Nant Francon, Gwynedd
Nant Ffrancon is a steep-sided glacial valley situated between the Glyderau and the Carneddau mountains in Snowdonia. It lies south of Bethesda and north of Llyn Ogwen. The summit of the pass at 1,024 feet is at Pont Wern-gof, about 1/3 of a mile beyond the eastern end of Llyn Ogwen. The River Ogwen flows through Nant Frrancon.
The A5 road runs down the eastern side of Nant Ffrancon and is the Holyhead to London trunk road which was re-engineered by Thomas Telford between 1810 and 1826.
A narrow and very quiet single track minor road runs down the west side of Nant Ffrancon.
Date: 7th May 2011
Location: view looking south from minor road
The A5 road runs down the eastern side of Nant Ffrancon and is the Holyhead to London trunk road which was re-engineered by Thomas Telford between 1810 and 1826.
A narrow and very quiet single track minor road runs down the west side of Nant Ffrancon.
Date: 7th May 2011
Location: view looking south from minor road
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