Llanberis
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Llanberis is a village, community and electoral division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for
Llanberis seen from the bottom of Llanberis Path at the base of Snowdon
View across Llanberis Lake toward Snowdon c.1799-1800 – William Turner (Tate Britain)
Llanberris, c. 1850
St Padarn's Church
Dinorwig Power Station
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The Dinorwig Power Station, known locally as Electric Mountain, or Mynydd Gwefru, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales.
Llanberis
…in and near the village include the Snowdon Mountain Railway, the National Slate Museum, the Llanberis Lake Railway, Llyn Padarn country park and Electric Mountain. Tours of Dinorwig Power Station are also available from a purpose-built visitor centre. The village is a common starting point for ascents of Snowdon…
Part of the power station as seen on the exterior of Elidir Fawr.
Elidir Fawr with Marchlyn Mawr at right
Looking down on the power station from the slate trail above