Friog Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Friog
Welsh Name:Y Friog
Coordinates:52.693°N -4.044°W
Static Image Name:Geograph-635114-by-Chris-Coleman friog.jpg
Static Image Caption:The road south of Y Friog. The railway passes through an avalanche shelter below and to the left of the road
Community Wales:Arthog
Unitary Wales:Gwynedd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Constituency Westminster:Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Post Town:FAIRBOURNE
Postcode District:LL38
Postcode Area:LL
Dial Code:01341
Os Grid Reference:SH618125

Friog (Welsh: Y Friog) is a small village in North Wales, near Fairbourne.

Its lake and beach are a tourist attraction to over 1,000 visitors a year.

Friog is notable for a rockfall-prone section of railway track, scene of two fatal accidents in 1883 and 1933 on the Cambrian Line. In both incidents, the only deaths were of the crew when the locomotives toppled over the edge of the cliffs after striking landslides with the coaches remaining on the track. In response, the Great Western Railway constructed a concrete avalanche shelter over the line in 1940.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Friog avalanche shelter, near Fairbourne . History Points . 22 September 2023.