Llanberis, Gwynedd - Snowdon Mountain Railway - LNWR postcard, 1904

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• Picture / Image:  Snowdon Mountain Railway, llanberis [Gwynedd]
• Publisher: London  North Western Railway Company
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• Notes / condition: slight bumped corner

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Llanberis (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈbɛris]) is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking and pony trekking, as well as water sports such as scuba diving. The community includes Nant Peris.

Llanberis takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.[2] It is twinned with the Italian town of Morbegno in Lombardy.

The ruins of Dolbadarn Castle, which were painted by Richard Wilson and J. M. W. Turner, stand above the village. The 13th century fortress was built by Llywelyn the Great and is a grade I listed building.[3]

The church of St Padarn is grade II* listed, as is the chapel of Capel Coch.[4]

In the 18th century Llanberis was the home of the legendary strong woman Marged ferch Ifan.[5]

Places of interest 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.[8]

The village is a common starting point for ascents of Snowdon because the Llanberis Path begins in the village. Although it is the longest route, it is the least strenuous route to the summit, largely following the line of the Snowdon Mountain Railway.[9] This makes it the most popular walking route on the mountain.[10]

Dolbadarn Castle, a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, is located at the base of the Llanberis Pass. The castle was important both militarily and as a symbol of Llywelyn's power and authority. It castle features a large stone keep, which historian Richard Avent considers "the finest surviving example of a Welsh round tower".[11] In 1284 Dolbadarn was taken by Edward I of England, who removed some of its timbers to build his new castle at Caernarfon. Dolbadarn was used as a manor house for some years, before falling into ruin. In the 18th and 19th century it was a popular destination for painters interested in Sublime and Picturesque landscapes. It is now owned by Cadw and managed as a tourist attraction, and is protected as a grade I listed building.

Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team deals with 150–200 incidents a year[12] and is one of the busiest mountain rescue teams in the country.[citation needed] The team is run entirely by volunteers who rely solely on donations from the public for funding.

Llanberis Mountain Film Festival, which is held in annually in February, began in 2004.[13] It was placed on hiatus in 2019 due to a lack of funding.[14]

It is the home of the Slateman Triathlon which runs in early summer each year. It attracts over 2,000 triathletes and many more spectators over two days. It is a mountain triathlon which begins in Llyn Padarn, follows on the bike up to Capel Curig, and finishes with a run in the Snowdonian mountains.[15] It is also the start and finish of the Snowdonia Marathon[16]

The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.[4]

The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom,[5] and after more than 100 years of operation it remains a popular tourist attraction, carrying more than 140,000 passengers annually.[6] The line is owned and operated by Heritage Great Britain,[7] operators of several other tourist attractions in the United Kingdom.

The railway is operated in some of the harshest weather conditions in Britain, with services curtailed from reaching the summit in bad weather and remaining closed during the winter from November to mid-March. Single carriage trains are pushed up the mountain by either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. It has also previously used diesel railcars as multiple units. The railway has two new hybrid locomotives on order, for introduction at the start of the 2020 season.

The SMR was the inspiration for the fictional Culdee Fell Railway, appearing in the book Mountain Engines, part of The Railway Series written by Reverend W. Awdry.