds A Gwynedd community hospital should be developed as a health centre with no in-patient beds, says a long-awaited report for ...