Ffestiniog
/ (fɛsˈtɪnjɒɡ) /
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noun
a town in N Wales, in Gwynedd: tourist attractions include former slate quarries and a narrow-gauge railway at nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pop: 4830 (2001)
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Penrhyn Deudraeth is a mining village of no interest, except as the starting-point of the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway.
The Motor Routes of England|Gordon HomeBlaenau Ffestiniog is the more central and less beautiful; the old village (3 miles away) is far pleasanter.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith