07 Aug
Plumbing
Harlech - LL46
Enquiry from: Pauline S
Start Date: Immediate
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in Wales, in the historical region of Merionethshire, although currently part of the unitary authority of Gwynedd. The population of the community of Ffestiniog was 4,875 according to the 2011 demographics, including the neighboring town of Llan Ffestiniog, that makes it the fourth most heavily populated community in Gwynedd, after Bangor, Caernarfon, as well as Llandeiniolen. Llan Ffestiniog's population of 864 places the population of Blaenau itself at around 4,000. Blaenau Ffestiniog went to once the second largest town in North Wales, behind only Wrexham. After getting to 12,000 at the peak growth of the slate industry, the population fell with the decline in the need for its slate. Today the town relies heavily on tourists, who come for attractions that consist of the close-by Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. As the slate market declined, the population of Blaenau Ffestiniog has additionally decreased, to 4,875 in 2011. At the same time the tourist market has become the town's largest company. The restored Ffestiniog Railway and also the Llechwedd Slate Caverns are popular tourist destinations, as is the Antur Stiniog downhill mountain cycling centre. Current tourist attractions consist of the Zip World Titan zip-line site, which likewise currently includes the Bounce Below slate mine task centre.
